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An extraordinary plot to open up an uncontacted tribe’s territory for exploitation, and suppress evidence of the tribe’s existence, has been revealed in Brazil. The cover-up involves top officials in FUNAI, the government Indigenous Affairs Agency, who have been hand-picked by President Bol

Biodiversity , Climate , Environment , Food , Forests , Health , Interviews , Resources , Science & Technology , SDGs , Soil , Solutions , Sustainable Development / 01/19/2022

Interview: Urban farms, insects, key in battle against hunger

Michael Kaloki Climate change has brought about several extremes including drought, which affects our ability to grow crops. If we use insects for food, we would not need to depend on rains. Food security is an ongoing challenge in Sub-Saharan Africa. But Esther Ngumbi says bugs offer a solution. Ng

Biodiversity , Climate , Economy , Energy , Environment , Food , Forests , Governance , Human Rights , Resources , SDGs , Sustainable Development , Water / 11/26/2021

Another poor wet season endangers Cambodia’s biggest lake and its people

Ate Hoekstra, Yon Sineat Climate change, unsustainable and illegal fishing and the proliferation of hydropower dams on rivers that feed Tonle Sap threaten the livelihoods of over one million Cambodians Sarun Nong, a fisher on Koh Krabey, a small island in Cambodia’s Tonle Sap lake, takes

Biodiversity , Business , Corruption , Data & Reports , Economy , Environment , Food , Forests , Human Rights , Refugees , Resources , Sustainable Development / 11/18/2021

Human rights abuses reported from Kenya conservation efforts linked to British Royals

The areas under “conservancies” are the ancestral grazing lands of pastoralist peoples such as the Samburu and Maasai, who have been managing these lands since time immemorial. Wildlife “conservancies” in Kenya whose visitors include Britain’s Royals are implicated in the eviction, torture

Aid , Biodiversity , Business , Climate , Disasters , Economy , Education , Energy , Environment , Food , Forests , Governance , Human Rights , Monitoring , Refugees , Resources , Science & Technology , Sustainable Development , Transport , Water / 11/15/2021

COP26: What was agreed at the Glasgow climate talks?

Christopher Davy The Paris rulebook has been finalised, the focus has been put on cutting emissions this decade, but developing countries are left dissatisfied on finance After running over by a day, negotiators at COP26 finally reached agreement on a “Glasgow climate pact” on 13 November. The t

Biodiversity , Business , Climate , Economy , Environment , Food , Health , Labour , Sustainable Development / 11/11/2021

WTO must ban harmful fisheries subsidies: Global Open Letter

To curb overfishing, biodiversity degradation and loss, and CO2 emissions, and to safeguard food and livelihoods, WTO members must prohibit fisheries subsidies that cause harm Sustainably managed wild fisheries support food and nutritional security, livelihoods, and cultures. Harmful fisheries sub

Biodiversity , Climate , Environment , Food , Forests , Opinions , Resources , Science & Technology , SDGs , Soil , Solutions , Sustainable Development / 10/28/2021

Can Unconventional Land be the Hope to Support Our Food Security

Indonesia has a vast tract of suboptimal land that is rarely used as land for agriculture because it is considered to have low productivity – it is often infertile, marginal, low potential, poor in resources, degraded and difficult to cultivate for productive agricultural land Why do we need to lo

Aid , Climate , Disasters , Food , Governance , Health , Human Rights , Refugees , Resources , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 10/14/2021

Climate crisis is fuelling an unprecedented food and hunger crisis

The world faces an exponential increase in hunger fuelled by the climate crisis if urgent global action to help communities adapt to climatic shocks and stresses is ignored, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warns ahead of World Food Day, on 16 October. A WFP analysis shows that a 2°C r

Biodiversity , Cities , Climate , Energy , Environment , Food , Forests , Governance , Opinions , Resources , SDGs , Solutions , Sustainable Development , Water / 09/28/2021

How to meet climate and SDG goals together for cities

Each city should have two plans ready within a year. One, a SDG plan and two, a climate action plan Cities are growing by leaps and bounds. Currently, almost 55 percent of the global population lives in cities. This figure is estimated to grow to 68 percent by 2050. In this decade, which is also

Biodiversity , Environment , Food , Forests , Governance , Human Rights , Opinions , Resources , Sustainable Development / 09/23/2021

The Negligence of Indigenous Community under the Food Development Programme in Indonesia

Feny Nuroktaviani Indigenous Forest in Indonesia is categorized as state forest, that authorizes the government to utilize the forest for the sake of the state interest Since the 1990s, Food Estate has been one of the Indonesian government’s key programs to strengthen food security in In

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