by Agency Reporter | Jun 18, 2022 | Briefing
INDUSTRIAL RUBBER PLANTATIONS in West and Central Africa have been linked to an area of tropical deforestation 16 times the size of Brussels since 2000, establishing it as the leading European driver of deforestation in the region. Despite this, the rubber industry...
by Staff Writer | Jun 17, 2022 | Briefing
A NEW REPORT ON THE HARM CAUSED by the UK’s nuclear tests in Kiribati has been written by experts and academics who have conducted significant field research relating to the UK’s nuclear testing. The report, Addressing British nuclear tests in Kiribati: a new...
by Staff Writer | Jun 17, 2022 | Briefing
THE VALUE OF UK GOVERNMENT SUPPORT for living costs for university students from the poorest families in England will fall to its lowest level in seven years in the coming academic year, as maintenance loan entitlements will fail to keep up with inflation. As a...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 16, 2022 | Briefing
QUAKERS IN BRITAIN have welcomed a report which shows that the dramatic rise in long prison sentences does not help victims, offenders or the public. The Independent Commission into the Experience of Victims and Long-term Prisoners, led by Bishop James Jones, former...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 16, 2022 | Briefing
THOUSANDS OF MAASAI PEOPLE have fled their homes and escaped into the bush following a brutal police crackdown on protests against government attempts to evict them to make way for trophy hunters and conservation. On 8 June, dozens of police vehicles and an estimated...
by Staff Writer | Jun 16, 2022 | Briefing
OXFAM AND 22 OTHER CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS have welcomed the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) announcement that it will stop investing in private schools, following the release of an independent evaluation. Oxfam says the decision reinforces...
