Tag: populations
In the Amazon, harvesting Brazil nuts supports populations while preserving the forest
A dull noise echoes through the jungle. Repeated, precise, uninterrupted blows break the tranquility of this corner of the Amazon, located on the banks of the Iratapuru River, in the…
Floods: Emmanuel Macron asks the government to “act more quickly to help the affected populations”
Europe 1 with AFP // Photo credit: LUDOVIC MARIN / POOL / AFP 7:36 p.m., January 7, 2024 The Head of State asked the government to act “even more quickly…
In South America, a “historically hot” spring overwhelms populations
Temperatures regularly exceed 40°C and in places feel close to 60°C – and this, even though the southern summer in South America has not yet started: heat records have been…
Israel-Hamas: Emmanuel Macron calls for a “humanitarian truce to protect the populations”
French President Emmanuel Macron called on Friday for a “humanitarian truce” in the war between Israel and Hamas to “organize the protection” of civilian populations in the Gaza Strip, saying…
“New city projects in Africa are disconnected from the real needs of the populations”
A residential building under construction in the new town Diamniadio, Senegal, October 17, 2018. EMILIE IOB / AFP Diamniadio and now Akon City in Senegal, Konza Technopolis in Kenya, Sèmè…
communities take stock of twenty years of “failure” of prevention plans to protect populations
Feyzin industrial zone in the Lyon suburbs, classified as a Seveso zone, in September 2016. AMELIE-BENOIST / BSIP / UNIVERSAL IMAGES GROUP VIA GETTY IMAGES On September 21, 2001, the…
“To feed the populations of all countries and achieve food sovereignty, the rules of international trade must be changed”
VFriday, June 30, European and African agriculture ministers will meet in Rome For “thinking about the future of agricultural cooperation between the African Union and the European Union”. Despite a…
Earthquake in the West: Elisabeth Borne expresses “all (her) solidarity with the populations”
Europe 1 with AFP 1:26 p.m., June 17, 2023 Traveling to Vire, the Prime Minister mentioned a dozen houses “which a priori are no longer habitable” and “a few dozen”…
“All over the world, access to toilets is indicative of inequalities between populations”
Sociologist Julien Damon. SOPHIE BRÄNDSTRÖM Julien Damon has just published Public toilets. Essay on urban conveniences (Presses de Sciences Po, 216 pages, 16 euros). How do you think caring about…
After a year of war, the protests of Western populations in support of Ukraine are in the minority but on the rise
In Europe and the United States, nuances are perceptible in public opinion as the war drags on. Between the British still as determined to support Ukraine and the Italians worked…
eNaira in difficulty in Nigeria: would bitcoin be ready to take over from the populations?
Shortage of new tickets – THE Nigeria decided to set up its central bank digital currency despite the clear signs of discontent among its people. Abuja authorities continue to move…
the discovery of a rare earth deposit arouses the concern of the indigenous populations
In this smoothly conducted communication operation, nothing was left to chance. From the fingernails of Industry Minister Ebba Busch, decorated with the chemical symbols of iron and lithium, to the…