School dinners by McDonald’s. Corporations taking countries to court because their environmental regulations are ‘too tough’. The BBC sold to Rupert Murdoch. Paul Kingsnorth explains why we should be very worried by what is about to go on behind the closed doors of Cancun.
… Cancun: Why Should You Care? Paul Kingsnorth | … is about to go on behind the closed doors of Cancun. Half the point of the World Trade … the WTO’s upcoming ministerial conference at Cancun – and what difference they are likely …
Mexico's tourist resort of Cancún has just lost one of its greatest natural riches, writes Miguel Rivas: 57 hectares of species rich mangrove forest, bulldozed in a massive overnight attack by property developers in league with local officials. But people power can still win the battle and see the Tajamar mangroves restored.
Cancún's mangroves are destroyed. But hope grows again! Miguel Rivas Greenpeace Mexico | 17th February 2016 Comment Mexico Oceans Forests Development Tourism Law Protest …
In September the World Trade Organisation will be holding its fifth ministerial conference in Cancun, Mexico. Simon Retallack explains what is at stake.
… holding its fifth ministerial conference in Cancun, Mexico. Simon Retallack explains what … the WTO will meet for the fifth time in Cancun, Mexico. Outlined here are the key … of the world’s largest corporations. At Cancun, governments must decide whether or not …
Free trade. So benign sounding a phrase. A concept whose principles no reasonable person would challenge. Trouble is, free trade as we know it – free trade as it is pushed by those who will mass at Cancun, Mexico, in September – is far from free. Think about it. If it truly was free, would they put sanctions on those who don’t want to participate and use police to violently put down protests by those who oppose it? Free trade is really just a euphemism, like ‘peacekeeping’ or ‘forest management’, that hides a far uglier, more brutal reality. Free trade is a brand – Free Trade™, which sells a repackaged product no one in their right minds would buy if they knew what it really was.
… as it is pushed by those who will mass at Cancun, Mexico, in September – is far from … our leaders will talk about and promote at Cancun is not and can never be ‘free’; when …
A tourism boom in the Yucatán Peninsula is threatening the delicately balanced ecosystems of the Laguna Bacalar. We must regulate tourism and pollution to better protect the ancient organisms that have thrived in its waters, argues HARRY SHEPHERD
… lagoon has been heralded by some as the 'next Cancun' - a nod to the saturated playground … to Euromonitor International research, Cancun was the strongest growing city …
Mexico is determined to restore populations of its largest native predator, the jaguar, to long term viability, writes Kent Paterson. That means creating millions of acres of ecological corridors across the country, and joining with US colleagues to secure large areas of habitat in southwestern states, where recent sightings give hope that jaguars are returning to their former range.
… of Quintana Roo on the Yucatan Peninsula near Cancun. Nearly half of Mexico's jaguar … coral reef shelf that extends from near Cancun south to Honduras in the western …
160 global groups have called for a moratorium on new 'genetic extinction' technology at the UN Convention on Biological Diversity meeting in Cancun, Mexico. Gene drive technology, they say, poses serious and irreversible threats to biodiversity, national sovereignty, peace and food security.
… Convention on Biological Diversity meeting in Cancun, Mexico. Gene drive technology, they …
A small fishing community in Mexico's Baja California is playing involuntary host to a gigantic tourism and real estate development, writes Viviane Mahieux. And while the branding of the Tres Santos resort is all about mindfulness, ecology and sustainability, the reality is one of big money, high level politics, and the unaccountable deployment of state violence against those who dare oppose it.
Brutal, opaque, illegal: the dark side of the Tres Santos 'mindfulness' eco-tourism resort Viviane Mahieux | 29th April 2016 News Mexico USA Development Oceans Fishing Finance Tourism …
Locked out of some meetings. Not even invited to others. And then all the decisions are made after you’ve left. It’s all in a day’s work for ‘developing’ World delegates at the WTO. By Mark Lynas
… be just as bad at the upcoming WTO meeting in Cancun, Mexico. The powerful countries have …