The relation between climate change and food security – December 29, 2011
Jacklyn Cock’s* informative article discusses the impact of climate change on food security, especially in Africa and Southern Africa.
Month: December 2011
SA government’s promotion of genetically modified agriculture undermines farming and food security in South Africa and Africa – December 29, 2011
Mariam Mayet* critically discusses the SA govenment’s role in the promotion of genetically modified agriculture that will undermine farming in South Africa and Africa and contribute of food insecurity.
Gender and Environment – December 29, 2011
Maria van Driel* argues that the struggle for equity within society and for environmental and social justice is interlinked.
Community and environment: Conservation for whom? – December 29, 2011
Using three case studies, Angela Conway* argues that environmental protection can be manipulated to exclude and reduce the rights of the poor thus maintaining the status quo and social injustice.
A brief critical history of the environmental movement – December 29, 2011
John Treat* traces the history of the envirnmental movement and argues that experience has come to shape perspectives, which were already developed theoretically in the 19th century by karl max
The Environmental Justice Movement in Africa – December 29, 2011
Bobby Peek* provieds a discussion of the environmental justice movement in Africa, and grounds this in the continent’s colonial and postcolonial histories.
Open Mic Section: 2011: The year of the Arab Spring – December 29, 2011
Dhruti Shah discusses the year of the Arab Spring through the stories of ordinary women and men who participated in this events.
Arab Spring: Nature of armies decisive in revolutions – December 29, 2011
Shashank Joshi* discusses the important role of the army in the context of recent revolutions.
Syria unrest
In recent days, human rights groups and opposition activists say some 200 people have been killed by Syrian security forces in the province of idlib, including defectors from the Syrian army.
Chen Wei jailed in China for ‘subversive’ writing – December 29, 2011
This article report on the jailing of Chinese writer, Chen Wei, for subversion.