Archive for November 12th, 2021

12/11/2021

Why Are Coral Reefs Dying?

Human Wrongs Watch

12 November 2021 (UNEP)* — Beneath the ocean surface, an expansive network of dynamic skeletal-like invertebrates harbours at least 25 per cent of all known marine species. Both hard and soft corals provide the basis for functioning coral reefs, which are some of the planet’s most biologically diverse and valuable ecosystems.

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Unsplash/Francesco Ungaro / 12 Nov 2021

They provide important cultural, economic, recreational and social benefits to hundreds of millions of people. They buffer shorelines against damage from storms and provide a source of medicine. And they are dying.

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12/11/2021

World Food Import Bill to Reach a Record High in 2021

Human Wrongs Watch

FAO’s new Food Outlook report examines drivers of rising prices of food commodities, freight and agricultural inputs

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Food Outlook ©FAO

Rome (FAO)* Global food trade has accelerated and is poised to hit an all-time record in both volume and value terms, according to a new report released on 11 November 2021 by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

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12/11/2021

Antibiotics? Handle with Care

Human Wrongs Watch

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MADRID, Nov 11 2021 (IPS)* – Antibiotics, like other antimicrobials, have become a threat to health rather than healing it. Why? Because their misuse and overuse have created such a strong resistance that they no longer respond to medicines, making infections harder to treat and increasing the risk of disease spread, severe illness and death.

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The main drivers of antimicrobial resistance include the misuse and overuse of antimicrobials; lack of access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene for both humans and animals; poor infection and disease prevention and control in health-care facilities and farms; poor access to quality, affordable medicines, vaccines and diagnostics; lack of awareness and knowledge; and lack of enforcement of legislation. Credit: Bigstock.

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