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World Watch articles from May 1996
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World Watch archives from May 1996
Intimidations trigger a response.
May 1, 1996... Nongovernmental organizations are acting to mobilize more protection for environmentalists, in the face of widespread attacks on activists. Last February, for example, five agents of the Russian FSB (formerly the KGB) arrested Alexandr Nikitin at...
Japanese government breaks with World Bank food forecast.
May 1, 1996... In a new assessment of the world food situation, the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture released projections in late December which show a doubling of world grain prices by 2010. The Ministry forecasts that by 2010, the world price for wheat will...
Financial bootstraps for the disenfranchised. (summit meeting on work security)
May 1, 1996... An unusual kind of "summit" meeting, to take place in Washington, D.C. next February, could mark a turning point in the steady erosion of work security that has hounded the global economy in recent years. Unlike the Earth Summit and the Women's...
Dying for oil. (Nigerian writer and activist Ken Saro-Wiwa)
May 1, 1996... The legacy of Ken Saro-Wiwa, the Ogoni leader who died in defense of his people's land on the Niger delta last November, has been a heightened vigilance among environmental activists everywhere.
The Execution. November 10, 1995. Port Harcourt,...
Meltdown. (declining use of nuclear power)
May 1, 1996... The worst industrial accident ever to befall humanity left a wound that has not healed with time. Now, the nuclear power industry appears to be wearing out its welcome on the planet - and opening the door wider to renewables.
Ten years ago, a...
Habitat II: not just another "doomed global conference."
May 1, 1996... With half of humanity living in urban settlements by the turn of the millenium, it is critical that the "City Summit" effectively address the mounting challenges of urbanization.
In the past five years, five of the world's major cities - Rio,...
Naturalist.
May 1, 1996... Are great scientists made, or born? Edward O. Wilson - Harvard professor, winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, and preeminent authority on ants - is one of the world's leading evolutionary biologists. He has also been at the center of the...