Articles by Agence France Presse
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Migratory Birds, Fish and Mammals Get New UN Protection
Agence France Presse – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Nov 2014
10 Nov 2014 – Polar bears, whales, sharks and gazelles were among 31 new species granted new protection status by the UN conservation body, following six days of “intense” talks by leading conservationists. A record 21 species of shark, ray and sawfish were added to the list.
→ read full articleExxon Sonar Surveying Blamed for the Deaths of 100 Whales Near Madagascar
Agence France Presse – Huffington Post,
30 Sep 2013
“This is the first known such marine mammal mass stranding event closely associated with relatively high frequency mapping sonar systems,” said the report released by the International Whaling Commission. “Earlier such events may have been undetected because detailed inquiries were not conducted.”
→ read full articleBhutan Aims To Be First 100% Organic Nation
Agence France Presse (AFP) – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Oct 2012
The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, famed for seeking “happiness” for its citizens, is aiming to become the first nation in the world to turn its home-grown food and farmers 100 percent organic. The tiny Buddhist-majority nation wedged between China and India has an unusual and some say enviable approach to economic development, centred on protecting the environment and focusing on mental well-being.
→ read full articleAUTHOR NAOMI KLEIN CALLS FOR BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL
Agence France Presse,
27 Jun 2009
June 26, 2009 "AFP" — BILIN , West Bank – Bestselling author Naomi Klein on Friday took her call for a boycott of Israel to the occupied West Bank village of Bilin, where she witnessed Israeli forces clashing with protesters. "It’s a boycott of Israeli institutions, it’s a boycott of the Israeli economy," the Canadian […]
→ read full articleISRAEL PLANS TO DOUBLE WEST BANK SETTLERS – STUDY
Agence France Presse (AFP),
3 Mar 2009
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israel’s Housing Ministry has plans for West Bank construction that would nearly double the number of settlers there, the group Peace Now said Monday [Mar 2]. The presence of the so-called Israeli "settlers" in the Occupied Territories is illegal under international law. The group gave the estimate in research issued on the day […]
→ read full articleUN RIGHTS CHIEF IMPLORES ISRAEL TO LIFT ILLEGAL SIEGE OF GAZA STRIP
Agence France Presse-AFP, with The Daily Star,
19 Nov 2008
GAZA CITY: The top United Nations human rights official on Tuesday called on Israel to immediately lift its blockade of the Gaza Strip, as invading tanks from the Jewish state sparked retaliatory rocket fire from the coastal territory. "By function of this blockade, 1.5 million Palestinian men, women and children have been forcibly deprived of […]
→ read full articleMEDITERRANEAN UNION TO BE BASED IN BARCELONA
Agence France Presse (AFP),
8 Nov 2008
Foreign ministers from the new Mediterranean Union struck a deal Tuesday for Barcelona to host the forum’s headquarters and for Israel and the Arab League to take part side-by-side. The Union’s 43 member states held two days of talks in the port of Marseille to end a four-month deadlock on the two contentious issues, which […]
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