Full Coverage: Development
April 2008
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04/28/2008
Why is media engagement vital for generating awareness on future challenges? UNESCOs latest training and resource kit Media as Partners in Education for Sustainable Development provides media professionals with critical information about priority issues and inspires them for investigative reporting with a view to enrich information resources of journalists.
Read moreRelated: [Development] [Climate Change] [Information & Media] [Knowledge] |
04/28/2008
Pilkada di Jawa Timur pada Juli 2008 sepertinya tidak akan membawa perubahan signifikan pada kebijakan pengelolaan lingkungan di Jatim karena para kandidat umumnya generasi lama yang dibesarkan pada masa politik yang menghamba pada kekuatan eksploitatif destruktif sumberdaya alam.
Read moreRelated: [Indonesia] [Development] |
04/28/2008
Greenpeace mendesak Unilever agar menghentikan perluasan lahan kelapa sawit pada kawasan hutan dan lahan gambut serta berhenti berbisnis dengan pemasok yang terus merusak hutan hujan. Akankah seruan ini di dengar oleh Unilever?
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04/28/2008
SatuDunia, Jakarta. Lembaga-lembaga keuangan internasional seperti Bank Dunia (World Bank) kembali menawarkan produk-produk jebakan utangnya dengan mengatasnamakan isu perubahan iklim. Masyarakat Sipil harus mulai merumuskan strategi advokasi untuk menghentikan sepak terjang lembaga 'lintah darat' internasional tersebut
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04/25/2008
The answer to growing traffic and pollution in the Indian capital lies in an effective and massive public transport system, says the Centre for Science and Environment. The Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system, recently implemented in south Delhi, provides the option for an economically sound and better bus system.
Read moreRelated: [India] [South Asia] [Development] [Cities] [Transport] [Pollution] |
04/25/2008
Data pemantauan satelit dua tahun lalu oleh FWI dan Greenpeace, menunjukkan luas hutan alami papua sekitar 17,9 juta ha. Tapi begitu konsesi ijin-ijin tambang mineral, minyak dan gas, juga ijin penebangan kayu dan perkebunan skala besar di sana, hampir seluruh provinsi dipenuhi perijinan. Hutan papua pun makin hancur, dan ironisnya justru penduduk asli Papua tetap miskin.
Read moreRelated: [Indonesia] [Development] |
04/25/2008
If the world is serious about achieving the Millennium Development Goal of halving the number of people living in extreme poverty by the year 2015, ICT must figure prominently in the effort. Everyone governments, civil society and private sector businesses has a vital stake in fostering digital opportunity and putting ICT at the service of development.
MoreKofi Annan, Former Secretary-General, United Nations Related: [Africa] [Development] |
04/24/2008
Even as UNESCOs latest report pans India for lagging behind in the race for achieving education for all by 2015, experts gathered in the capital weigh up the nationally sponsored Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan. Exclusion and discrimination remain core challenges as millions of children remain outside its fold, is the verdict.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld South Asia Related: [India] [South Asia] [Development] [Education] [Social Exclusion] [Governance] [MDGs] |
04/23/2008
In the recently concluded elections of the Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP), OneWorld South Asia became its new regional coordinator. The Delhi-based civil society network will promote GKPs objective of building multi-sectoral partnerships for promoting knowledge and ICT for development in South Asia.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld South Asia Related: [Development] [ICT] [Civil Society] |
04/23/2008
Hari Bumi 22 April 2008 ini Lapindo kembali memberikan bingkisan kado yang menyakitkan bagi para korban lumpur panas di Sidoarjo.
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04/23/2008
Wacana ekspor beras dari Pemerintah Indonesia masih terlalu dini. Kondisi pangan Indonesia termasuk beras masih belum stabil. Pemerintah harus hati-hati dalam menentukan kebijakan, bukan hanya berorientasi jangka pendek tetapi juga jangka panjang.
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04/22/2008
Centre for Science and Environment releases a two year study on the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act as it becomes pan-Indian from April 1. NREGA can regenerate the village economy through productive assets on water conservation and afforestation and just wages for the people, says CSE.
Read moreRelated: [India] [South Asia] [Development] [Labor] [Poverty] [Economy] [Conservation] Image: Wages under NREGA need to be standardised © CARE India
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04/22/2008
International Chamber of Commerce, UNDP and the International Business Leaders Forum invite nominations for 2008 World Business and Development Awards in support of Millennium Development Goals. The awards recognise the contribution of the private sector through business activities that lead to progress in achieving one or more of the MDGs.
Read moreRelated: [Development] [Business] [MDGs] |
04/22/2008
SatuDunia, Jogjakarta Rabu (21/4) dini hari Direktur Walhi Nasional yang baru sudah terpilih. Adalah Berry Nahdian Forqan dikukuhkan menjadi Direktur Walhi Nasional yang baru. Di tengah kecaman publik tentang prilaku konsumtif aktivis Walhi terhadap rokok. Beranikah Direktur Walhi yang baru melawan dominasi industri rokok di kalangan aktivis Walhi?
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04/22/2008
Pemerintah Indonesia dinilai belum mempunyai keinginan untuk melakukan pembaruan agraria untuk kemakmuran rakyat. Hal ini yang membuat Indonesia terjerumus kedalam krisis pangan dan bencana kelaparan.
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04/21/2008
HODI a non profit NGO has trained 12 village reporters in Choma and Kalomo Districts in Southern Zambia with a view of eliminating child labour in tobacco growing.
MoreRelated: [Zambia] [Development] |
04/21/2008
Aksi pembalakan liar yang marak terjadi saat ini membuat pulau Sumatera menjadi salah satu daerah di Indonesia yang rawan bencana alam. Pembalakan liar merupakan salah satu bentuk kejahatan lingkungan.
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04/21/2008
Kebiasaan merokok para aktivis mulai menuai kritik dari publik. Masyarakat menganggap kebiasaan merokok itu selain membahayakan diri aktivis sendiri dan orang lain juga hanya medorong industri rokok untuk memperkaya diri di atas meningkatnya biaya kesehatan masyarakat.
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04/18/2008
FKPTNW dan WWF-Indonesia bersama Balai Taman Nasional Wasur melakukan penggalian nilai-nilai kearifan adat empat suku di dalam Taman Nasional Wasur. Penggalian dan pengukuhan nilai-nilai adat diharapkan akan mengangkat dan sekaligus mengukuhkan nilai-nilai adat suku Adat Suku Kanume, Yeinan, Marori Men-Gey dan Malind Nggawil Anim.
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04/18/2008
Banyak tanaman yang sebenarnya tak termanfaatkan adalah spesies-spesies yang berpotensi tinggi namun tidak dieksploitasi, yang berguna dalam meningkatkan ketahanan pangan. Keberagaman hayati Indonesia begitu tinggi, namun sayang pemanfaatkannya belum maksimal, bahkan banyak di antaranya yang telah hilang.
Read moreRelated: [Indonesia] [Development] |
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