The bushmeat on which the villagers in Buanchor in Nigeria used to grow fat is all but gone.

The precautionary principle has become an increasingly important component of environmental policy, considered by the European Union to be a general principle of international law. As the precautionary principle has gained prominence, policy analysts have devoted increasing attention to the issue of implementation. Nevertheless, the practical implications of the principle remain unclear.

Petchkovsky's engagement in an art project with a social content, involving a wide range of public, not only the art educated elite, had a fantastic response. The project was specially designed in the context of the world conference against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance.

The demands of past debt on the democratic government of Nigeria is handicapping its capacity to resolve growing internal social and ethnic tensions, says Jubilee Plus, in a new report.

Food Policy Statement 34 from the International Food Policy Research Institute, based on the recently released book of the same title, edited by Keijiro Otsuka and Frank Place. The paper compares the evolution of land-tenure systems and their roles in protecting
the environment in Asia and Africa.