by drmu | Apr 17, 2010 | Uncategorized
Mauritius is the first country in the world to require businesses to donate a portion of their profits to NGOs or government projects in the name of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). So what is behind this innovative legislation and what might be its...
by drmu | Apr 17, 2010 | Uncategorized
We Love Mauritius posed a number of questions to Xavier Duval, Minister of Tourism and Leisure, about his strategy for the sector. Our purpose was to ascertain its compatibility with the Prime Minister’s vision of Maurice Ile Durable. He delegated the...
by drmu | Apr 15, 2010 | Crusade
As we approach another general election, while alliances have shifted, one thing remains stubbornly the same. We still have no rules to counter the habitual opacity of political parties when it comes to revealing the sources and beneficiaries of their funds. The...
by drmu | Apr 6, 2010 | Human rights, Social justice
Here is an extremely sad example of the barbarism of the US military and another reason why all the bases they occupy in sovereign countries around the world, including Diego Garcia, should be closed. They have no respect for human life, not even children. Watch this...
by drmu | Apr 2, 2010 | Uncategorized
We Love Mauritius posts its Annual Review and Financial Statements on-line as past of its commitment to transparency and accountability. Is this the first Mauritian NGO to do so?
by drmu | Apr 2, 2010 | Marine protection
Still no answers from Fisheries. No feedback from Herr Menzel. But at least L’Express on-line has picked up the baton…
by drmu | Mar 23, 2010 | Marine protection
Hot on the heals of sounding the death nell for bluefin tuna, CITES has failed to protect red and pink coral from unsustainable harvesting. After the fiasco of Copenhagen to fail to deal with climate change it is becoming clear that the world is being governed for the...
by drmu | Mar 20, 2010 | Marine protection
The latest meeting of the UN’s Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) has rejected Monaco’s proposal to ban the trade in bluefin tuna. Scientists say that over-fishing is pushing stocks of this iconic fish to the brink of collapse....
by drmu | Mar 17, 2010 | Human rights, Marine protection
While the British talk of the Chagos Archipelago becoming a massive Marine Protected Area, it appears that the US is preparing its military base on main island to launch a devastating attack on Iran. Read more In the event of such an attack, how are the Muslims of...
by drmu | Mar 16, 2010 | Energy
Five months ago, a report from the UK Energy Research Council predicted that global oil production would likely peak before 2030, with a significant risk of it peaking by 2020. Now the UK’s Industry Taskforce on Peak Oil and Energy Security is predicting rapid...
