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1 June 2012, by Houda Chergui
France Elects Hollande, Rejects Austerity
The European population is angry. Protests have erupted throughout the European Union as a result of indignation at mass unemployment and cuts in social programs. Nations such as Spain and Greece (…) -
1 June 2012, by Juan Camilo Velásquez-Buriticá
The Struggle in Bahrain Continues
On May 28, Nabeel Rajab, one of the Bahraini uprising’s most prominent leaders, was released on bail after nearly a month of imprisonment. Rajab, who is also the head of the Bahraini Centre for (…) -
1 June 2012, by Joel Balsam
Obama’s War on Whistleblowers Continues
The 1917 Espionage Act, a World War I-era law originally meant for German and Russian spies, has been used six times against current or former United States government officials who have leaked (…) -
30 April 2012, by Stephen Eldon Kerr
The Future of Canadian Journalism
Last weekend, from April 19 – 21, 2012, the Journalism Strategies conference was held at Concordia and McGill Universities in Montreal. The conference brought together attendees from Canada, (…) -
30 April 2012, by Geneviève Lavoie-Mathieu
CIDA’s Lack of Transparency and Democracy
Canadian International Assistance Envelope (IAE) funds will decrease by 7.4% over the next three years despite promises, just two years ago, of freezing the aid budget at $5 billion for five (…) -
30 April 2012, by Tamkinat Mirza
The Shin Bet Blacklist
The Israeli Security Service Shin Bet has blacklisted over 1000 people from entering Israel. Many of the people named on the list have no evidence linking them as activists part of this year’s (…) -
30 April 2012, by Raul Burbano
Assault of Extractive Industry in Latin America
At the Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia, Harper spoke to CEOs from across the Americas and unveiled Canada’s plans to expand into Latin America with vigor. Trade and investment, (…) -
30 April 2012, by George Monbiot
Dark Hearts
There is one thing you can say for the Holocaust deniers: at least they know what they are denying. In order to sustain the lies they tell, they must engage in strenuous falsification. To dismiss (…) -
30 April 2012, by MICHAEL WARSCHAWSKI
Gunter Grass: Nominee for Nobel Peace Prize!
For his courageous poem warning of an Israeli attack on Iran, German poet Gunter Grass should be nominated for a second Nobel Prize - this time for peace! Read more -
30 April 2012
Briefing: Living in the Kabul Bubble
DUBAI, 16 April 2012 (IRIN) - A sustained attack by militants on Afghanistan’s parliament and various targets in the diplomatic zone on 15 April temporarily shut down the capital, Kabul, to all (…) -
30 April 2012, by JENNIFER DITCHBURN
Cuts Belie Harper’s Commitment to Building Democracy Abroad
Canada’s commitment to strengthening struggling democracies will likely be a key message as the Prime Minister travels to Latin America next week – but the federal budget tells a different story. (…) -
30 April 2012, by Mark Mattner
CIDA’s Risky Business Venture
Why the public-private development partnerships forged between the government and large mining companies are unlikely to improve the record of Canada’s extractive industries. Read more -
30 April 2012
The Crusades Are Back: Islamophobia
Fear replaces rational thinking; FDR knew this. Most Americans don’t personally know any Muslims but we do know that those who caused 9/11 claimed to be Muslim. So today in 2012, we are in the (…) -
30 March 2012, by Tamkinat Mirza
The Green Economy and Corporate Concerns in Rio+20
Rio+20, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 20-22 June this year, will mark the 20th anniversary of the United Nations Conference on (…) -
30 March 2012, by Stephen Eldon Kerr,
Tamkinat Mirza
Project Briefs
Stop Online Spying Alternatives is in support of stopspying.ca. The Canadian government and Minister Vic Toews are currently trying to ram through an anti-Internet set of electronic (…) -
30 March 2012, by Stephen Eldon Kerr
CIDA under-fire for partnering with mining company
The Canadian government’s decision to partner with mining firm Barrick Gold and development NGO World Vision Canada for a corporate social responsibility (CSR) project in La Libertad, Peru, has (…) -
30 March 2012, by Stephen Eldon Kerr
Canada tries to remove human right to water and sanitation
On World Water Day, United Nations water and sanitation expert Catarina de Albuquerque critiqued countries including Canada for spearheading a move to eliminate references to the human right to (…) -
30 March 2012, by Tamkinat Mirza
Preview: The People’s Summit for Social and Environmental Justice
The People’s Summit for Social and Environmental Justice will be held on June 15-23 in Rio de Janeiro this year, running parallel to Rio+20, the United Nations Conference on Environment and (…) -
30 March 2012, by Michael D’Alimonte
Green school initiatives: Saving money, resources and student health
Green Schools, education institutions that promote interaction with nature as a learning tool while fostering an environmentally friendly campus predicated on healthy living, are now receiving (…) -
30 March 2012, by Clayton Thomas-Muller ,
Kevin Smith
Social Licence: Cultural Complicity in the Age of Extraction
At first glance, there might not seem to be an obvious common ground between indigenous activists in Canada, performance artists in the UK, and climate activists in both countries. However, the (…) -
30 March 2012, by Lucie Bourgeois
The face of transcendence in Palestine
We spent Wednesday morning discussing and aligning around our own theory of change, our underlying beliefs and hypotheses as to the way in which it can be encouraged and facilitated for (…) -
30 March 2012, by Forum of Civil Society Organisations
Declaration of the Forum of Civil Society Organisations
Bamako, on March 22, 2012. Following the events that occurred in the night of March 21, 2012 in Bamako and in the regions, the Forum of Civil Society Organisations of Mali has held a meeting at (…) -
30 March 2012, by Pervez Hoodbhoy
US defeat won’t be Afghan victory
Ever since US Sergeant Robert Bales surrendered after calmly massacring Afghan women and children, he has been depicted as a man under unusual personal circumstances. A high-ranking US official (…) -
30 March 2012, by Pervez Hoodbhoy
What Pakistan Should Do In Afghanistan
Many Pakistanis living and working in Kabul say they feel a palpable hostility towards them once their nationality becomes known. Some occasionally pretend to be Indians, which brings more (…) -
28 March 2012, by Editorial, The Hindu
Why only Africans?
March 28, 2012 The first conviction at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the tenth year of its functioning is a good time to take stock of how well an institution that was designed to (…) -
20 March 2012, by Robert Fisk
Madness is not the reason for this massacre
I’m getting a bit tired of the "deranged" soldier story. It was predictable, of course. The 38-year-old staff sergeant who massacred 16 Afghan civilians, including nine children, near Kandahar (…) -
2 March 2012, by Marion Bauer
International Involvement in Syria
The Syrian revolution is now an urban war. Following similar demonstrations in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya, Syrians took to the streets last year to demand democratic rights and a regime change. (…) -
29 February 2012, by Stephen Eldon Kerr
Islam and the Liberated Egyptian Woman: An interview with Shahinaz Ahmed
The Western media tends to view women in Islamic societies through a lazy and paternalistic eye. Bound by the Burqa and silenced by patriarchy, the women of the Middle East are objects of pity in (…) -
29 February 2012, by Stephen Eldon Kerr
Project Briefs
Stop Online Spying Alternatives is in support of stopspying.ca. The Canadian government and Minister Vic Toews are currently trying to ram through an anti-Internet set of electronic surveillance (…) -
29 February 2012, by Tamkinat Mirza
The Shafia Trial: A Question of Assimilation
The Shafia family honor killings in Kingston, Ontario are yet another instance of cultural conservativeness taken to the extreme, with tragic outcomes. The killings also showcase a less (…) -
29 February 2012, by Tamkinat Mirza
Debunking "Condoned" Honor Killings in Islam
Faced with a rising number of reported cases of honor killings in Western countries, there is an increasing need to clearly understand the nature, motivation and rationale behind these crimes. (…) -
29 February 2012, by Stephen Eldon Kerr
Remembering Canada’s Missing and Murdered Women
Across the world, Valentine’s Day is celebrated with love; in Canada, it is also a day when people march to remember hundreds of missing and murdered Aboriginal women. Following the first march (…) -
29 February 2012, by Geneviève Lavoie-Mathieu
Economic Crisis in Spain: A History of Mismanagement and Inequalities
Despite having one of the largest economies in Europe Spain’s economy has stalled and national unemployment is on the rise. Over 5 million people in the country are currently out of work, a level (…) -
29 February 2012, by Michael Reford
Chilean Student Protests Challenge Status Quo in Education System
The Chilean education system is in need of a massive overhaul, and Chilean students have taken it upon themselves to act. In a growing movement that has attracted support from hundreds of (…) -
29 February 2012, by Stephen Zunes
Syrian Repression, the Chinese-Russian Veto, and U.S. Hypocrisy
As the Syrian regime continues to slaughter unarmed civilians, the major powers at the United Nations continue to put their narrow geopolitical agenda ahead of international humanitarian law. Just (…) -
29 February 2012
Why Does Russia Really Oppose International Intervention in Syria?
As the Syrian death toll approaches 8,000, Russia stands firm in its supposed support of a strategy of non-interference and non-partisanship, maintaining that it is neither against nor in support (…) -
29 February 2012, by Liza Ponomarenko
Increasing Internet Censorship in Belarus
On 6 January, Belarus’s Law 317-3 came into effect, restricting Belarusians’ Internet freedom with censorship similar to that of China. The new legislation implements Belarusian President (…) -
29 February 2012, by ELIZABETH PAYNE
Is Canada helping the world’s poor, or Canadian companies?
Few Canadians have likely heard of the Canada Investment Fund for Africa. But, since 2005, it has been busy investing Canadian foreign aid dollars — $100 million of them, in fact — on companies (…) -
29 February 2012, by AUDREY HUNTLEY
’Nobody cared, nobody did anything’: The normalization of violence against Indigenous women
In the summer of 2004, while working as a producer for CBC News Sunday, I undertook a road trip to research Traces of Missing Women. My intent was to gather memories of Indigenous women who had (…) -
15 February 2012, by Palestinian Preparatory Committee
WSF Free Palestine
Occupied Palestine is part of every free heartbeat in this world and her cause continues to inspire solidarity across the globe. The World Social Forum Free Palestine is an expression of the (…) -
15 February 2012, by George Monbiot
The Big Green Question
Is environmentalism compatible with social justice? It is the stick with which the greens are beaten daily: if we spend money on protecting the environment, the poor will starve, or freeze to (…) -
30 January 2012, by Tamkinat Mirza
Project Briefs
Initiative pour un autre monde (IPAM) – Paris, France IPAM is in support of, and is currently promoting, the Fifth European Meeting of Analysis of Political Societies in Paris on February 2 and (…) -
30 January 2012, by Stephen Eldon Kerr
The African National Conference and South African Democracy
The African National Congress (ANC) began anniversary celebrations for the 100th time on January 8, 2012. A crowd of 50 000, as well as 46 foreign dignitaries, packed into the Bloemfontein Rugby (…) -
30 January 2012, by Tamkinat Mirza
Get ‘em Before They Get Nukes: Iran’s Scientists Targeted
Iran’s alleged militaristic nuclear capabilities have placed the country at the centre of the world’s political stage. The nation’s nuclear scientists have been assassinated and the identities of (…) -
30 January 2012, by Stephen Eldon Kerr
The Decline of British Nationality
Over the past twenty years, there has been a decline in the proportion of British citizens who consider their nationality primarily British. A report by Anthony Heath and Jane Roberts for the (…) -
30 January 2012, by Kartiga Thiyagarajah
Obama and the indefinite detention and torture act
Each year, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of the United States is amended to accommodate the Department of Defense’s budget for that fiscal year. The NDAA for Fiscal Year 2012 (…) -
30 January 2012, by Ben Zala
From Davos to Dystopia
Not long ago the World Economic Forum (WEF) found itself in the sights of the global economic justice movement. At the turn of the last century, before anyone was “occupying” public spaces in (…) -
30 January 2012, by Liza Ponomarenko
Internet Censorship and The Case of MegaUpload
Nations that limit access to the Internet violate a human right which has become essential to life in the 21st century: the freedom of speech and communication through the Internet. A lack of (…) -
30 January 2012, by Geneviève Lavoie-Mathieu
Oil exploitation in Nigeria: Five Decades of Environmental and Social Injustice Remain Unaddressed.
Following President Goodluck Jonathan’s abrupt decision to abolish a consumer fuel subsidy, Nigeria entered a new period of civil unrest. The unrest began as a citizens’ protest but quickly (…) -
30 January 2012, by Maria Naimark
The Pakistani State’s Islam: From Instrumental to Uncontrollable
The last twenty years have seen a dramatic rise in the influence of extremist groups, particularly the Taliban, in Pakistan. Though the state has been linked in some way to Islam from the time of (…) -
30 January 2012, by John Sinclair ,
Stephen Brown
Transparency and Canadian Foreign Aid
It has always been hard to get timely information on Canada’s foreign aid. Now, thanks to the new “Open Government” initiative, data are easier to access on the Canadian International Development (…) -
30 January 2012, by ERIKA SHAKER
The Harper house rules: An intervention
Stephen: We recognize that no roommate is perfect, and from time to time we have all gotten on each other’s nerves. But you take the cake (and let’s be honest, sharing anything — including cake (…) -
30 January 2012, by Gustave Massiah
Reflections on the Current Social Forums Process
This paper does not intend to provide an exhaustive analysis of the relationship between the processes of the WSF and the changing global situation, rather it will put forward some reflections on (…) -
30 January 2012, by Chico Whitaker
New Perspectives in the WSF Process
The "future of the WSF"- less of its events and most of the process born from it - is a recurring theme in World Social Forums. From 2004 in all its editions there are at least a workshop to (…) -
30 January 2012, by Stefan Christoff
Art and Inspiration Meet on Montreal Streets
In Montreal, art is a key element of the intensely complex collective identity that stretches across this beautiful island city. Today, as Montreal is being celebrated as a centre for cutting (…) -
30 January 2012, by Pervez Hoodbhoy
Iran’s Bomb and Pakistan
The waters of the Persian Gulf heated up sharply after Iran’s announcement last week that it is creating additional uranium enrichment facilities under a mountain, safe from airstrikes. Iran (…) -
30 January 2012, by Kamal Lahbib
WSF Process: Challenges and Opportunities
In July 2011, Chico Whitaker asked that ever-present question, “And what now, for the World Social Forum?” A few months earlier, Gus Massiah had laid out alterglobalization’s twelve Labours of (…) -
30 January 2012, by Pervez Hoodbhoy
The Bomb: Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan
Once upon a time Iran was Pakistan’s close ally - probably its closest one. In 1947, Iran was the first to recognise the newly independent Pakistan. In the 1965 war with India, Pakistani fighter (…) -
17 January 2012, by Frédéric Dubois
Plan Nord Under the Microscope
Public involvement in diamond venture ends once gems are found Quebec’s first diamond mine is today being hailed as a model operation by the Quebec government. But a deeper look into what this (…) -
31 December 2011, by Tamkinat Mirza
Project Briefings
Initiative pour un autre monde (IPAM) – Paris, France IPAM is supporting the demonstration for the International Day Against AIDS to take place on Thursday, December 1st at 6:30 at la Bastille, (…) -
31 December 2011, by Tamkinat Mirza
Envisioning a Pandemonian North Korea
The month of December comes yearly as a combination of recollection and rumination over the events of the year, and speculation regarding developments within the next. 2011’s political events (…) -
31 December 2011, by Michael Reford
Europe’s Game of Debt
The year 2011 was one of vast, multifaceted change for Europe. While the unfolding debt crisis dominated news headlines, European citizens were affected by a wide range of issues. They adapted to (…) -
31 December 2011
Putin’s grip questioned in the face of public protest
The Russian legislative elections of December 4, 2011 saw a significant decrease of public support for Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party. Winning the election with a mere 49.3% (…) -
31 December 2011, by Wesley Ellis
The Role of Information and Communication Technologies in Shaping the Arab Spring
2011 has proven to be a volatile year for the Arab world; The death of a single man in the desert sparked regime changes and protests that have authoritarian governments scrambling, and in some (…) -
31 December 2011, by Tamkinat Mirza
H5N1: Information Commons vs. Public Safety Concerns
In the prevalent negotiation between scientific research, moral concerns and government, an all-new controversy has emerged with the findings of two recent studies, with regards to a specific (…) -
31 December 2011, by The McLeod Group
CANADA AND MULTILATERALISM: MISSING IN ACTION
Multilateralism is a word little heard and less understood in today’s political and development discourse in Ottawa. The Conservative government, in practicing a policy of Canada first, uses (…) -
31 December 2011, by Nancy E. Claridge,
Terrance S. Carte
EFFECT OF ANTI-TERRORISM LAWS ON HUMANITARIAN AID REMAIN A CONCER
The cost of terrorism has been felt virtually all over the world. In recent years, however, measures adopted to counter terrorism have themselves posed serious challenges to human rights and the (…) -
31 December 2011, by Marcus Leroy
’Value for money’ or ’Results Obsession Disorder’?
For many decades development aid of western donors has been pretty well shielded from probing questions by the public opinion and politicians. Development aid was, and to some extend still is, (…) -
31 December 2011, by GWENDOLYN SCHULMAN,
ROBERTO NIETO
Foreign Aid to Mining Firms
MONTREAL—As excavators, heavy haulers and chemical treatment plants dig made-in-Canada mines around the world, Ottawa has taken new steps to ease growing criticism of Canada’s extractive sector. (…) -
31 December 2011, by Tamkinat Mirza
Profile: Adbusters
On July 13, Vancouver-based activist group AdBusters tweeted a call to Occupy Wall Street, and allegedly sparked the movement that has occupied global attention and public spaces. After the (…) -
31 December 2011, by FRANCES RUSSELL
Harper laws for Harper government?
Is Canada governed by the rule of law — or only by the laws acceptable to the party in power? The difference, obviously, is not mere semantics. It is the difference between democracy and (…) -
31 December 2011, by MARIA KARI
Niqab-wearing accuser vs. defendant rights: When Charter freedoms clash
The tone of the Supreme Court of Canada on Thursday was tense as Justice Morris Fish asked lawyer David Butt to name one lawyer who’d willingly cross-examine a veiled witness. Butt replied "some (…) -
24 December 2011, by Stefan Christoff
Leading Canada’s Public Healthcare to the Free-Market Guillotine
National discussion in Canada on the Conservative government’s new healthcare financial ultimatum, a take-it-or-leave-it-style proposal, largely revolves around myths. First that financing alone (…) -
18 December 2011, by Refaat Sabbah
The People Want to Overthrow the Educational System
“The people want to overthrow the regime” is a statement initiated by the youth in the Tahreer Square in Cairo, becoming a slogan for every single individual rejecting oppression and repression in (…) -
30 November 2011, by Hiba Zayadin,
Lili Eskinazi
Project Briefings - December 2011
Each of the nine member organizations of the Alternatives International federation is constantly at work on a variety of projects to improve social, economic and environmental justice in their (…) -
30 November 2011, by Tamkinat Mirza
Scrapping the Canadian Gun Registry: A Provincial Outcry
The 1989 Montreal Massacre, which saw the deaths of 14 innocent students, has been cited as the precedent for stricter gun laws in Canada, including the implementation of a national gun registry (…) -
30 November 2011, by Tamkinat Mirza
The American Militia Movement Resurges
Four Georgia militia members stand accused on Nov 2, 2011 for allegedly plotting a terror attack against government officials, a federal building, and targeted assassination. Fredrick Thomas, (…) -
30 November 2011, by Iraqi Delegation at the South Asian Social Forum
Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative
A message to all members of the Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative. -
30 November 2011, by Wendy Papakostandini
Diamonds: a universal symbol of love, or of oppression?
Diamonds are often esteemed as a universal symbol for luxury and opulence. They are regarded as the ultimate expression of love and devotion throughout the modern world, and as such they are in (…) -
30 November 2011, by Brooke Denmark
Paying the High Price of Gold
It is no secret that open-pit gold mines wreak havoc on the environment. Less widely known is the incredible amount of power free trade agreements have granted to gold-mining corporations to cause (…) -
30 November 2011, by Lili Eskinazi
Death Toll Rising: Mexico’s ‘War on Drugs’ An Affront to Human Rights
A man, identity concealed behind a black veil, opens a blank journal and begins his life’s story; in front of him, a camera records. The journal serves as a physical record of his story, a focus (…) -
30 November 2011, by Geneviève Lavoie-Mathieu
Food Crisis in the Sahel: A Livelihood Crisis?
The Sahel, a region that has been described as being ’in a state of permanent crisis’, has been brought into the spotlight by the Sahel Working Group, composed of ten international development (…) -
30 November 2011, by Kaitlin D’Avella
The New Face of Religious Freedom
Cain’s killing of Abel in Genesis 4:1-8 represents the first act of religious persecution recorded in Judeo-Christian history. Fast-forward to today and acts of violence are still committed in the (…) -
30 November 2011
Belarus turns its back to Europe: A history of human rights violations
Prominent human rights activist Ales Bialiatski was arrested on August 4, 2011, on charges of extensive tax evasion on his personal income. He stood accused by the Belarusian government’s (…) -
30 November 2011, by Cynthia Beaudry
Political Gains at a High Cost for Migrants
On June 16th, the Harper Government, formerly known as the government of Canada, introduced Bill C-4, formerly Bill C-49, the so-called "Preventing Human Smugglers from Abusing Canada’s (…) -
30 November 2011, by Gabriella Lindsay
Choose Your France
With the Presidential elections in France quickly approaching, Les Jeunes Avec Marine, the youth faction of the Front National (FN) launched its first national campaign poster, « Choose Your (…) -
30 November 2011, by Hiba Zayadin
The Arab Spring, In Diaspora
For many young Arabs, the goal has long been to get out of their home countries and find better opportunities in the west. Now those lucky ones who found work or higher education abroad are (…) -
30 November 2011, by Project Censored
Oxfam Exposes How Aid Is Used for Political Purposes
In a new report, Oxfam has found that billions of dollars in international aid which could have transformed the lives of many people in some of the poorest countries in the world, was spent on (…) -
30 November 2011, by Kartiga Thiyagarajah
UNESCO vote revisited
On October 31, 107 member nations of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) voted to admit Palestine as a member. With only 14 nations, including the United (…) -
30 November 2011, by Marion Bauer
Tunisian election: Triumph of the People?
On October 23rd, the world was watched thousands of Tunisian men and women line up to cast their vote. It was an impressive turnout by 60% of the population for the first time following years of (…) -
31 October 2011
Project Briefings November 2011
Each of the nine member organizations of the Alternatives International federation is constantly at work on a variety of projects to improve social, economic and environmental justice in their (…) -
31 October 2011, by Lili Eskinazi
European Immigration: A Colonial Legacy?
Illegal immigrants represent the world’s newest class of criminals: Locked up in detention centers that are equivalent to prisons awaiting their deportation date. And for what? Having the (…) -
31 October 2011, by Lili Eskinazi
Police Brutality in Canada: No Justice, No Peace!
This is a podcast about the October 22nd, 2011 March and Vigil for the Victims of Police Killings held in Montreal. To listen, click here . -
30 October 2011, by Hiba Zayadin
Montreal’s Occupiers
It’s been a little over two weeks since Montreal’s Square Victoria was transformed into a tent city under the banner of Occupy Montreal, an offshoot of the Occupy Wall Street in New York City (…) -
30 October 2011, by Liza Ponomarenko
What is Occupy Wall Street Actually About?
The Tea Party has been protesting against the United States government overstepping its boundaries and Occupy Wall Street seems to be the left-wing response to the a common frustration. For the (…) -
30 October 2011, by Tamkinat Mirza
Reconsidering Capital Punishment
“I am innocent. The incident that happened that night is not my fault. I did not have a gun. All I can ask ... is that you look deeper into this case so that you really can finally see the (…) -
30 October 2011
Selective Justice in the Tymoshenko Trial
On October 11, 2011, former Ukrainian Prime Minister, Yulia Tymoshenko, was found guilty of abuse of office and sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment. The Kiev court ruled against Tymoshenko’s (…) -
30 October 2011, by Hiba Zayadin
Bangladesh to Host This Year’s South Asia Social Forum
This year’s South Asia Social Forum (SASF) will kick-start on November 18 in Dhaka, Bangladesh for 5 days of meetings and workshops revolving around the issue of democracy. The SASF is a part (…) -
30 October 2011, by Marion Bauer
Syria Extends its Repression to Citizens Overseas
Following the debatable successes of the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt, the popular demand across the Arab world was: More rights and freedoms! Thousands of Syrians followed suit and have taken (…) -
30 October 2011, by Geneviève Lavoie-Mathieu
From Fossil Fuels to Ecosystem Services: Feeding a growing population
With the current global economic crisis, the associated hike in food prices, and the imminent reality of one billion people facing food insecurity, how can we ensure the provision of a long-term (…)