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UN Blue Could Urgently Solve Triple Climate Emergency
(International/Earth News)
... capital while measuring economic performance of both countries and businesses, and putting a price on carbon and shift trillions of dollars in subsidies from fossil fuels, non-sustainable
agriculture
and ...
Friday, 19 February 2021
2/19/2021 UN Blueprint that Could Urgently Solve Earth’s Triple Climate Emergencies
(International/Peace News)
... and putting a price on carbon and shift trillions of dollars in subsidies from fossil fuels, non-sustainable
agriculture
and transportation towards low-carbon and nature-friendly solutions. It is high ...
Friday, 19 February 2021
Protecting Nature is Entirely Within Humanity’s Reach: The Work Must Start Now
(International/Earth News)
... out transitions that can create a society living in harmony with nature: transitions in how we use land and forests; organize our
agriculture
and food supply systems; manage fisheries; use water; manage ...
Tuesday, 15 September 2020
Decline in US bird biodiversity related to neonicotinoids, study shows
(Earth/Letters to Editor)
... for bird habitats," the authors conclude. The project was supported by Hatch funding from the U.S. Department of
Agriculture
(USDA), National Institute of Food and
Agriculture
(NIFA). ...
Monday, 17 August 2020
Avocado boom wreaks havoc on Latin America’s environment
(International/PEJ Events)
Avocado consumption surges in China but more cultivation means deforestation and drought in Latin America SEE FULL ARTICLE AT https://dialogochino.net/12287-avocado-boom-wreaks-havoc-on-latin-americas-environment/ ...
Saturday, 21 December 2019
COMBATING DESERTIFICATION AND DROUGHT Burning Forests for Rain, and Other Climate Catastrophes
(International/PEJ Events)
... heat stress and dry spells, it is land management practices that has tipped the balance of increased land degradation. The report noted that
agriculture
, food production, and deforestation are the major ...
Friday, 09 August 2019
1997 INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC TRUST AGREEMENTS AS INSTRUMENTS OF CHANGE SUBMISSION TO ECO-SOLUTIONS CONFERENCE
(International/Justice News)
... such as traditional methods of
agriculture
, agroforestry, forestry, range and wildlife management, which use, maintain or increase biodiversity (15.5 Biodiversity, UNCED, 1992) 41. PROMOTION ...
Saturday, 01 June 2019
What Does It Take to Destroy a World Order?
(US/Earth News)
... With much of Europe and Asia suffering from mass hunger, the swelling surpluses of American
agriculture
fed a famished humanity. Washington’s visionary world order took form at Bretton ...
Thursday, 28 February 2019
Wake Up and Smell the Organic Coffee
(International/Earth News)
... Bouyed by global demand for organic produce, Rowan-Campbell—an active member of the Jamaica Organic
Agriculture
movement—is also growing root vegetables and makes organic jams and marmalade. ...
Wednesday, 20 February 2019
Wake Up and Smell the Organic Coffee
(International/Earth News)
... Bouyed by global demand for organic produce, Rowan-Campbell—an active member of the Jamaica Organic
Agriculture
movement—is also growing root vegetables and makes organic jams and marmalade. ...
Wednesday, 20 February 2019
Mining Grabs Up Land, Deals Blow to Agriculture in Central America
(International/Justice News)
... Like an octopus, metals mining has been spreading its tentacles throughout Central America and dealing a blow to the region’s
agriculture
and natural ecosystems, according to affected villagers, ...
Tuesday, 19 February 2019
Deported Salvadoran Women Pin Their Hopes on Poultry Production
(International/Earth News)
... poultry production, who have received technical support from the state-run National Centre for Agricultural and Forestry Technology (Centa), as well as from the United Nations Food and
Agriculture
Organisation (FAO) ...
Sunday, 10 February 2019
Response from Indigenous Environmental Network to Green New Deal
(International/Justice News)
... the destruction of Mother Earth. We cannot put the future of Nature and humanity in the hands of financial speculative mechanisms using the forests,
agriculture
, soils and algae as carbon offsets. ...
Saturday, 09 February 2019
Palm oil industry expansion spurs Guatemala indigenous migration
(International/Justice News)
... survives from subsistence
agriculture
, farming corn and other staples in a small patch of land. They make about $90 every six months from selling the part of the corn harvest left over after feeding the ...
Thursday, 07 February 2019
COMBATING DESERTIFICATION AND DROUGHT
(International/Justice News)
... scarcity continue to increase. But what if you don’t have rights to the land? While the impact of
agriculture
on land is well known, the relationship between land degradation and land tenure seems ...
Thursday, 07 February 2019
349 Non-Compliance with International Obligations and Commitments: The Precautionary Principle
(Canada/Earth News)
... Department of
Agriculture
, Department of Environment or other relevant departments or agencies) (ii)There is sufficient scientific evidence that genetically engineered crops have destroyed ...
Thursday, 31 January 2019
where is glyphosate banned
(International/PEJ Events)
... take necessary legal and technical steps in response. Further, Brazil’s Solicitor General’s office has said it is preparing an appeal to the court decision with support from the
Agriculture
...
Friday, 25 January 2019
COMBATING DESERTIFICATION AND DROUGHT Eat Plants, Save the Planet
(International/Earth News)
... they also are habitats for wild species and biodiversity reservoirs,” he added. Over 40 percent of the world’s land has been converted or set aside for
agriculture
alone. This has resulted ...
Monday, 21 January 2019
Argentina’s Indigenous People Fight for Land Rights
(International/Justice News)
... Nancy López lives in a house made of clay, wood and corrugated metal sheets, on private land dedicated to
agriculture
. She is part of an indigenous community of 12 families in northern Argentina that, ...
Wednesday, 16 January 2019
Climate Change Forces Central American Farmers to Migrate
(International/Earth News)
... and
Agriculture
Organisation (FAO) warned as early as 2016. Now Gómez’s daughter, Ana Elsa, 28, and his two sons, Santos Giovanni, 31, and Luis Armando, 17, all live in Los Angeles, California. ...
Saturday, 12 January 2019
Indigenous People, the First Victims of Brazil’s New Far-Right Government
(International/Justice News)
... Purus rivers in Brazil’s northwestern Amazon jungle region, protested against the decree that now puts indigenous lands under the Ministry of
Agriculture
, which manages interests that run counter ...
Saturday, 12 January 2019
A People’s Submission on Canada, Climate Change and the Copenhagen Accord Ecosocialism or barbararism There is no third way
(International/Earth News)
... to the survival of life on Earth. No mention of Arctic at all. There is no mention of the catastrophic dangers to
agriculture
– the greatest danger to survival of huge populations and humanity ...
Wednesday, 12 December 2018
Comparision of the People’s Agreement and the Copenhagen Accord
(International/Earth News)
... mechanisms. Proposes incentives for actions related to REDD based on the carbon market. Food and
Agriculture
To confront the climate crisis, we must bring about ...
Wednesday, 12 December 2018
2016 submission Canada Pension Plan (CPPIB); must have investment screens and must redefine what constitutes due diligence
(Canada/Justice News)
... Trade agreements, such as GATT, and the subsequent WTO, of measures which would advance and promote socially equitable environmentally safe and sound renewable energy, transportation,
agriculture
, forestry ...
Thursday, 29 November 2018
Over and Under Nutrition: Two Sides of an Unhealthy Coin
(International/Justice News)
Poor dietary intake and lack of food varieties affect huge numbers of children, who mostly hail from large, impoverished families in Nepal. Malnutrition is a significant concern in Nepal as ...
Tuesday, 23 October 2018
the Dutch Court Decision: is a Precedent to be used in a case before the Supreme Court of Canada
(Canada/Justice News)
... energy-intensive businesses, such as major electricity generation plants and refineries (hereinafter also referred to as: the ETS businesses). Non-ETS sectors, including transport,
agriculture
, housing ...
Tuesday, 16 October 2018
New rules inside the B.C. NDP could limit the ability for some members to publicly criticize the NDP government of Premier John Horgan.
(BC/Justice News)
... the NDP’s nine committees where members meet to discuss issues such as the environment,
agriculture
, women’s rights, youth, pride, people living with disabilities and Aboriginal representation. ...
Monday, 15 October 2018
New study links common herbicides and antibiotic resistance
(International/Earth News)
... could be contributing to the greater use of antibiotics in both
agriculture
and medicine. Previously these researchers found that exposure to the herbicide products Roundup, Kamba and 2,4-D ...
Friday, 12 October 2018
2000 august Corporate Denations: Okanagan By-Election issues; Reform/Canadian Alliance and their Grassroots Corporate Donations
(Canada/Justice News)
... foods and crops and converting agribusiness to chemically-free organic
agriculture
, with a fair and just transition program for affected farmers and communities * withdrawing from NATO, condemning NATO's ...
Sunday, 07 October 2018
Over and Under Nutrition: Two Sides of an Unhealthy Coin
(International/Justice News)
... and address the gender inequalities in
agriculture
in order to advance food and nutrition security as well as establish sustainable societies. “The opposite of hunger is power,” said University ...
Thursday, 04 October 2018
U.N. General Assembly Kicks Off With Strong Words and Ambitious Goals
(International/Justice News)
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Tuesday, 25 September 2018
NAFTA THE DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROVISIONS IN NAFTA AND THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT'S PUBLISHED INTERPRETATION OF THESE PROVISIONS.
(International/Justice News)
... Christensen, "Pesticide Regulation and International Trade", Mark Ritchie, "GATT,
Agriculture
and the Environment: The US Double Zero Plan, " The Ecologist, Vol. 20, No. 6, November, 1990, p. 214.) ...
Thursday, 16 August 2018
DESTABILIZING VENEZUELA- RAMIFICATIONS ON LATIN AMERICA, AND TIME LINE
(International/Justice News)
... corn and grain producers will force small ejidos to consolidate or change crops. Concern about waves of migrants leaving rural Mexico as
agriculture
is modernized. 2010 COP16 climate change held ...
Monday, 23 July 2018
How US policy in Honduras set the stage for today’s mass migration
(International/Justice News)
... of global capital. They disrupted traditional forms of
agriculture
and undermined an already weak social safety net. These decades of U.S. involvement in Honduras set the stage ...
Thursday, 21 June 2018
Japan suspends sale of Canadian wheat after GMO wheat found in Alberta
(International/Earth News)
... Officials with Japan’s ministry of
agriculture
, forestry and fisheries are scheduled to visit Canada next week to seek more information, said Cam Dahl, president of industry group Cereals ...
Friday, 15 June 2018
Italy won't ratify EU free-trade deal with Canada, says new farm ministertaly won't ratify EU free-trade deal with Canada, says new farm minister
(International/Earth News)
... Press) 739 comments Italy will not ratify the European Union's free trade agreement with Canada, its new
agriculture
minister said on Thursday, ratcheting up an international trade spat and potentially ...
Thursday, 14 June 2018
South African Lawsuit Could Bring Sweeping Changes to Land and Mining Rights
(International/Justice News)
... Others, including Mamthithala Yalo, argued for
agriculture
instead of mining: “I have pigs, cows and goats that I farm on this land. I also grow all of the food that I need. I will never allow ...
Tuesday, 05 June 2018
Common Security: Through Implementing Precedents Underlying the SDGs
(International/Justice News)
... SDG Goal 2 End Hunger Achieve Food Security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable
agriculture
https://pejnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10344:sdg-goal-2-end-hunger-achieve-food-security-and-improved-nutrition-and-promote-sustainable-
agriculture
&catid=86:i-earth-news&Itemid=210 ...
Saturday, 05 May 2018
Central Americans Demand to be Consulted About Mining Projects
(International/Justice News)
... livelihood,
agriculture
, although the damage caused by the extractive activity is already evident, they said. Rudy Pivaral, a 62-year-old farmer, told IPS that the impacts on the flora and fauna are ...
Friday, 04 May 2018
COP24 FAILED TO AVOID THE SYSTEMIC CONSTRAINTS OF COP21
(International/Earth News)
... Montreal protocol in all relevant sectors, including the energy, transport, industry,
agriculture
, forestry and waste management sectors; (d) promote sustainable management, and promote and cooperate ...
Friday, 27 April 2018
Common Security: Through Implementing Precedents Underlying the SDGs
(International/Justice News)
... SDG Goal 2 End Hunger Achieve Food Security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable
agriculture
https://pejnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10344:sdg-goal-2-end-hunger-achieve-food-security-and-improved-nutrition-and-promote-sustainable-
agriculture
&catid=86:i-earth-news&Itemid=210 ...
Tuesday, 20 March 2018
‘Deck Stacked’ Against First Nations Seeking Site C Injunction, Experts Say
(BC/Justice News)
... The federal government, for its part, was intent on opening up northern lands for
agriculture
, settlement, resource extraction and transportation routes to the Klondike gold rush. First Nations ...
Sunday, 21 January 2018
Occupy Wall street: 99prescriptions /proscriptions for socio/economic/ecological change
(US/Justice News)
... sound renewable energy, transportation,
agriculture
, forestry etc. 67 Dismantle or abrogate trade institutions and agreements, such as WTO and NAFTA, SPP CETA TPP etc. which promulgate globalization, ...
Saturday, 06 January 2018
HARPER’S 2012 NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS TO OFFSET HIS PERFIDY
(Canada/Justice News)
... from sponsoring and influencing the direction of research at University, hospitals and other research facilities (ii) I resolve to support the efforts of organic and ecological
agriculture
...
Saturday, 06 January 2018
The World Trade Organization must be dismantled; Tinkering with it is not enough
(International/Justice News)
... foods and crops -banning the patenting of life forms - ending the exploitation of the knowledge of farmers, peasants and indigenous peoples - promoting a global support program for organic
agriculture
...
Sunday, 03 December 2017
Re Harper in China: Whose human rights must not come first, and whose principles must be sacrificed
(Canada/Justice News)
... destruction though desertification and chemical dependent
agriculture
etc. The confluence of grave environmental and health consequences of the current model of overconsumption and reliance on technological ...
Sunday, 03 December 2017
The heat is on over Site C, says Horgan, as consultations begin
(BC/Justice News)
... of the Peace River Valley as a way of fixing climate problems. We need new
agriculture
in the North to take advantage of longer growing season. A federal
Agriculture
Research Station to research on new ...
Sunday, 12 November 2017
COP23; to implement the Paris Agreement; the Systemic Constraints must be overcome
(International/Earth News)
... (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alan-robock/nuclear-energy-is-not-a-solution_b_5305594.html) Such as geoengineering (Geoengineering is not a solution) Such asBIOFUEL (
agriculture
...
Thursday, 09 November 2017
Overcoming the Challenges: Securing the World’s Food, Energy and Water
(International/Justice News)
... demands energy and diverts water resources from
agriculture
. Additionally producing energy requires water, again potentially impacting irrigation. Energy production is further constrained by the need to ...
Monday, 16 October 2017
Ban ‘neonic’ pesticides. Our food supplies are at risk
(Canada/Earth News)
... food comes from insect-pollinated plants. Modern
agriculture
relies on pesticides to grow that food. But those pesticides, including best-selling neonicotinoid insecticides – we have learned, ...
Tuesday, 19 September 2017
Fish Farm Fight - Update September 13
(BC/Justice News)
... hidden from view. Why is the federal Minister of Fisheries, Dominic LeBlanc, fighting to make Norwegian viruses legal in BC waters? And when is someone in the BC Ministry of
Agriculture
going ...
Thursday, 14 September 2017
Latin America’s Rural Exodus Undermines Food Security
(International/Justice News)
Biodiversity, Combating Desertification and Drought, Development & Aid, Editors' Choice, Environment, Featured, Food &
Agriculture
, Global Governance, Headlines, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, Latin ...
Friday, 30 June 2017
Latin America’s Rural Exodus Undermines Food Security
(International/Justice News)
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Friday, 30 June 2017
Re-Connect with Nature Now… Before It Is Too Late!
(International/Earth News)
... medicines and weakening human immunity. Reduced variety, yield and security of fisheries and
agriculture
endangers our right to food. Nature’s weakened ability to filter, regulate and store water ...
Monday, 05 June 2017
Climate Change Solutions Can’t Wait for U.S. Leadership
(International/Earth News)
... Led to St. Vincent’s First Sustainability School Trinidad Pushes for Shift to Cleaner Fuel Caribbean Stakes Future on Climate-Smart
Agriculture
In February, CBD ...
Tuesday, 04 April 2017
2017 International Women`s Day; What do Women Want?
(US/Justice News)
... safe and sound renewable energy, transportation,
agriculture
, forestry etc. 67 Dismantle or abrogate trade institutions and agreements, such as WTO and NAFTA, SPP CETA TPP etc. which promulgate ...
Wednesday, 08 March 2017
Caribbean Awaits Trump Moves on Climate Funding, Paris Deal
(International/Earth News)
... The sum did not take into account the monies needed to respond to the damage to public infrastructure and private homes, as well as losses in
agriculture
resulting from the severe weather, which the ...
Monday, 06 March 2017
Bioneers Conference 2011- No prescription without Proscription
(International/PEJ Events)
... food, organic
agriculture
, climate change, biomimicry, environmental restoration, resilience, culture, social justice, human rights, indigenous rights, labour rights, feminism, cooperatives, social ...
Thursday, 02 February 2017
Rio +20; "the future we want" will not be without proscribing the future we don't want
(International/Earth News)
... food and crops, felt comfortable in stating the importance of promoting organic
agriculture
but, were not willing to call for the banning of genetically engineered food and crops and destructive pesticides; ...
Thursday, 02 February 2017
Learning Alliances Help Climate-Smart Agricultural Practices Take Root
(International/Earth News)
... all too often do not have the resources or incentives to commit to the transformation to sustainable
agriculture
that scientists know is needed. Credit: IITA IBADAN, Nigeria, Jan 24 2017 (IPS) - ...
Wednesday, 25 January 2017
GMO grass that 'escaped' defies eradication, divides grass seed industry
(US/PEJ Events)
... and significantly reduced the modified grass's territory. The U.S. Department of
Agriculture
, which for 14 years had refused to deregulate the controversial grass on environmental concerns, suddenly reversed ...
Monday, 09 January 2017
A DRAFT PROPOSAL FOR A UNIVERSAL DECLARATION ON COMMON SECURITY
(International/Justice News)
... socially equitable environmentally safe and sound renewable energy, transportation,
agriculture
, forestry etc. 107. Opposing the dismantling or abrogating of trade institutions and agreements, such ...
Tuesday, 13 December 2016
Climate-Resistant Beans Could Save Millions
(International/Earth News)
... expected to reduce the areas suitable for growing crops. The UN Food and
Agriculture
Organisation (FAO) estimates that 75 percent of the world’s crop diversity was lost between 1900 and 2000. "We do ...
Thursday, 08 December 2016
Common Security Act to replace C-51, which should be repealed
(International/Justice News)
... and promote socially equitable environmentally safe and sound renewable energy, transportation,
agriculture
, forestry etc. 107. Opposing the dismantling or abrogating of trade institutions ...
Tuesday, 06 December 2016
Common Security Act to replace C-51, which should be repealed
(International/Justice News)
... and promote socially equitable environmentally safe and sound renewable energy, transportation,
agriculture
, forestry etc. 107. Opposing the dismantling or abrogating of trade institutions ...
Tuesday, 06 December 2016
Common Security Act to replace C-51, which should be repealed
(Canada/Justice News)
... promote socially equitable environmentally safe and sound renewable energy, transportation,
agriculture
, forestry etc. 107. Opposing the dismantling or abrogating of trade organization and agreements, ...
Tuesday, 06 December 2016
Common Security Act to replace C-51, which should be repealed
(Canada/Justice News)
... Trade agreements, such as GATT, and the subsequent WTO, of measures which would advance and promote socially equitable environmentally safe and sound renewable energy, transportation,
agriculture
, forestry ...
Tuesday, 06 December 2016
SUBMISSION TO THE SENATE COMMITTEE REVIEWING THE ANTI-TERRORISM ACT; common security index.
(Canada/Justice News)
... aimed at the promotion of food security and, where appropriate, food self-sufficiency within the context of sustainable
agriculture
(3.7.l., Combating Poverty, Agenda 21, UNCED, 1992) To assure ...
Thursday, 24 November 2016
COP22 MUST AVOID THE SYSTEMIC CONSTRAINTS OF COP21
(International/Earth News)
... THE MONTREAL PROTOCOL IN ALL RELEVANT SECTORS, INCLUDING THE ENERGY, TRANSPORT, INDUSTRY,
AGRICULTURE
, FORESTRY AND WASTE MANAGEMENT SECTORS; (D) PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT, AND PROMOTE AND COOPERATE ...
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agriculture
. Europe did not embrace the technology, yet it achieved increases in yield and decreases ...
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agriculture
, social welfare, and environmental and cultural preservation so that each supports the other ...
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agriculture
. “We actually have alternatives to oil. We don’t, as a living being ...
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Agriculture
Organisation (FAO), rural women, whose international ...
Saturday, 15 October 2016
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... including the energy, transport, industry,
agriculture
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Agriculture
...
Saturday, 02 July 2016
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... for the Implementation of the UNFCCC, and it would fund socially equitable and environmentally safe and sound energy renewable energy, transportation,
agriculture
and forestry. This fund would replace ...
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Canada Pension Plan (CPP); must have investment screens and must redefine what constitutes due diligence
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... environmentally safe and sound renewable energy, transportation,
agriculture
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Saturday, 18 June 2016
New Protocol Aims to Cut Trillion-Dollar Food Waste Bill
(International/Earth News)
... to the United Nations’ Food and
Agriculture
Organisation (FAO), the total bill for food loss and food waste is a whooping 940 billion dollars a year. The scenario could, however, change significantly ...
Thursday, 09 June 2016
Will Canada Recognise Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Developing Countries Too?
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... and
agriculture
projects according to Global Witness. Of the eight victims whose cases were publicly reported in 2015, six were from indigenous groups. “Given the prominence of Canada in the ...
Friday, 20 May 2016
Nobel Peace Laureates to Help Achieve Food Security
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... NATIONS, May 8 2016 (IPS) - The Food and
Agriculture
Organisation (FAO) believes that ongoing military conflicts, which have also devastated agricultural crops and livestock, are one of the primary causes ...
Monday, 09 May 2016
Ending Poverty, Hunger Possible With Just a Fraction of Global Military Spending
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... A 2015 report from the UN Food and
Agriculture
Organization suggests that eliminating extreme poverty and hunger sustainably by 2030 (SDGs 1 and 2) would require an estimated additional $265 ...
Monday, 11 April 2016
Bio for Joan Russow - Senior editor PEJNews
(Canada/Blogs)
... which would advance and promote socially equitable environmentally safe and sound renewable energy, transportation,
agriculture
, forestry etc.; 142. Opposing the dismantling or abrogating ...
Monday, 04 April 2016
Three International Days in a Week, But Is Anybody Listening?
(International/Earth News)
... It is easy to see why. In a country where
agriculture
is the main source of livelihoods for 85 percent of the country’s 90 million people, and also makes up 90% of the exports, it seemed like there ...
Wednesday, 23 March 2016
OP-ED: Rising Temperature, Rising Food Prices
(International/Earth News)
... a living growing watermelons on his dry land. Credit: Isaiah Esipisu/IPS WASHINGTON, Aug 21 2013 (IPS) -
Agriculture
as it exists today developed over 11,000 years of rather remarkable climate stability. ...
Sunday, 06 March 2016
Jamaica’s Drought Tool Could Turn the Table on Climate Change
(International/Earth News)
... Development Bank estimated, low impact on extreme climate events on Jamaica’s
agriculture
sector by 2025 could reach 3.4 per cent of “baseline GDP” annually. In fact, the Intergovernmental ...
Monday, 15 February 2016
Water, Water Everywhere but Too Much or Too Little
(International/Justice News)
... linked to our so called “water crisis,” there are very strong connections between water and some of the core areas of sustainable development, such as
agriculture
and food security, demography ...
Monday, 15 February 2016
WFP’s Chief Calls for Support for Those Most Vulnerable to Climate Change
(International/Justice News)
... through proven climate-smart techniques such as conservation
agriculture
,” said Cousin enthusiastically. She said the time has come for the world to ‘walk the talk’ on climate change ...
Monday, 15 February 2016
Tackling Climate Change in the Caribbean: Natural Solutions to a Human Induced Problem
(International/Earth News)
... frequency of droughts, which threaten
agriculture
, livelihoods, sanitation and ecosystems. Perhaps the most dangerous hazard is sea level rise. The sea level may rise up to 0.6 meters in the Caribbean ...
Monday, 15 February 2016
Floods Pose Challenge for South American Integration
(International/Earth News)
... he said. The U.N. Food and
Agriculture
Organisation (FAO) reported that Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina were among the 10 countries with the highest levels of deforestation in the last 25 years. Between ...
Monday, 15 February 2016
TPP: Lessons from New Zealand
(International/Justice News)
... would be reduced by the TPP!
Agriculture
The main beneficiaries in NZ will be agricultural exporters, but modest tariff reductions of 1.3 per cent on average by 2030 are small compared ...
Wednesday, 03 February 2016
COP21: A Lack of Global Vision and Full of Systemic Constraints
(International/Earth News)
... by the Montreal Protocol in all relevant sectors, including the energy, transport, industry,
agriculture
, forestry and waste management sectors; (d) Promote sustainable management, and promote ...
Saturday, 30 January 2016
Why makers of genetically engineered grass hope Oregonians have a short memory
(US/Earth News)
... convinced the U.S. Department of
Agriculture
to let them perform a field trial of their experimental GE grass designed to withstand heavy doses of the glyphosate-based herbicide Roundup. Predictably, ...
Friday, 22 January 2016
A growing tide in Europe says again: "GMOs, no thank you!"
(International/Earth News)
... backgrounds have won a major victory: 17 European countries and 4 European regions have chosen to ban GE crops. For those in the rest of the world who are fighting large-scale industrial and chemical
agriculture
...
Friday, 15 January 2016
Revolving Doors: Monsanto and the Regulators
(US/Justice News)
... industry science, and corporate volunteerism. The US was in the heat of a high-tech economic race with Japan, and, as far as
agriculture
was concerned, lawmakers saw genetic engineering as the new ...
Friday, 15 January 2016
Venezuela Passes Law Banning GMOs, by Popular Demand
(International/Justice News)
... of transnational big
agriculture
while promoting and protecting the heirloom seeds and farming methods of Venezuela’s Indigenous, peasant, and Afro-descendant communities. Traditional seeds (semillas campesinas) ...
Monday, 04 January 2016
HERACKLES FARMS: From Forest to Palm oil
(International/Earth News)
... and international donors supported and helped these communities to do their
agriculture
and improve technology. We are sure and Green Peace belives that
Agriculture
done by communities can really be ...
Sunday, 06 December 2015
Against the Odds, Caribbean Doubles Down for 1.5 Degree Deal in Paris
(International/Earth News)
... (UNCCC) in France in December. Some say the petroleum agreement could cause friction between member nations because of new incentives including assistance with healthcare and
agriculture
through ...
Tuesday, 24 November 2015
The First Past the Post: We deserve to be heard
(Canada/Justice News)
... chemical-free organic
agriculture
; Banning and phasing out uranium mining, and civil nuclear reactors, and prohibiting support for the nuclear-arms industry; phasing out fossil fuels ...
Monday, 23 November 2015
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