Labour – Page 3 – SixDegreesNews

Many cities are investing in trees, forests and other nature-based solutions to counteract these effects and help their residents adapt to climate change City leaders representing combined population of nearly 173 million residents have issued the Cities4Forests “Call to Action on Forests & C

Aid , Disasters , Food , Governance , Human Rights , Labour , Sustainable Development , Water / 09/01/2021

Drought threatens the livelihoods of 7 million farmers in Afghanistan

The long-term outlook is challenging as farmers and herders, affected by drought, typically need three to five years to recover fully The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has appealed for humanitarian assistance to be scaled up as Afghanistan continues to be hit hard by

Biodiversity , Business , Environment , Food , Health , Labour , Soil , Sustainable Development / 06/20/2021

Darjeeling tea goes organic

Gurvinder Singh Growers of the world’s most expensive tea are going organic due to pressure from international buyers and a need to preserve the soil Darjeeling tea is going organic. Planters switching over claim that organic production helps maintain soil fertility, even if it means lower product

Biodiversity , Business , COVID-19 , Economy , Environment , Forests , Governance , Labour , Resources , Sustainable Development / 06/14/2021

Locals benefit from nature based tourism: WB Report

A new World Bank report shows that for every dollar governments invest in protected areas and support for nature-based tourism, the economic rate of return is at least six-times the original investment. The report, “Banking on Protected Areas: Promoting sustainable nature-based tourism t

Business , Data & Reports , Energy , Environment , Health , Labour , Monitoring , Science & Technology , Solutions , Sustainable Development / 05/08/2021

Targeting pollutive brick kilns in Bangladesh with AI

Sanjeet Bagcchi A low-cost machine learning method has the potential to track down immensely polluting brick kilns in Bangladesh, helping regulators monitor environmental compliance, new research shows. Researchers from Stanford University, US, and the International Centre for Diarrhoeal

Biodiversity , Business , Climate , Economy , Environment , Food , Forests , Labour , Sustainable Development / 04/18/2021

Belgium bans biofuels made from palm oil, soy

In making the move, Belgium joins Denmark, France, and the Netherlands as other European nations that have barred palm oil-based biodiesel due the crop’s association with large-scale conversion of native forests and peatlands for industrial plantations, especially in Malaysia and Indonesia. Belgiu

Corruption , COVID-19 , Data & Reports , Governance , Health , Human Rights , Labour , Monitoring , Sustainable Development / 04/11/2021

12 Months of Trauma: More Than 3,600 US Health Workers Died in Covid’s First Year

Jane Spencer, The Guardian and Christina Jewett The yearlong series of investigative reports found that many of these deaths could have been prevented. Widespread shortages of masks and other personal protective gear, a lack of covid testing, weak contact tracing, inconsistent mask guidanc

https://www.flickr.com/photos/regenwald/24644177990/in/photolist-DxHRww-F2TagF-WJ5wBy-zQzhqh-YJUpj7-Vq5HLE-ERXFaN-PP6GMX-R3GtVa-QtxZ7Y-ELsihu-FAjUGB-QSg8gv-w73N6S-WsednY-dSfLrV-dSmnMW-zQzfZG-BNJbfY-dSfPCp-A9a4VZ-zQARFb-STStr3-WJ5xSE-zbaQGG-BNJbhG-EtXW6t-dSfM34-AEDqoQ-dSmpWU-WJ4PRA-zbimDk-E64HUz-zbakE3-Q6XnGd-dSmpTd-dSfPrV-dSfKVc-dSmiNy-dSfPdi-dSmqiL-BNJbks-dSfNra-YQx3Cy-CygU1g-dSmqrS-dSmnHb-dSfKrD-EvZYx6-F3z7Lk

Biodiversity , Business , Climate , Corruption , Environment , Forests , Human Rights , Labour , Monitoring , Sustainable Development / 03/19/2021

Certification schemes are greenwashing forest destruction

Certified companies, including with the widely-known FSC label, are reportedly linked to forest destruction, land disputes and human rights abuses warns a new report from Greenpeace International. Destruction: Certified, shows that many certification schemes used for products such as palm oil

Data & Reports , Economy , Education , Gender , Health , Human Rights , Labour , Science & Technology , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 02/21/2021

Eye health ‘key to SDGs’

Louise Coghlin Vision, quality of life, the economy and development are all so interconnected that eye health should be reframed as a mainstream part of the sustainable development agenda, says a major report on eye care. The report by 73 leading experts from 25 countries warns that without addition

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

SixDegreesNews

Recent Posts

Recent Comments

Jobs