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
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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…
FAO’s Bioenergy Themed International Day of Forests is a Threat to Mother Earth
This blog was originally published on countercurrents.org By Souparna Lahiri* Every year, 21st March is celebrated as the International Day of Forests, so designated by the United Nations to highlight…
“Bioenergy Burns Forests”—Environmentalists Denounce UN’s Bioenergy Themed International Day of Forests
March 20, 2017: The UNFAO’s [1] “Forests and Energy” theme for this year’s International Day of Forests on March 21 [2] misleadingly promotes bioenergy from burning wood from forests as…
21 Marzo -Día Internacional de los Bosques – ¡La FAO debe reconocer que las plantaciones de árboles NO son bosques!
La anticuada definición de bosques de la FAO ha permitido que, detrás de una imagen positiva, las industrias de la madera, la celulosa, el papel y el empaquetado oculten los…
América Latina, donde el ecologismo cuesta la vida
Isidro Baldenegro tenía 51 años. Era un activista indígena mexicano. El jueves 12 de enero del presente año fue a la comunidad de Coloradas La Virgen. Una tía suya estaba…
Stop the ECB subsidising climate disaster
Since June 2016, the European Central Bank (ECB) has injected around 67 billion euro into the Eurozone economy to fund corporate bond purchases. This is part of a money creation…
As water scarcity deepens across Latin America, political instability grows
In Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador disputes over water shortages are part of a wider fight for equal access and shared responsibility… Read the original article here.
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