IPS Inter Press Service - DevelopmentIPS, civil society's leading news agency, is an independent voice from the South and for development, delving into globalisation for the stories underneath.G8: &39;Investment In Health Is Effective Aid&39;- (Found July 6, 2008 ) GENEVA, Jul 3 (IPS) - Japan wants next week&39;s summit of seven major western industrial nations and Russia (G8) to urge the international community to push towards combating HIVAIDS. It sees this as a critical objective of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) that are meant to be achieved by 2015.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43059 PERU: Mining Companies Venture into the Amazon- (Found July 6, 2008 ) LIMA, Jul 3 (Tierramrica) - The conflicts surrounding extractive industries in Peru could shift from the mountains to the jungles due to the rising number of concessions granted for the Amazonian regions of San Martn, Madre de Dios and Amazonas, and which are being strongly opposed by the local indigenous communities.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43058 DEVELOPMENT: 'African Agriculture Needs Green Growth'- (Found July 6, 2008 ) BRUSSELS, Jul 3 (IPS) - Caution needs to be exercised in developing African food production to avoid long-term social and environmental harm, according to an ecologist credited with averting mass hunger on the continent.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43054 AUSTRALIA: Food At Risk From Bee Pest- (Found July 6, 2008 ) MELBOURNE, Jul 3 (IPS) - Australias food security is under threat from a tiny parasite with the potential to devastate the nations bee and pollination industries.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43052 G8: Japan Showcases its Environmental Policy- (Found July 6, 2008 ) TOKYO, Jul 3 (IPS) - Japan has one of the worlds most aggressive environmental policies, set both to meet 2012 emission reduction targets and to make the country -- which has no natural resources of its own -- less dependent on imports, according to experts meeting here. At a meeting of influential parliamentarians of GLOBE (global legislators for a balanced environment) ahead of the upcoming G8 summit in Hokkaido, Jul. 7-9, several high-profile Japanese politicians spoke of Prime...http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43046 ENERGY: Don&39;t Write Off Biofuels Yet, Advocates Say- (Found July 6, 2008 ) TOKYO, Jul 4 (IPS) - Japan wants countries to reconsider biofuels as an alternative technology to fight climate change by using fuel cell cars at the Group of Eight (G8) Summit on Jul. 7-9. The vehicles will transport the leaders of the world&39;s major industrialised nations when they gather on the northern Japanese Island of Hokkaido.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43067 POLITICS-AFRICA: Mixed Reviews From Civil Society- (Found July 6, 2008 ) CAIRO, Jul 3 (IPS) - Civil society organisations (CSOs) have mixed feelings about the outcomes of the latest African Union Summit, which concluded in the Egyptian resort of Sharm El Sheikh earlier this week. The summit meeting of African heads of state and officials was largely dominated by debate or lack thereof over the crisis in Zimbabwe and the participation of the controversial president, Robert Mugabe.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43061 |