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Timothy A. Wise GM corn presidential decree comes despite intense pressure from industry, U.S. authorities. Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador quietly rocked the agribusiness world with his New Year’s Eve decree to phase out use of the herbicide glyphosate and the cultivation of genet

COVID-19 , Economy , Food , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 02/25/2021

Impacts of COVID-19: Food Security under threat in Indonesia

Kurnia Dwi Agustina Studies coming out on the impact of COVID-19 point that food security is under an immense threat and farmers are on the brink of loosing their livelihood. Here is an example based on a survey in Indonesia. Various policies have been implemented in all countries to prevent the spr

Aid , Business , Climate , Corruption , Energy , Environment , Health , Monitoring , Resources , Sustainable Development / 02/17/2021

12 years and counting: Pollution control investment at Bosnia’s Ugljevik coal plant still showing no results

Ioana Ciuta Upgrades to the coal power plants in the Western Balkans that would bring down sulphur dioxide emissions are rare. But even where investments have been made, they have so far failed to deliver the much-needed results. The Western Balkans’ highly polluting coal fleet needs to be phased

Biodiversity , Climate , Environment , Sustainable Development / 02/14/2021

Love It or Lose It campaign calls on people to love nature so it doesn’t disappear

World Wildlife Fund (WWF) launched a national brand marketing campaign across the U.S. declaring 2021 as a crucial year to show your love for nature. The year-long campaign, “Love It or Lose It,” debuting the week of Valentine’s Day, calls on everyone to show their love for nature, upon which

Biodiversity , Business , Cities , Climate , Education , Environment , Featured , Food , Health , Labour , Resources , Science & Technology , Soil , Solutions , Sustainable Development / 02/13/2021

Argentine municipalities embrace agroecology

Jorgelina Hiba A network of municipalities in Argentina is reimagining an agricultural production model based on industrial inputs, encouraging a new relationship between farming, food and nature The global climate crisis has made the debate about the ways food is produced and consumed around the wo

Biodiversity , Climate , Data & Reports , Environment , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 02/10/2021

Study Finds Climate Crisis Driving Great White Sharks Into Colder Waters, With Devastating Effect on Wildlife

Brett Wilkins Warming oceans—a key measure of the climate crisis—are forcing great white sharks into colder waters, where they are causing a devastating decrease in wildlife populations, according to new research reported Tuesday by The Guardian. The sharks are not the problem—climate cha

Climate , Data & Reports , Disasters , Environment , Opinions , Science & Technology , SDGs , Soil , Sustainable Development , Water / 02/07/2021

Comment: The lurking danger of India’s dying dams and failing reservoirs

J Harsha Current projections of surface water security for India are outdated and inaccurate with crisis looming in the 21st century t is very encouraging to hear that India can currently store 257 billion cubic metres (BCM) of surface water in its reservoirs. Even more welcome is the prog

Aid , Business , Climate , Environment , Governance , Resources , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 02/06/2021

Insights on China’s 2021 white paper on international development cooperation

Anthea Mulakala and Hongbo Ji China’s tradition of demand-driven assistance has created the impression of a jumble of scattered projects without coherence. However, the white paper reveals that China’s activities between 2013 and 2020 have been purposeful and targeted. On 10 January, the State

COVID-19 , Data & Reports , Gender , Health , Science & Technology , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 02/04/2021

Breast cancer has overtaken lung cancer as the world’s mostly commonly-diagnosed cancer

WHO and the cancer community are responding with renewed urgency to address breast cancer and to respond to the growing cancer burden globally that is straining individuals, communities and health systems. The global cancer landscape is changing, according to WHO experts. Breast cancer has now o

Biodiversity , Business , COVID-19 , Economy , Environment , Food , Labour , Resources , Sustainable Development / 02/03/2021

Global fisheries and aquaculture hard hit by COVID-19 pandemic

Global fisheries and aquaculture have been hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic and could face further disruption in 2021 as lockdowns affect supply and demand across the sector, according to a report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The report, The impact of C

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