Sustainable Development – Page 47

Paulo Paulino Guajajara, known also as Kwahu Tenetehar, was shot in the neck and died in the forest. His colleague, Tainaky Tenetehar, was shot in the back and arm but escaped. The Amazon Guardians have been patrolling their territory in the eastern Amazon, which has been heavily invaded b

Aid , Disasters , Health , Human Rights , Sustainable Development , Water / 11/02/2019

South Sudan floods: 800,000 people at risk of disease and extreme hunger

Unusually heavy rainfall has hit 29 counties across the country, causing widespread displacement including in Akobo, Pibor and Lankien Houses have been destroyed and many areas are submerged and inaccessible. People have lost their crops and livestock and many schools and health clinics have been cl

Data & Reports , Environment , Forests , Health / 11/01/2019

New tropical disease detected in Brazil defies treatment

Fabíola Ortiz Researchers in Brazil have identified a new disease that causes severe damage to the liver, spleen and skin. The disease caused by the Cridia sergipensis parasite is suspected to have infected more than 150 people and caused two deaths in Sergipe state, in the northeast of the country

Biodiversity , Data & Reports , Environment , Featured , Forests , Sustainable Development / 10/30/2019

How Laos lost its tigers

Jeremy Hance A new paper in Global Conservation and Ecology finds that the last tigers of Laos along with the Indochinese leopards vanished shortly after 2013 from Nam Et-Phou Louey National Protected Area. A new camera trap study finds that tigers vanished from Nam Et-Phou Louey National Protec

Business , Disasters , Environment , Food , Forests , Health , Labour / 10/29/2019

Farmworkers Face Daunting Health Risks In California’s Wildfires

As wildfires grow more frequent, so do concerns for wine country field workers, who can face conditions that jeopardize their health, wages and housing. Farm laborers in yellow safety vests walked through neatly arranged rows of grapes Friday, harvesting the last of the deep purple bundles that hung

Aid , Biodiversity , Business , Environment , Food , Labour , Sustainable Development / 10/28/2019

EU provides €40 million for sustainable fisheries and aquaculture in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific

The initiative will work with 10 value chains in 10 different countries, aiming to maximise economic returns and social benefits, while minimising the detrimental effects on natural habitats and marine wildlife The EU, the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) and the Food and Agri

Climate , Food , Resources , Soil , Sustainable Development , Waste / 10/26/2019

Colombo Declaration calls for tackling global nitrogen challenge

At a time when the world grapples with the menace of air pollution killing 7 million people prematurely every year, Sri Lanka, with support from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), convened a two-day event at which member states came together to adopt what is being called the “Colombo Declaration

Biodiversity , Environment , Food , Solutions , Sustainable Development / 10/22/2019

In Mexico, Indigenous recipes are improving backyard farming

Larissa Hotra A new cookbook reignites pride in tradition, native seeds and sense of place This article was contributed by Rare in celebration of World Food Day 2019. In southern Mexico, foods like chipilín (leafy greens), chayote (mirliton squash), yerba santa (sacred herbs) and mai

Climate , Disasters , Environment , Food , Sustainable Development , Water / 10/20/2019

Fishing villages dry up on the Indus

Akhtar Hafeez Dam construction and other upstream activities have left the fishing communities in Pakistan along the Indus with little to fish, and livelihoods that have dried up with the river The province of Sindh is grappling with an acute water shortage, a crisis which the government hopes to ad

Climate , Data & Reports , Human Rights , Refugees , Resources , Sustainable Development / 10/17/2019

Is climate change responsible for the conflicts we’re seeing around the world today?

John Vidal The relationship between a heating planet and violent clashes is complex — and critical “This is where I keep my weapon,” said Lolem, a young Karamojong cattle herder. Digging below the surface of the bone-dry ground in northern Uganda, he drew out an old AK-47 and some bullets, wra

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