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10/07/2021

A Robust New Strategy for Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea

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The targets of the new 2030 Strategy of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) are in alignment with blue transformation, a pillar of FAO’s new Strategic Framework

Photo: ©David Salvatori

The GFCM’s ambitious new 2030 Strategy will boost fisheries and aquaculture in the Black Sea and Mediterranean region.

ROME (FAO)* – An ambitious commitment adopted 9 July 2021 by 22 countries plus the European Union aims to secure a sustainable future for fisheries and aquaculture in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.

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10/07/2021

South Sudan at a Crossroads

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By Human Rights Watch*

Challenges and Hopes 10 Years After Independence

9 July 2021 — Ten years ago, on July 9, 2011, South Sudan gained its long-fought independence from Sudan. Since then, the new country descended into a bloody seven-year civil war, and while a peace deal was inked by warring parties in 2018, fighting between communities, as well as government human rights abuses, rage on.

Southern Sudanese wave the national flag and cheer at South Sudan's first national soccer match after the country declared its independence, in the capital Juba on July 10, 2011Southern Sudanese wave the national flag and cheer at South Sudan’s first national soccer match after the country declared its independence, in the capital Juba on July 10, 2011 © 2011 AP Photo/Pete Muller

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10/07/2021

Swift, Durable Solutions Needed to Protracted Rohingya Crisis

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Cox’s Bazar (IOM)* – Almost 900,000 Rohingya refugees in congested camps in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar District desperately need urgent action to secure their future, nearly four years after they were forced to flee Myanmar, a senior International Organization for Migration (IOM) official said. 

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10/07/2021

A Third of Haiti’s Children in Urgent Need of Emergency Aid: UNICEF

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(UN News)* — Nearly a third of all children in Haiti – numbering around 1.5 million – are in urgent need of emergency relief due to rising violence, insufficient access to clean water, health and nutrition, said the UN Children’s Fund UNICEF on 9 July 2021.

Nearly one-third of all children in Haiti are in urgent need of emergency relief
© UNICEF/Manuel Moreno Gonza | Nearly one-third of all children in Haiti are in urgent need of emergency relief

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09/07/2021

Approaching Iran: The Flaws of Imperial Diplomacy in the Middle East

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un-human-rights-richard-falk-150x150By Richard Falk | Global Justice in the 21st Century – TRANSCEND Media Service*

This post consists of six segments devoted to relations of the West to Iran, centering on whether the United States post-Trump will attempt to reduce tensions with Iran or opt for continuity, and greater policy coordination with Israel’s new post-Netanyahu leadership.

Naphtali Bennett, Israel’s new Prime Minister, has already made clear that he views Iran no differently than Netanyahu, opposes a return to the 2015 Nuclear Program Agreement (JCPOA) and seems to have authorized at unprovoked attack on the Karaj facility on June 23rd that produces centrifuges needed to obtain enriched uranium.

When the U.S. Government withdrew from the hard bargained Obama Era nuclear agreement in 2018 accompanied by a revamping of sanctions against Iran, tensions once again dangerously escalated.

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09/07/2021

In Global Push to Save Endangered Species, Local Communities Are Key

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9 July 2021 (UNEP)* — When Elderman Ndubiwa Jabulani was invited to a consultation with a cross-sectoral group of local stakeholders from his native Zimbabwe and neighbouring Botswana, he was ready to talk about the elephant in the room.

Elephant, Amboseli, Kenya, credit Stephanie Foote

UNEP/Stephanie Foote / 09 Jul 2021

Or rather, the elephants in the field. Jabulani, a farmer, says the animals regularly trample his fields and ravage his crops in the Hwange district of Zimbabwe.

To wildlife officials, the elephants seemed to be more important than he and his family were.

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09/07/2021

South Sudan 10 Year Anniversary: ‘Violence Destroyed My Hometown, My Shop… and Now There Is No Water’

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By Marwa Awad*

Picking up the pieces is sadly routine for people such as Roda whose teashop was destroyed by fighting — the World Food Programme is at hand but requires urgent funds to assist

“If only the fighting would stop!”Koli’s wish for peace as her country marks 10 years of independence is shared by many across South Sudan
Roda’s teashop was a hub of the local community before it was levelled. Photo: WFP/Marwa Awad

With her bare hands, Roda clears debris and forages scraps from her wrecked teashop after attackers scorched Gumuruk, a town in the Greater Jonglei region where conflict frequently disrupts daily life and stifles progress.

The 36-year-old mother of six is just one of countless South Sudanese stuck in a tiring cycle of destruction and rebuilding.

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09/07/2021

Calls to Halt Construction of Massive Oilfield in One of Africa’s Last Wildernesses

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By Ed Holt*

BRATISLAVA, Jul 8 2021 (IPS)* – Wildlife and environmental campaigners have called for international action as concerns grow over a project to create a massive oilfield in one of Africa’s last wildernesses.
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09/07/2021

‘Human-Wildlife Conflict Often Leads to People Killing Animals in Self-Defence, or as Pre-Emptive or Retaliatory Killings, which Can Drive Species to Extinction’

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WWF and UNEP report says the problem is as much a development and humanitarian issue as a conservation concern and risks derailing the Sustainable Development Goals.

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Pixabay / 08 Jul 2021

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09/07/2021

“The World’s Running Out of Time to Limit Global Temperature Rise to Below 2 Degrees C, ‘a Matter of Life or Death’ for Climate Vulnerable Countries…”

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(UN News)* — The world’s running out of time to limit global temperature rise to below two degrees Celsius, a matter of life or death for climate vulnerable countries on the front line of the crisis, the UN Secretary General reiterated on 8 July 2021.

People wade through water during floods in the Kurigram district of Bangladesh.
© UNICEF/G.M.B. Akash | People wade through water during floods in the Kurigram district of Bangladesh.

Speaking to the first Climate Vulnerable Finance Summit of 48 nations systemically exposed to climate related disasters, António Guterres said they needed reassurance that financial and technical support will be forthcoming.

“To rebuild trust, developed countries must clarify now, how they will effectively deliver $100 billion dollars in climate finance annually to the developing world, as was promised over a decade ago”, he said.

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