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The Environment: Latin Americas Battleground for Human Rights
2016-06-22 02:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: 2015 was the deadliest year on record for the killings of environmental activists around the world, according to a new Global Witness report. The report, On Dangerous Ground, found that in 2015, 185 people were killed defending the environment across 16 countries, a 59 percent increase from 2014. "The environment is becoming a new battleground for human rights," Global Witness' Campaign Leader for Environmental and Land Defenders Billy Kyte told IPS. "Many of these activists are being treated...
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Oculus under fire for efforts to secure exclusive rights to VR titles
2016-06-15 21:02:47| Extremetech
Oculus is taking heat for its attempts to create exclusives for the Rift -- and it's rewriting perceived history about its own plans for interoperability.
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Indigenous rights and private funding key to slowing deforestation, says Norway minister
2016-06-14 15:06:44| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Efforts to save the world's forests hinge on securing private sector funds and ensuring indigenous communities in tropical forests are more involved in protecting their environment, Norway's environment minister said. Speaking ahead of a high-level conference on forest conservation hosted by Norway, Vidar Helgesen said stronger political leadership is needed to amplify the voices and role of indigenous people in forest conservation. Norway is the biggest donor to the United Nations program...
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European Commission publishes interpretative guidelines on air passenger rights
2016-06-14 01:00:00| Airport Technology
The European Commission (EC) has published the Interpretative Guidelines on Regulation 261/2004, which outline the EU's passenger rights regulation.
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FEATURE-In Rio's favelas lack of property rights can be lethal for young men
2016-06-13 06:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: It is mid-afternoon on a workday in a Rio de Janeiro slum when a young man in a tanktop crouches beside a building, walkie-talkie on his belt and a large black pistol openly drawn on a main road. As people walk by unperturbed, local residents say he is protecting turf for a drug gang in the Cantagalo favela, a bustling community on a hillside overlooking Copacabana beach in downtown Rio. With an average of 11 murders per day, violent crime remains a major problem in Rio, according to figures...
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