Livelihoods
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But coffee rust is destroying
livelihoods
even as the negotiators speak.
The fly, first detected in 2004 in Mombasa on the Kenyan coast, has since swept across the continent, decimating mangoes and other crops and devastating
livelihoods.
When HFO is spilled in icy waters, it breaks down slowly and can devastate ecosystems and the
livelihoods
of those who depend on them.
Moreover, more impact assessments are needed to ensure that road, rail, and waterway projects do not destroy
livelihoods
or nearby ecosystems, leading to further greenhouse-gas emissions and a loss of vital biodiversity.
The two crises have created immense human suffering worldwide: thousands of families have lost loved ones in wars, and the financial crisis has taken people’s jobs, livelihoods, assets, pensions, and dreams, as well as worsening fiscal and debt conditions in most industrial countries.
Sustainable
livelihoods.
Countless heartrending stories of lost husbands, wives, siblings, and children, to say nothing of homes and
livelihoods
destroyed, provide yet more troubling evidence of how Syria’s civil war has become a regional conflict (as the bombing of Iran’s Beirut embassy suggests).
Bringing medical aid into conflict zones, setting up water and sanitation facilities, and protecting victims during harsh winters are crucial to saving lives; but we must also think about how to safeguard the education and
livelihoods
of those who survive.
With the right policies in place, the incremental food demand created by these transfers, as well as by school meals programs and nutrition supplements for mothers and infants, could create opportunities for small-scale farmers to expand their output and improve their
livelihoods.
Meanwhile, opportunities will abound for rookie insurance professionals to devise new ways to hedge risks that real people worry about, and that really matter – those involving their jobs, livelihoods, and home values.
As the climate changes, weather-related calamities such as floods, hurricanes, landslides, and typhoons will increase in frequency, intensity, and duration, undermining individual
livelihoods
and the broader economy.
Technological innovation can be part of the solution for Arab economies; but the accompanying disruption of markets and
livelihoods
raises its own challenges.
Many Greeks who had been living in Egypt for generations, for example, lost their
livelihoods
in the 1950s, when President Gamal Abdel Nasser, the great standard-bearer of pan-Arabism, nationalized privately owned businesses and industries.
The New York Times identified a major indicator of Trump-leaning districts: a white-majority working-class population whose
livelihoods
had been negatively affected throughout the decades in which the US economy shed manufacturing capacity.
And it encompasses both economic fears that robots, Chinese workers, and immigrants are threatening people’s livelihoods, and cultural fears that white Westerners are losing their privileged status both locally and globally.
Species loss undermines livelihoods, health, and food and water security.
ASEAN leaders must formulate an effective diplomatic solution to the crisis to prevent it from fueling more extremism in the region and disrupting trade and people’s
livelihoods.
One reason why it has been so difficult to apply the principle of insurance to trade risks is that if the government offers the coverage against risks to
livelihoods
from free trade, it just looks like redistribution.
In fact, Blinder’s proposal is only one of many possible government policies aimed at dealing with the Internet-age turmoil in the market for jobs and
livelihoods.
But now many Bangladeshis fears for their livelihoods, owing to unlimited Chinese textile imports following the end of quotas last year.
Since SCO members have stated that they are not prepared to provide combat troops to the NATO-led ISAF, closer collaboration should first concentrate on revitalizing the Afghan economy and providing alternative
livelihoods
to those involved in narcotics.
In marked contrast to far wealthier nations, it has offered a haven and provided refugees with land, seeds, and tools so they can rebuild their
livelihoods.
These deals benefit only a select few, while damaging economically vulnerable people’s
livelihoods.
Yet Walmart also stands accused of desolating downtowns, impersonalizing shopping, and depriving small retailers of their
livelihoods.
Unrelenting demand for modern, innovative infrastructure that supports citizens’ livelihoods, improves energy efficiency, and minimizes pollution cannot simply be ignored – especially given urbanization’s central role in driving economic modernization and productivity gains.
In the Niger delta, where oil production and official neglect have devastated the environment and wrecked livelihoods, enraged youths took to the swamps and led an insurgency against Federal troops.
Drifting sand may frequently tip the balance to unsustainability, threatening the
livelihoods
of entire districts.
Only then can investment by the private sector – the engine of employment and stable
livelihoods
– begin to recover.
The day-to-day lives – and
livelihoods
– of Palestinians need immediate improvement.
Moreover, even where people’s lives are saved, their
livelihoods
are often decimated.
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