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No world region is immune, from Afghanistan and Bangladesh in Asia, to Haiti, Venezuela and Central America, to Iraq, Lebanon, Sudan and Syria in the Middle East to Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Liberia Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Mozambique, Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe in Africa. New analysis out today by the UN

Business , Corruption , Environment , Food , Health , Monitoring , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 07/05/2020

Poisons used to make food more beautiful, last longer

Julien Chongwang, Gilbert Nakweya & Ghislaine Deudjui Toxic chemicals are being used by food sellers across Sub-Saharan Africa to improve the look of meat and fish, scientists and food inspectors say, putting the health of millions at risk. Weak government testing capacities and informal food su

Biodiversity , Climate , Corruption , COVID-19 , Economy , Environment , Food , Forests , Governance , Human Rights , Opinions , Resources , Sustainable Development / 06/30/2020

Covid-19, Climate Change, Poverty and Corruption: Quest for Nature Friendly Lives and Livelihoods

The unique nature of Covid-19 crisis have been blessings to build lives and nature friendly green planet. Strategic policy responses should be designed internalizing the effective governance to pursue both short and long-term benefits to achieve both the global resilience to climate change

Aid , Environment , Food , Forests , Human Rights , Solutions , Sustainable Development , Water / 06/11/2020

Human interest story: Strengthening livelihoods, Restoring the rainforest in Philippines

Arianne Gijsenbergh This human interest story tells the inspiring tale of Linda Deconlay, a member of the indigenous Talaandig Tribe, who is participating in reforestation work implemented under a project titled Ridge to Coast, Rain to Tap project. These activities not only restored the ecological a

Biodiversity , Business , Corruption , COVID-19 , Environment , Food , Resources , Sustainable Development / 06/06/2020

‘Quietly Putting Hundreds of Species at Risk,’ Trump Opens 5,000 Square Miles of Atlantic Ocean to Commercial Fishing

Jake Johnson Ancient and slow-growing deep sea corals, endangered large whales and sea turtles, and an incredible array of fish, seabirds, sharks, dolphins and other wildlife—these are the species and habitats that will pay the price. In a move that environmentalists warned could further imperil h

COVID-19 , Environment , Food , Human Rights , Opinions , Resources , Sustainable Development , Water / 06/05/2020

OPINION: COVID-19 IS TELLING US THAT IT’S TIME FOR GLOBAL SYSTEMS CHANGE — STARTING WITH WATER

Claudia Sadoff & Mark Smith To survive the coronavirus pandemic and minimize the adverse impacts of future shocks, we must address global water insecurity and inequality now. COVID-19 has, like nothing before, exposed the fragility of the systems that underpin our globalized world, revealing jus

Biodiversity , Climate , COVID-19 , Disasters , Environment , Food , Forests , Health , Human Rights , Migration , Water / 05/26/2020

After Cyclone Amphan, broken houses and rotting fish

Joydeep Gupta Residents of the Sundarbans wonder why they are rebuilding, when their lands have been encroached for years by the seas, and their huts that will fall down in the next cyclone “What is the point in rebuilding our house,” asks Santanu Haldar, “when we know it will be torn down in

COVID-19 , Data & Reports , Environment , Food , Gender , Human Rights , Resources , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 05/24/2020

SDG setback ‘tremendous’ as COVID-19 accelerates slide

Gareth Willmer & Fiona Broom Crucial global goals to reduce hunger and poverty and curb climate change have gone backwards or stalled, the United Nations Secretary-General warns in a new report, as the COVID-19 outbreak moves from being a health crisis to becoming the “worst human and economic

Biodiversity , Disasters , Economy , Environment , Food , Sustainable Development / 05/08/2020

Locust attack threatens food security in Pakistan, South Asia

Muhammad Akbar Notezai; Atika Rehman As FAO warns of major blow to food supply, farmers say locusts are already gobbling up their crops and swarms gather to sweep across the region In south western Balochistan, one of the remotest parts of Pakistan, desert locusts are busy eating crops. According to

COVID-19 , Food , Health , Sustainable Development / 05/06/2020

Malnutrition and epidemics are intertwined. That makes fixing food systems crucial

Stuart Gillespie Both the epidemic and malnutrition will generate long-wave impacts, for years to come. They are also likely to interact with each other – badly. Malnutrition is by far the biggest driver of ill-health and premature mortality in every region of the world. A slow-burn attrition

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