The Barbadian entrepreneur turning sargassum into money — Global Issues

The Barbadian entrepreneur turning sargassum into money — Global Issues

In 2014, Mr. Forte started Red Diamond Compost, a biotech business that focuses on research, development, and the commercialization of organic and biologic soil treatment and crop protection solutions made primarily from organic environmental hazards, such as sargassum seaweed. Mr. Forte is recognized as a national and regional expert in…

The Barbadian entrepreneur turning sargassum into money — Global Issues

The Barbadian entrepreneur turning sargassum into money — Global Issues

In 2014, Mr. Forte started Red Diamond Compost, a biotech business that focuses on research, development, and commercialization of organic and biologic soil treatment and crop protection solutions made primarily organic environmental hazards, such as sargassum seaweed. Mr. Forte is recognized as a national and regional expert in the field…

The Barbadian entrepreneur turning sargassum into money — Global Issues

Monkeypox not presently a global public health emergency: WHO — Global Issues

The announcement comes two days after WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreysus convened an Emergency Committee on the disease, under the International Health Regulations (IHR), to address the rising caseload. “The WHO Director-General concurs with the advice offered by the IHR Emergency Committee regarding the multi-country monkeypox outbreak and, at present,…

The Barbadian entrepreneur turning sargassum into money — Global Issues

Seafarers’ Day honours maritime journeys and voyages — Global Issues

Secretary-General António Guterres highlighted both their critical role, as well as the challenges they face, In his message to mark the Day of the Seafarer on Saturday. “The world counts on seafarers,” he said. “Ships transport a remarkable 90 per cent of the world’s commodities — from grains and energy, to consumer…

The Barbadian entrepreneur turning sargassum into money — Global Issues

Life-saving relief continues to reach quake-hit eastern Afghanistan — Global Issues

One of the UN teams on the ground, the refugee agency UNHCR, transported tons of relief items into the provinces of Khost and Paktika, where several thousand houses were destroyed or damaged by the 5.9 magnitude quake that struck early on Wednesday. The latest tally from Thursday evening indicated that at least 1,036…

The Barbadian entrepreneur turning sargassum into money — Global Issues

UN rights chief urges leaders to ‘turn the page on rhetoric’ — Global Issues

The four-day mission marked the first visit by a UN human rights High Commissioner in more than two decades, and she noted that some of the same rights challenges from that era persist today. Ms. Bachelet hailed an “unprecedented ruling” handed down this week, sentencing three people for incitement to hatred…

The Barbadian entrepreneur turning sargassum into money — Global Issues

Overturning of Roe v Wade abortion law a ‘huge blow to women’s human rights’ warns Bachelet — Global Issues

The widely anticipated Supreme Court decision, by six votes to three, was made in the specific case of Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health, and Michelle Bachelet said in a statement that it represents a “major setback” for sexual and reproductive health across the US. The historic decision returns all questions…

The Barbadian entrepreneur turning sargassum into money — Global Issues

UN plan calls for real progress towards ending internal displacement crisis — Global Issues

The plan outlines 31 commitments by the UN system to better resolve, prevent and address internal displacement, and calls for action from countries, international financial institutions, the private sector, and others.  Today I launched my Action Agenda on Internal Displacement. With more than 59M people internally displaced at the end…

Actions to stem violence against women and girls ‘needed now more than ever’ — Global Issues

Actions to stem violence against women and girls ‘needed now more than ever’ — Global Issues

“Nearly one in two women reported that they, or a woman they know, experienced some form of violence,” Amina Mohammed said at the Commonwealth says No More Violence Against Women event, taking place as the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) gets underway in the Rwandan capital. Pointing to rising…