Archive for December 7th, 2016

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07/12/2016

Life on Earth Is Dying

Human Wrongs Watch

Robert J. Burrowes*

DAYLESFORD, Australia,  6 December, 2016 — On the day that you read this article, 200 species of life on Earth (plants, birds, animals, fish, amphibians, insects, reptiles) will cease to exist. Tomorrow, another 200 species will vanish forever.

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Robert J. Burrowes

The human onslaught to destroy life on Earth is unprecedented in Earth’s history.

Planet Earth is now experiencing its sixth mass extinction event and Homo sapiens sapiens is the cause.

Moreover, this mass extinction event is accelerating and is so comprehensive in its impact that the piecemeal measures being taken by the United Nations, international agencies and governments constitute a tokenism that is breathtaking in the extreme.

And it is no longer the case that mainly ‘invisible’ species are vanishing: those insects, amphibians and small animals about which you had never even heard, assuming they have been identified and given a name by humans.

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07/12/2016

Regulations, Incentives Can Reduce ‘High Levels of Informality’ in Domestic Work – UN

Human Wrongs Watch

6 December 2016 – Nearly 75 per cent of domestic workers 15 and older are estimated to work in informal employment situations, according to a new study by the United Nations International Labour Organization (ILO), which calls for a combination of incentives and compliance to reduce high levels of informality in domestic work.

A domestic worker washes clothes by hand in New Delhi, India. Photo: ILO/B. Patel

The report, Formalizing Domestic Work, confirms that because domestic work takes place in the private sphere, many households do not make use of formal arrangements, whether due to cost concerns, lack of information, or a belief that domestic labour is not real work.

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07/12/2016

Rethinking Trade Policy and Protectionism in the Trump Era

Human Wrongs Watch

By Martin Khor*

PENANG, Malaysia, Dec 5 2016 (IPS) – What kind of trade policy will the United States have under President Donald Trump? This is a hot issue, as Trump has made unorthodox pronouncements on trade issues during and after the election campaign. If he acts on even some of the positions he took, it will create a sea change in trade policy in the US and possibly the world.
Credit: Amantha Perera/IPS

Credit: Amantha Perera/IPS

 

Trump has recently emphasised that he will take the US out of the Trans Pacific Partnership  Agreement (TPPA) on his first day of office, and renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

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