Articles by Emilio Godoy
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Closing the Gaps in Fight against Wildlife Trafficking in Latin America
Emilio Godoy – Inter Press Service-IPS,
6 Jun 2016
Despite the magnitude of the damage to biodiversity, Latin America and the Caribbean have made scant progress in fighting wildlife trafficking. The theme of this year’s World Environment Day, celebrated on Jun. 5, is Go Wild for Life.
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Emilio Godoy, IPS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Aug 2015
Aug 11 2015 – A few centuries ago, the biotechnology industry would have been able to buy a papal bull to expiate its sins and grant it redemption. But in his encyclical on the environment, “Laudato Si”, Pope Francis condemns genetically modified organisms without leaving room for a pardon.
→ read full articlePacific Pact – a Minefield for Health Care
Emilio Godoy – Inter Press Service-IPS,
14 Oct 2013
The Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP), the negotiation of which is set to conclude this year, could drive research into new drugs and improve access to medicines. Except – it won’t.
→ read full articleU.N. Chastises Mexico’s Support for Agribusiness
Emilio Godoy – Inter Press Service-IPS,
12 Mar 2012
The United Nations criticised Mexico’s food policy, a month and a half after President Felipe Calderón launched to great fanfare an alliance of agribusiness for sustainable development, which was welcomed by giant food corporations. At a meeting of the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva, the U.N. special rapporteur on the right to food, Olivier De Schutter, spoke out against the financial aid that Mexico will give to large producers at the expense of small farmers. He also criticised trials of genetically modified crops in this country.
→ read full articleLatin America Seeks to Spread Nuclear-Free Zones
Emilio Godoy – Inter Press Service-IPS,
20 Feb 2012
Latin America and the Caribbean are discussing ways to step up supervision of the use of nuclear materials in the region and contribute to the creation of more nuclear weapons-free zones around the world, on the 45th anniversary of the treaty that banned nuclear arms in the region.
→ read full articleAnti-Drug Vaccines Hold Promise – But Little Profit
Emilio Godoy – Inter Press Service-IPS,
20 Feb 2012
Vaccines against drug addiction appear to be a better strategy than the repressive worldwide “war on drugs”, but first they must overcome resistance from pharmaceutical laboratories and secure financial backing, scientists say.
→ read full articleACTIVISTS WORRIED ABOUT “SECRET” INTERNET TREATY
Emilio Godoy – Inter Press Service,
12 Jan 2010
MEXICO CITY, Jan 12 , 2010 (IPS) – An international treaty to combat copyright infringement and piracy, being negotiated by Mexico and other countries, could curtail expansion of the internet, violate people’s rights to privacy and freedom of expression, and undermine multilateral accords on intellectual property, activists warn. Canada, the European Union, Japan, Switzerland and […]
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