Getting All on Board to Meet Deforestation Targets (Part 1) — Global Issues

Getting All on Board to Meet Deforestation Targets (Part 1) — Global Issues

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A harvester checks the ripeness of oil palm fresh fruit. The UNDP’s Good Growth Partnership has worked with all sectors of the palm oil supply chain to reduce deforestation. Credit: ILO/Fauzan Azhima by Cecilia Russell (johannesburg) Thursday, April 27, 2023 Inter Press Service JOHANNESBURG, Apr 27 (IPS) – Indonesia finds itself…

UNDP Assistance Helps Farmers to Meet New EU Deforestation Rules — Global Issues

UNDP Assistance Helps Farmers to Meet New EU Deforestation Rules — Global Issues

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by Alison Kentish (new york) Wednesday, April 26, 2023 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Apr 26 (IPS) – For the last five years, the United Nations Development Programme has worked with some of the world’s biggest producers of commodities like beef, soy, palm oil, and cocoa to protect livelihoods and the…

Pacific Island Countries To Develop Advanced Warning System for Tuna Migration — Global Issues

Pacific Island Countries To Develop Advanced Warning System for Tuna Migration — Global Issues

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Pacific Community-led regional initiative aims to assist countries in the region with mitigating the impacts of climate change-induced tuna migration. Credit: Pacific Community/SPC by Neena Bhandari (sydney) Wednesday, April 19, 2023 Inter Press Service SYDNEY, Apr 19 (IPS) – Climate change and warming ocean waters are causing tuna fisheries to migrate…

Interwoven Global Crises Can Best be Solved Together — Global Issues

Interwoven Global Crises Can Best be Solved Together — Global Issues

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Mangroves in Tai O, Hong Kong. Coastal wetland protection and restoration is an example of the kind of multifunctional solution that is needed to address multiple global crises together. Credit: Chunyip Wong / iStock Opinion by Paula Harrison – Pamela McElwee – David Obura (bonn) Thursday, March 02, 2023 Inter Press…

Wildlife Is Much More than a Safari. And It Is at Highest Risk of Extinction — Global Issues

Wildlife Is Much More than a Safari. And It Is at Highest Risk of Extinction — Global Issues

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A million plant and animal species are threatened with extinction, we have lost half of the world’s corals and lose forest areas the size of 27 football fields every minute, finds WWF report. Credit: Stella Paul/IPS by Baher Kamal (madrid) Wednesday, March 01, 2023 Inter Press Service MADRID, Mar 01 (IPS)…

World’s Largest Oil Corporation to Lead Climate Change Talks in 2023 — Global Issues

World’s Largest Oil Corporation to Lead Climate Change Talks in 2023 — Global Issues

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Credit: The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Opinion by Gadir Lavadenz, Pablo Fajardo Mendoza (quito, ecuador / la paz, bolivia) Monday, February 27, 2023 Inter Press Service QUITO, Ecuador / LA PAZ, Bolivia, Feb 27 (IPS) – The Chief Executive of the twelfth largest oil producer – Sultan…

A Last-Ditch Effort to Save a High Seas Treaty from Sinking — Global Issues

A Last-Ditch Effort to Save a High Seas Treaty from Sinking — Global Issues

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by Thalif Deen (united nations) Monday, February 20, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Feb 20 (IPS) – When the United Nations began negotiations on a legally binding treaty to protect and regulate the high seas, one diplomat pointedly remarked: “It’s a jungle out there”—characterizing a wide-open ocean degraded by illegal…

Management of Protected Areas Is a Latin American Priority for 2023 — Global Issues

Management of Protected Areas Is a Latin American Priority for 2023 — Global Issues

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Deforestation, along with fires, reduces the region’s forests, expands the agricultural frontier, shrinks the habitat of indigenous peoples and wildlife, destroys water sources, and brings more diseases to populated areas. CREDIT: Serfor Peru by Humberto Marquez (caracas) Tuesday, January 31, 2023 Inter Press Service CARACAS, Jan 31 (IPS) – The environmental…