13/11/2018
12 November 2018 — Small-scale farms in Panama are helping to heal land degraded by extensive cattle ranching and extreme rainfall or drought associated with climate change, thanks to a project supported by the UN Development Programme, (UNDP).*
UNDP SGP Panama/Andrea Egan | Farmers on the Azuero Peninsula in Panama are working to transform the ranching sector by promoting the sustainable agricultural practices. (October 2018)
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The farms are combining trees, food crops, fodder for animals and cattle rearing, a type of farming known as silvopastoral agriculture or agroforestry.
In the Azuero Peninsula region of the Central American country, which is dominated by a tropical but relatively dry forest, farmers like Dolores Solís have adopted silvopastoral techniques which improve food security and promote reforestation, as well as the sustainable use of water and land.
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13/11/2018
12 November 2018 – By 2050, some five million people could die each year in Asia alone due to resistance to antibiotic medicines or antimicrobials, according to UN agencies.
© World Bank/Charlotte Kesl | A woman tends her chicken farm in San Nicolas, Colombia.| Ph0to from UN News.
Many antibiotics are no longer effective in fighting infections as those infections have built up resistance to the medication.
Deaths due to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) could surpass annual cancer fatalities, a situation which the UN has called a “global health emergency.”
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13/11/2018
An estimated 12 million people may be victims of statelessness the impact of which is “immediate and can be dire”, the UN Refugee Agency UNHCR said on 12 November 2018.
© UNHCR/Diana Diaz | Stella, 12, sits on the bed she shares with her two siblings and mother. She was born in Nigeria but her birth was never registered. Now living in Liberia, after the passing of her Nigerian father, she cannot prove ties to either country.
Echoing that message, UNHCR chief Filippo Grandi appealed for “decisive action” from governments to eliminate the problem, noting that it is the right thing to do, “humanly, ethically and politically”.
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