El conflicto de la soja en Paraguay
El agrónomo Miguel Lovera es conocido en ese país por su postura contra los cultivos transgénicos. Sin embargo, esta modalidad de producción está muy extendida en la región. Read the original article here
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Indigenous Communities are at the Heart of Conserving Biodiversity and Protecting Mother Earth
A photo essay by our member PACOS Trust, Malaysia. On Earth Day, this photo essay celebrates the beautiful interdependence between indigenous communities and nature. It shows various indigenous communities from…
Environmentalists slam planned Bangladesh power plants near protected Sundarbans
By Rina Chandran MUMBAI, April 21 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – More than 70 environmental groups have warned the construction of power plants near the Sundarbans in Bangladesh, a mangrove forest…
Divest from destructive Rampal coal businesses, groups urge global investors
Mangrove forest in the Sundarbans. Photo: Mohammad Rakibul Hasan Press release 7th of April 2017 During the current visit of the Prime Minister of Bangladesh to India, investors in the…
From the village to the United Nations: The journey for Peasants Rights
Photo credit: Hannes Jung By Muhammad Ikhwan* “In 2004, the idea to make a new human rights instrument for the protection of peasants rights were getting ridiculed even in the…
Q&A: Forests soak up greenhouse gases, so how do we ensure their protection?
Our Mary Lou Malig was on panel and Ashlesha Khadse was participant. Every year, 18 million hectares of tree cover – an area the size of England and Wales –…
Brazil beef scandal highlights dangers of industrial livestock farming
By Robert Soutar, Cristina Veiga Chinese demand is driving beef production in Brazil but producers have been found selling contaminated meat. Read the original article here
How China’s Growing Appetite for Meat Affects Us All
By Betty Richardson The human connection with beef is one that has served our kind well. According to primatologists, the fundamental separator between humans and our closest genetic neighbors, the…
What’s at “Steak?” The Need for a Just and Sustainable Global Food System
This blog was originally published on countercurrents.org Photo credit: Jason Taylor for Friends of the Earth International, 2013. CC License. Critical Information Collective. Brazil’s recent rotten meat scandal once again…
Biomasa forestal para energía: FAO y forestales, sí; ecologistas, no
A cuarenta y seis ONG ecologistas y de ayuda al desarrollo no les ha sentado nada bien que la FAO haya dedicado hoy el Día Internacional de los Bosques a…
Denuncian que en el Día Internacional de los Bosques la FAO promueva quemarlos
46 organizaciones europeas, entre ellas Ecologistas en Acción, firman una carta dirigida a la FAO en rechazo a su campaña sobre el Día Mundial de los Bosques, que promociona la…
Casi medio centenar de ong critica que la fao promueva quemar árboles
– Hoy se celebra el Día Internacional de los Bosques MADRID, 21 (SERVIMEDIA) Un total de 46 ONG y alianzas europeas han enviado una carta al director general y al…
Los ecologistas afean a la FAO que promocione “la quema de los bosques”
El organismo de la ONU sobre alimentación conmociona al planeta al señalar a los bosques como “fuente de energía natural”. Medio centenar de organizaciones le reclaman que “deje de legitimar…
Bioenergy Burns Forests
March 20, 2017: The UNFAO’s “Forests and Energy” theme for this year’s International Day of Forests on March 21 misleadingly promotes bioenergy from burning wood from forests as well as…
Green groups urge FAO to change “misleading” forest definition
On 21 March, the International Day of Forests, 200 organizations have petitioned the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) stating that its forest definition dating back to 1948 is “misleading”…
Biomass under fire from environmental groups
By Tildy Bayar Environmental groups this week urged the United Nations to consider the ‘serious negative impacts’ of using biomass for energy. In a letter sent to the director-general of…
FAO’s Bioenergy Themed International Day Of Forests Is A Threat To Mother Earth
Every year, 21st March is celebrated as the International Day of Forests, so designated by the United Nations to highlight the importance of forests. This year, the Food and Agriculture…
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