Probe International
Probe International works closely with grassroots organisations around the world to expose environmental, social, and economic effects of Canada's aid and trade abroad.
Primary web addresses
http://www.probeinternational.org
Main Address
225 Brunswick Ave
Toronto, Ontario
M5S 2M6
Toronto, Ontario
M5S 2M6
Country
Canada
Main Telephone
416-964-9223
Joined OneWorld
12/03/2001
Features
01/06/2005
Mainland environmentalists in China have launched a petition urging the government to fast-track the establishment of an earthquake warning system in the southwest. They said it would help prevent a human disaster such as the Asian tsunami triggered by the recent Indonesian earthquake.
Read moreRelated: [Asia and the Pacific] [South Asia] [South East Asia] [Canada] [China] [Emergency Relief] [International Cooperation] [Economy] [Environment] [Environmental Activism] [Renewable Energy] [Activism] [Globalization]
10/15/2004
The Green Beanery, a non-profit company that aims to help small coffee farmers in the Third World, has become Canada's newest merchant in specialty green coffee beans. Bringing these beans to the public will expand the market for the Third World's small farmers while supporting research into activities that harm small farmers around the world.
Read moreRelated: [Canada] [Agriculture] [Food] [Land] [Trade] [Activism]
07/09/2004
Project backers have failed to make an economic case for the Nam Theun 2 energy export scheme in Laos, says a new report by Toronto-based Probe International. The US$1.1-billion dam project would require large-scale flooding and resettlement of thousands of poor farmers - and would be more costly and less reliable than other generating options to serve neighbouring Thailand.
Read moreRelated: [Canada] [Laos] [Thailand] [Agriculture] [Energy] [Land] [Economy] [Finance] [Rivers] [Governance]



