Archive for December 27th, 2019

27/12/2019

2020 Is International Year of Plant Health

Human Wrongs Watch

26 December 2019 (UN Environment)* — Did you know that some tree species can only be germinated through the belly of an elephant? That’s just one example of how plants and animals (including humans) are intricately connected and cannot survive without all the bacteria and fungi that make for the heathy soils that plants need to prosper.India biosafety Photo S. Jayaraj.jpg

Photo by Ruben Rodrigues Olivares/EBD-CSIC
Plants are the source of the air we breathe and most of the food we eat, yet how to keep them healthy is often ignored. This can have devastating results: the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations estimates that up to 40 per cent of food crops are lost due to plant pests and diseases annually.
27/12/2019

Climate Crisis and the 2020 US Elections – Trump and His Party Must Be Defeated

Human Wrongs Watch

By John Scales Avery*

26 December 2019  (Wall Street International)*  —  There are so many things wrong with Donald Trump that one hardly knows where to begin. He is a racist, habitual liar, tax evader, cruel cager of infants, misogynist, narcissist, bully, violator of numerous laws, both national and international, a friend of rich oligarchs and enemy of the poor, to mention only a few of his faults. He has made the United States resemble Germany, Italy or Spain in the 1930s, when fascism was on the rise.

Donald-Trump.jpgDonald Trump (Image from Wall Street International)..

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27/12/2019

Charcoal: A Burning Issue

Human Wrongs Watch

27 December 2019 (UN Environment)* —  Studies have identified charcoal production as one of the main drivers of deforestation and forest degradation in Zambia. The traditional methods of making charcoal lead to high carbon emissions and are a waste of wood resources.
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charcoalPhoto by UN-REDD Programme

“Of course, I would prefer not making charcoal. It’s bad for my health, but it’s also harmful to the women who are using it to cook and it destroys the forest,” says one of the members of the Choma Charcoal Association in Zambia.

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27/12/2019

FIRST PERSON: Feeling the Milliner’s Vibe

25 December 2019 — The International Labour Organization (ILO) is marking its centenary in 2019 and as part of the commemoration has launched a photography project called “Dignity at Work: The American Experience” to document the working life of people across the United States. UN News joined the ILO on a visit to the southern US state of Louisiana. (*).

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