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Sep 14, 2000

World Bank Report Finds That Its Own Policies Harm Forests

Source: Bloomberg, Copyright 2000 Date: August 17, 2000 Washington, Aug. 15 (Bloomberg) -- An internal World Bank study found that its economic advice often increases logging in virgin forests, so the bank may soon attach pro-forest conditions to its policy loans for the first time.
Sep 14, 2000

Addressing Climate Change and Providing New Opportunities for Farmers

Climate change mitigation can result in many benefits including greater valuation for environmental services provided by agriculture and regeneration of rural communities. This report takes a look at the possibilities for farmers and presents policy recommendations to make this a reality.
Sep 13, 2000

Federal Meat Inspection System Fails to Earn Inspectors Seal of Approval

THE JUNGLE 2000 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A new study raises serious questions about the federal meat inspection program instituted by the Clinton administration in 1996. The program weakens meat inspection by reducing the authority of federal meat inspectors and gives industry a larger role in making sure that meat is free of fecal matter and other contamination.
Sep 13, 2000

The Case for Small Farms

MULTINATIONAL MONITOR / JULY/AUGUST 2000 / VOLUME 21 NUMBER 7 & 8
Sep 13, 2000

Gore Trade Advisers Propose Setting Up WTO-Like Global Environment Organization

Inside US Trade September 13, 2000
Sep 13, 2000

U.S. Department of Labor Accepts NAFTA Complaint

U.S. Department of Labor Accepts NAFTA Complaint Over Mexico's Failure to Enforce Worker Health and Safety Laws. Move Could Lead To First-Ever NAFTA Fines Contact: Martha Ojeda Coalition For Justice in The Maquiladoras 210-732-8957
Sep 13, 2000

Activist French Farmer Becomes National Hero

Chicago Tribune JOSE BOVE SAYS HIS VANDALISM OF A MCDONALD'S IN FRANCE WAS A SYMBOLIC ACT AGAINST MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS. By Ameet Sachdev, Tribune Staff Writer. Jose Bove is the most talked about sheep farmer in all of France.
Sep 12, 2000

Thai Farmers Protest Against GM Rice

Agence France Presse BANGKOK, Sept 12 (AFP) - Some 400 rice farmers from the northeast protested against the introduction of genetically-modified (GM) crops to Thailand, reports said Tuesday.