Archive for November 6th, 2018

06/11/2018

‘Greece must take urgent steps to address the “abhorrent” humanitarian situation for around 11,000 asylum-seekers on the islands of Samos and Lesvos’

Human Wrongs Watch

Authorities in Greece must take urgent steps to address the “abhorrent” humanitarian situation for around 11,000 asylum-seekers on the islands of Samos and Lesvos, the UN refugee agency warned on Tuesday [6 November 2018].

Yorgos Kyvernitis | Man sits at the overcrowded reception centre in Moria on the Greek island of Lesvos. | Photo from UN News.

With winter approaching and more refugees arriving, the agency is reiterating its call for emergency measures to alleviate the strain on local shelters.

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06/11/2018

The Forgotten ‘Migrant Caravan’: Historic Launch of Global Movement of Families of the Missing

Mexico City, 6 November 2018 (IOM)* Each year, the Caravana de Madres de Migrantes Desaparecidos (Caravan of Mothers of Missing Migrants) crosses Mexican territory in search of their children who went missing trying to reach the United States.

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IOM’s Missing Migrants Project attend the Caravana de Madres de Migrantes Desaparecidos (Caravan of Mothers of Missing Migrants). Photo: IOM

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06/11/2018

As the Empire Crashes

Human Wrongs Watch

By David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service*

As the American empire begins to crash, capitalism becomes desperate and takes off its gloves. We see its fist; all of the characteristics of the culture of war carried to extreme. In fact, that is the simple nature of fascism, the culture of war carried to extreme.

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Dr. David Adams

Trump in the USA, Erdogan in Turkey, now Bolsonaro in Brazil. The capitalists finance their campaigns in a desperate effort to protect their wealth.

History is repeating. Hitler, too, was backed by big capitalists at a time when the Weimar Republic was failing.

This is not generally known because the records of German industry for that period are kept secret and the unfortunate historian who tried to document this back in the 1980’s, a young graduate student at Princeton named David Abraham, was drummed out of the profession as a reward for his research.

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06/11/2018

Why We Need to Protect Biodiversity from Harmful Effects of War and Armed Conflict

6 November 2018 (UN Environment)*Times of war can result in rapid environmental degradation as people struggle to survive and environmental management systems break down resulting in damage to critical ecosystems.

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Photo from UN Environment

For over six decades, armed conflicts have occurred in more than two-thirds of the world’s biodiversity hotspots thus posing critical threats to conservation efforts.

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06/11/2018

Researchers from all Over the World Discuss How to Scale Up Efforts to Protect Indigenous Food Systems

Human Wrongs Watch

ROME (FAO)* – A High-Level Expert Seminar on Indigenous Food Systems will take place on the 7 – 9 of November in FAO Headquarters in Rome. Experts and researchers from all over the world will gather to present indigenous food systems from different regions and discuss on how to scale up efforts to protect and build on their contributions to achieve the SDGs.

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Who are indigenous peoples?

Currently there are more than 370 million self-identified indigenous peoples in some 90 countries around the world. They have made relevant contributions to the world’s heritage thanks to their traditional understanding of ecosystem management.

However, indigenous peoples are among the worlds most vulnerable, marginalized and disadvantaged groups in the world.

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06/11/2018

South Sudan – Thousands of Seedlings of Indigenous Trees Distributed to Schools and Public Meeting Places to Counter Climate Change

Human Wrongs Watch

5 November 2018 – Some 5,000 seedlings of trees indigenous to South Sudan are being distributed to schools, sports centres and other public meeting places by the UN peacekeeping mission in the country, UNMISS, as part of its commitment to countering climate change.

UNMISS/Eric Kanalstein | Trees donated by the UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan, UNMISS are planted at the Exodus Junior Academy in the capital, Juba. (October 2018)

Mango, lemon, guava, and teak trees were planted by school children in October at the Exodus Junior Academy in the capital, Juba.

The headmaster of the school, Sokiri Ambamba George, said the trees will enhance his students’ understanding of the environment.

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