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Despite its environmental benefits, using local seaweed for food can be a tough sell. Some think the Dutch have finally cracked the code. “Is seaweed a vegetable?” a wide-eyed child asks a tall man chopping kelp at a “Taste the Nature” market in the Zuiderpark city farm in The Hague. “Well

Business , Corruption , Data & Reports , Environment , Featured , Food , Human Rights , Resources / 07/25/2018

2017, the Deadliest Year for Land and Environmental Defenders as Agri-Business Most Linked to Killings

Global Witness reveals that at least 207 land and environmental defenders were killed in 2017– indigenous leaders, community activists and environmentalists murdered trying to protect their homes and communities from mining, agribusiness and other destructive industries. Global Witness annual figu

Biodiversity , Data & Reports , Environment , Featured , Food , Forests , Solutions , Sustainable Development / 07/22/2018

Retaining forests benefits African farmers, new study finds

Koen Kusters The closer a farm is located to a forest, the better it performs in terms of livestock productivity and long-term soil sustainability, according to a recent study conducted in southern Ethiopia. Additionally, proximity to a forest increases the ability to deal with shocks and equality

Biodiversity , Data & Reports , Environment , Featured , Food , Sustainable Development / 07/09/2018

Aquaculture is source of 53 % of all global fish consumption

Global fish production will continue to expand over the next decade even though the amount of fish being captured in the wild has levelled off and aquaculture’s previously explosive growth is now slowing, says a new report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). T

Biodiversity , Climate , Data & Reports , Environment , Food , Forests , Migration / 05/14/2018

Climate change could put food supply for migratory birds at risk

Augusta Dwyer Along with rising sea levels and disrupted weather patterns, climate change could also have a potentially harmful impact on migratory birds. That finding comes from a new study carried out by ornithologists at Cornell University, recently published in Ecology Letters. The study used c

Data & Reports , Disasters , Featured , Food , Sustainable Development / 03/16/2018

Disasters causing billions in agricultural losses, with drought leading the way

Asia hardest hit region, says report on the burden borne by poor farmers due to natural disasters Natural disasters are costing farmers in the developing world billions of dollars each year, with drought emerging as the most destructive in a crowded field of threats that also includes floods, forest

Food , Science & Technology , Sustainable Development , Transport / 02/25/2018

Egyptian innovators design truck to tackle wheat losses

Hazem Badr A truck designed locally to put an end to wheat losses during transport from fields to storage silos is set for testing in Egypt this summer. During the harvesting season in Egypt, it is common to see grains scattered across routes used by transport vehicles. This is due to bumpy roads, t

Biodiversity , Environment , Food , Sustainable Development / 02/14/2018

Safeguarding our oceans through sustainable seafood

Almost half of the seafood we eat comes from farms. For fish farming (aquaculture) to hold its promise to meet our future food demands, it will need to demonstrate that it can produce better farmed seafood. Through a partnership, Marina Bay Sands and WWF have jointly developed measurable and achieva

Biodiversity , Food , Resources , Science & Technology , Sustainable Development / 01/21/2018

How blockchain is strengthening tuna traceability to combat illegal fishing

In a significant development for global fisheries, blockchain technology is now being used to improve tuna traceability to help stop illegal and unsustainable fishing practices in the Pacific Islands tuna industry. The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in Australia, Fiji and New Zealand, in partnership with

Featured , Food , SDGs , Solutions , Sustainable Development / 01/17/2018

Farming for a Small Planet: Alternatives to Industrial Agriculture

Frances Moore Lappé There is ample evidence that an alternative approach—organic agriculture, or more broadly “agroecology”—is actually the only way to ensure that all people have access to sufficient, healthful food. People yearn for alternatives to industrial agriculture, but they are

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