World Reports
The Beef with Brazilian Beef
November 30, 2007
Beef from Brazil may taste fine and have an attractive price, but the reasons to ban it from being imported into the European Union are beginning to mount. Despite the EU’s 176 percent tariff on Brazilian beef, cattle farmers in Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Italy and elsewhere say the imported meat is still so cheap that it threatens to put them out of business.
Sowing the Seeds of Corporate Agriculture in Africa
October 23, 2007
How genetically modified seeds and other industrial technologies threaten African food and farming.
Food Irradiation Around the World
November 28, 2006
This report presents the current status of food irradiation around the world. The first section presents updates by country. The second section provides information about the multinational organizations working to promote food irradiation, including governmental, industry and non-governmental organizations.
Lake Naivasha
January 31, 2008
Since the 1980s, industrial horticulture and floriculture farms in Kenya, centered for the most part in the Lake Naivasha region, have grown into the largest supplier of flowers to the European market. The more than 30 flower farms in the Lake Naivasha region pose a number of serious ecological problems for Kenya’s rivers and for the lake, including loss of water, an unsustainable increase in the population because of the laborers they have attracted, and the overuse of pesticides and fertilizers.
Sedientos
May 31, 2007
En marzo de 2006, después de muchos años de continuos cortes en el servicio de agua, inundaciones a causa de los inadecuados drenajes, altos incrementos en las tarifas y toda una serie de promesas incumplidas, Argentina rompió su contrato de 30 años con Aguas Argentinas. Esta compañía es una subsidiaria de la multinacional Suez, que antes proveía este servicio a los 10 millones de habitantes de la ciudad de Buenos Aires.
Desafiar el Poder Corporativo de los Inversionistas
May 23, 2007
Desafiando el poder corporativo de los inversionistas nos muestra como las corporaciones adquieren mayor protección y poder de los tratados de inversiones, normativas y reglamentaciones. El Banco Mundial es un promotor de estas políticas y convierte los tratados de inversión en leyes; los tribunales internaciones de arbitraje también imponen reglas favorables para las corporaciones. Este reporte expone como los tratados de comercio y los acuerdos de inversiones trabajan contra los intereses de la población y como van en contra de normas de protecciones medioambientales.
Orange Farm, South Africa
March 13, 2006
Orange Farm, South Africa: The Forced Implementation of Prepaid Water Meters
Boeuf brésilien
November 30, 2007
Le boeuf provenant du Brésil peut avoir bon goût et un prix attractif, mais les raisons d’en interdire l’importation dans l’Union européenne s’accroissent. Malgré un tarif douanier de 176% sur le boeuf brésilien, les producteurs d’Irlande, d’Ecosse, des Pays de Galles, d’Italie et d’ailleurs disent que la viande importée reste toujours meilleur marché que celle produite localement et qu’ils sont menacés de mettre la clé sous la porte.
Billiges Rindfleisch aus Brasilien
November 30, 2007
Aus Brasilien importiertes Rindfleisch mag vielleicht gut schmecken und preislich günstig sein. In letzter Zeit häufen sich jedoch triftige Argumente, die das Verhängen eines Importverbots für brasilanisches Rindfleisch in die EU als angebracht erscheinen lassen. Trotz eines heute bestehenden Einfuhrzolles von 176%, droht aus Brasilien importiertes Rindfleisch die Lebensgrundlage europäischer Rindzüchter, namentlich in Irland, Schottland, Wales und Italien, zu untergraben.
Carne bovina brasiliana
November 30, 2007
A prima vista, la carne bovina proveniente dal Brasile potrebbe sembrare appetibile nel sapore e conveniente nel prezzo. Stanno tuttavia emergendo una serie di validi motivi che rendono consigliabile l’imposizione di un divieto d’importazione nell’Unione Europea. Nonostante un’imposta doganale del 176%, il prezzo al mercato della carne bovina brasiliana rimane talmente basso che gli allevatori di bovini in Irlanda, Scozia, Galles, Italia e in altri paesi vedono minacciata la propria esistenza.
The Push for Water and Justice in South Africa
July 30, 2008
The poorest people of Johannesburg, South Africa saw some measure of hope with a judicial reaffirmation of the country’s constitutional right to water in April 2008. However, their fight is not over because the powers arrayed against them have appealed the decision.
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- Lake Naivasha — Since the 1980s, industrial horticulture and flori ...
- Carne bovina brasiliana — A prima vista, la carne bovina proveniente dal Bra ...
- Boeuf brésilien — Le boeuf provenant du Brésil peut avoir bon goût ...
- Billiges Rindfleisch aus Brasilien — Aus Brasilien importiertes Rindfleisch mag viellei ...
- The Beef with Brazilian Beef — Beef from Brazil may taste fine and have an attrac ...
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