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Changing the Flow: Water Movements in Latin America
2009-05-01
In case after case around the world, water has been turned into a profit-making commodity – preventing access to the most essential element on Earth. Pollution, corporate takeover, and the mismanagement of water ecosystems have resulted in dire water poverty and scarcity in many parts of the world. Private ownership of water and water-delivery systems does not resolve, but rather, compounds the longstanding and deep-seated abuse, neglect, mismanagement, and exploitation of water.
Lake Naivasha
2008-01-31
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.
Carne bovina brasiliana
2007-11-30
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.
Boeuf brésilien
2007-11-30
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
2007-11-30
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.
The Beef with Brazilian Beef
2007-11-30
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.
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Reports
- Changing the Flow: Water Movements in Latin America — In case after case around the world, water has bee ...
- 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 ...