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20/05/2020

To Restore Forests, First Start With a Seed

Human Wrongs Watch

By Emmanuel Hitimana

How did Rwanda manage to restore more than 800,000 hectares — almost half of its original pledge — in less than a decade?

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Emmanuel Nsabimana, a casual labourer at the National Tree Seed Centre, in Huye, in Rwanda’s Southern Province, has worked planting trees for over 40 years. He believes there has been considerable improvements in the seed quality from the centre since the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) became one of the contributors to its restoration. Credit: Emmanuel Hitimana/IPS

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20/05/2020

Post-Pandemic ‘Green Shift’ in Transport Could Create Up to 15 Million Jobs, Help Countries Move to Greener, Healthier Economies

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(UN News)* — Transforming the transport sector to be more environmentally-friendly in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, could create up to 15 million new jobs worldwide and help countries move to greener, healthier economies, according to a UN-backed report published on Tuesday [19 May 2020].

UN Photo/Evan Schneider | A bus driver in New York City wears a mask to protect himself against the Coronavirus.
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The study argues that recovery from the crisis cannot mean a return to “business as usual” for a sector that accounts for more than 60 million jobs globally.

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20/05/2020

Honey Bees Feel Sting of Viral Disease

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20 May 2020 (UN Environment)* — There’s nothing new in nature. Viruses have been around for as long as plants and animals, if not longer. Most viruses are benign to humans and other animals and in fact are essential for life. Some—as humans are finding out with COVID-19—have negative consequences.

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Photo by Wikimedia Commons

Chronic bee paralysis is a well-defined viral disease of honey bees across the world. Until recently, according to a study in Nature Communications, it caused rare, but severe, symptoms, including colony loss.

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20/05/2020

‘We All Depend on the Survival of Bees’

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20 May 2020 (United Nations)* — Bees and other pollinators, such as butterflies, bats and hummingbirds, are increasingly under threat from human activities.

Tn hree out of four crops across the globe producing fruits or seeds for humause as food depend, at least in part, on bees and other pollinators.
Three out of four crops across the globe producing fruits, or seeds for use as human food depend, at least in part, on bees and other pollinators. ©FAO/Greg Beals

Pollination is, however, a fundamental process for the survival of our ecosystems.

Nearly 90% of the world’s wild flowering plant species depend, entirely, or at least in part, on animal pollination, along with more than 75% of the world’s food crops and 35% of global agricultural land.

Not only do pollinators contribute directly to food security, but they are key to conserving biodiversity.

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19/05/2020

Seven Ways We Are Making Ourselves Sick (And How We Can Stop)

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19 May 2020 (UN Environment)* — With the world in waves of COVID-19, the issue of health has dominated public attention.

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Of all the issues exposed by this pandemic, perhaps the most poignant is the fact that having neglected the elements that surround us for much of the last century, we have inadvertently made our world a less healthy place to live.

Evidence indicates that our lifestyles and behaviours have affected our living environment; and consequently, undermined our health.

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19/05/2020

FAO Seeks $350 Million to Scale Up Hunger-Fighting, Livelihoods-Boosting Activities in Food Crisis Contexts Where COVID-19’s Impact Could Be ‘Devastating’ 

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More and more people struggle to have access to or enough food in fragile countries.

Photo: ©FAO/Sheam KaheelIn Syria, FAO continues supporting farmers to build vegetable nurseries.

ROME, 18 May 2020 (FAO)*  – The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is seeking $350 million to scale up hunger-fighting and livelihoods-boosting activities in food crisis contexts where COVID-19’s impact could be devastating.

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19/05/2020

Building a Cinematic Bond with Refugees, in a Time of Crisis

Juan Sarmiento | During one year the documentary followed the lives of Syrian student Ibrahim (left) and Iraqi physiotherapist Qutaiba (right).
Karim Aïnouz is the director of “Central Airport THF”, a documentary which describes the situation of asylum seekers sheltered in the former Tempelhof Airport, in Berlin, and is now available on streaming platforms.

Built in the 1920s, the airport of gigantic proportions was renovated in the 1930s by the Nazi regime. Decommissioned in 2008, it served as a shelter for asylum seekers between 2015 and 2019, and has since been transformed into a public park.

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19/05/2020

‘COVID-19 Is Having a Devastating Impact on World’s Indigenous Peoples that Stretches Well Beyond the Immediate Threat to Their Health’

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(UN News)* — The COVID-19 pandemic is having a devastating impact on the world’s indigenous peoples that stretches well beyond the immediate threat to their health, the new UN independent expert on the rights of indigenous peoples said on Monday [18 May 2020].

B.R. Villacruel | Lumads, a people indigenous to the Philippines, housed at the University of the Philippines in Quezon City, after being forced off their ancestral lands
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“I am receiving more reports every day from all corners of the globe about how indigenous communities are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and it deeply worries me to see it is not always about health issues”, said José Francisco Cali Tzay.

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18/05/2020

Peace Education

Human Wrongs Watch

By John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service*

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Living Together in Peace

The United Nations has designated the 16th of May as a day devoted to Living Together in Peace. It therefore seems appropriate to discuss the need for reforming our educational systems so that they will prepare young people for international cooperation and harmony rather than for participation in aggressive wars.

Traditional School Systems Aim at Indoctrination in Nationalism

School systems have traditionally aimed at producing nationalism in their students. Within the Roman Empire, students were taught the motto “Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori” (It is sweet and noble to die for one’s country).

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18/05/2020

Self-Help Project in Niger Churns Out Hygiene Products in Fight against Coronavirus

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By Jean-Sébastien Josset in Hamdallaye, Niger |  UNHCR*

Mini refugee ‘factory’ produces soap, liquid handwash, bleach and water containers for free distribution.  |  Français

Niger. In Niamey, refugees produce soap used to fight coronavirusA refugee woman pours soap into moulds at a soap factory in Hamdallaye, Niger. The soap is distributed for free to fellow refugees and the local community.  © UNHCR/Jean-Sebastien Josset

It started as a mini-cooperative to give a small income for hundreds of refugees evacuated from Libya.

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