Tag: Climate Change

Saving our Planet from Ourselves

We often take our flora and fauna for granted, and in fact in spite of the phenomenon of climate change which is having impacts the world over, most

Confrontation between French and British scallop fishers goes is a warning about the resource conflicts of the future

When we think of it seriously we would realise that individual responsibility has perhaps the major role to play on the road when it comes to safety, and

Global warming will be most noticeable where the weather doesn’t normally vary much, such as the tropics. But these places are also home to many of the world’s

The fundamental issue about privatization is that there are certain necessities of human life that fall under the category of public good which must never be allowed to

The successive floods of 2016, 2017 and 2018 remind us all too bitterly that the National Disaster Scheme may have been left to idle away in some office

The Mauritian body politic will have at some stage to grapple with some “wicked” issues that many believe are fundamental to our future — By S. Callikan

We in Mauritius must expect that we too will be impacted, with effects on infrastructure, agriculture and therefore food supply and security, energy supply…

Cats cannot be set among the pigeons. How can the newly created Economic Development Board (EDB) have a majority of 6 out of its 8 directors from the

Qs & As: Suresh Boodhoo – Former Director of Meteorological Services

It’s cyclone in Mauritius, typhoon in Taiwan, hurricane/storm or tornado in the US, but they all mean the same: monster on the march!

A handful of families and dynasties preside over the destiny of the biggest conglomerates and three main political parties.

A number of families in the villages have traditionally depended on animal farming for their livelihood especially by selling milk.

After the first wave of all-embracing economic growth took place in Mauritius in the 1980s, on the back of industrial expansion, notably in textiles and garments, there was