Yan Tian Baxter Chinese NGO GEI aims to equip food producing regions in Brazil with good practices to bring about broader changes in agricultural trade ince 2003, when China first became a net food importer, the gap between its imports and exports has continued to widen. By 2019, it had become the world’s largest importer of… Continue reading New civil society initiative aims to ‘green’ China-Brazil agriculture trade
Tag: Latin America
Fragile cities are being inundated with people fleeing the impacts of climate change. How can they cope?
Ambika Chawla Multi-stakeholder partnerships that include displaced people in the process show promise for helping overwhelmed communities deal with an influx of climate migrants from rural areas. When the rains never arrived in the East African nation of Somalia in 2016, nor in 2017, hundreds of thousands of rural residents were forced to abandon their… Continue reading Fragile cities are being inundated with people fleeing the impacts of climate change. How can they cope?
5 low-cost technologies that help protect Latin America’s environment
Innovations enable recycling, tracking poachers and invasive species, and adaptation to climate change Tania Chacón Latin America’s natural wealth is undeniable. It is a cause for both celebration and concern. For example, the region holds the greatest diversity of flora in the world, but at the same time 46% of global mining and socio-environmental conflicts, according… Continue reading 5 low-cost technologies that help protect Latin America’s environment
Communities challenge lithium production in Argentina
Sabrina Roth Indigenous communities in Jujuy reject extraction, saying it violates rights and depletes water resources North-east Argentina forms one corner of a now famous ‘lithium triangle’, which also includes Bolivia and Chile. The area, rich in the resource that powers smartphones and electric vehicles, has caught the attention of foreign investors. Between 2015 and… Continue reading Communities challenge lithium production in Argentina
Indigenous activist’s life in danger after opposing destruction of Peruvian Amazon
Washington Bolivar, an indigenous activist in Peru has been receiving death threats as he challenges the destruction of Amazon rainforest for timber extraction and conversion to oil palm. According to a press release by Forest Peoples Programme, in the course of the last month, human rights defender, Mr Bolivar received the following threat in an handwritten form: Washington…we… Continue reading Indigenous activist’s life in danger after opposing destruction of Peruvian Amazon
Can Latin America do palm oil right?
Duncan Gromko As western hemisphere oil palm plantations boom, environmentalists eye ways to avoid repeating the devastation in Southeast Asia Orignially posted at Ensia, magazine showcasing environmental solutions in action. Republished by SixDegrees on arrangement with Ensia under Creative Commons’ Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported license. What do soap, Ben & Jerry’s and Kit Kat bars have… Continue reading Can Latin America do palm oil right?
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