Posted in Agriculture, Current Affairs, Development Institution, Economics, Environment, Environmental, Globalisation, Sustainable Development, Trade on June 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Intensified international trading affects the environment, but also raises global awareness
by Nayan Chanda
YaleGlobal, 28 June 2007
Burning question: Does globalization destroy the rain forest?
Rush to grow more crops for export is certainly behind some deforestation.
Activists have long accused global corporations of being bad environmental citizens. But the problems of climate change and deforestation are part [...]
Posted in Agriculture, Aid, Current Affairs, Economics, Policy, Trade on June 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Another attempt to revive the Doha round of negotiations, the goal of which is a global trade agreement for reducing poverty in small developing nations, collapsed once again. The US and Europe resist slashing their own agricultural subsidies as much as developing nations, including India and Brazil, would prefer. Brazil and India refuse to open [...]
