Reflecting on the protests that have swept the globe in recent weeks, the Swedish climate activist told the BBC: ‘It feels like we have passed some kind of social tipping point where people are starting to realise that we cannot keep looking away from these things. We cannot keep sweeping these things under the carpet, these
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20 June 2020
‘Tipping point’: Greta Thunberg hails Black Lives Matter protests – video
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19 June 2020
African Countries Need to Seize Opportunities Created by US-China Tensions
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Djibouti Port. Credit: James Jeffrey/IPS By External SourceJOHANNESBURG, Jun 19 2020 (IPS) The unfolding US-China power rivalry bears a striking resemblance to the tensions between the US and the Soviet bloc during the Cold War years. Back then, African countries were positioned like pawns on a grand chessboard. Their social and economic progress was hampered because
18 June 2020
Resource co-management as a step towards gender equity in fisheries
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Publication date: October 2020 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 176 Author(s): Carolina T. Freitas, Helder M.V. Espírito-Santo, João Vitor Campos-Silva, Carlos A. Peres, Priscila F.M. Lopes
17 June 2020
Social Movement Through Social Media
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The June 9 peaceful physically distance protests before the police used water cannon to disperse the participants. Credit: MONIKA DEUPALA, BIKRAM RAI and SHRISTI SHERCHAN. By Diya RijalKATHMANDU, Jun 17 2020 (IPS) Last week, Kathmandu erupted with protests organised collectively through the social web by Nepal’s urban young fed up with the shenanigans of the
17 June 2020
Climate crisis: alarm at record-breaking heatwave in Siberia
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Unusually high temperatures in region linked to wildfires, oil spill and moth swarms A prolonged heatwave in Siberia is “undoubtedly alarming”, climate scientists have said. The freak temperatures have been linked to wildfires, a huge oil spill and a plague of tree-eating moths. On a global scale, the Siberian heat is helping push the world
17 June 2020
Do Aquaculture Farmers Have an Incentive to Maintain Good Water Quality? The Case of Small-Scale Shrimp Farming in Indonesia
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Publication date: October 2020 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 176 Author(s): Venticia Hukom, Rasmus Nielsen, Mette Asmild, Max Nielsen
17 June 2020
Pass the shiraz: how Australia’s wine industry can adapt to climate change | Gabi Mocatta, Rebecca Harris and Tomas Remenyi
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We created a world-first atlas to help secure the country’s wine future. It shows that all 71 grape-growing regions must adapt to hotter conditions Many Australians enjoy a glass of homegrown wine, and $2.78bn worth is exported each year. But hotter, drier conditions under climate change means there are big changes ahead for our wine
17 June 2020
Tanzania: Postharvest innovations key to raising youth involvement in horticulture
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Participation in horticulture gives Tanzanian youth income options within a short period By External SourceJun 16 2020 (IPS-Partners) Horticulture is a field of agriculture that involves a short growing season averaging three months and offers quick yields and returns on investments despite the high rate of postharvest losses. In Tanzania, with the Government-initiated National Strategy
16 June 2020
UN chief in ‘support migrants’ plea, as remittances drop by 20 per cent predicted
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By External SourceJun 15 2020 (IPS-Partners) Marking International Day of Family Remittances, the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, has released a message appealing for “people everywhere” to support migrants, at a time when remittances – the money migrants send home to support their families – have fallen by more than $100 billion, causing hunger, lost schooling
15 June 2020
Economic value of small-scale sea cucumber fisheries under two contrasting management regimes
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Small-scale fisheries supplying tropical sea cucumbers to Asian markets frequently overharvest stocks, incurring unknown loss of economic value. An indication of such value loss can provide economic incentives for better conservation and management. However, “before and after” time-series by which loss could be calculated are generally not available for most sea cucumber fisheries. In this