Community support workers are key in raising awareness about TB and promoting diagnosis and treatment. Credit, Busani Bafana/IPS By Busani BafanaBULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Jan 7 2022 (IPS) Global efforts to end tuberculosis (TB) are futile without dedicated investment in research into the debilitating disease that is killing 4000 people a day, Stop TB Partnership warns. “TB
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7 January 2022
Underfunded and Deadly Tuberculosis Needs its Own Bill Gates
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6 January 2022
Hunting as land use: Understanding the spatial associations among hunting, agriculture, and forestry
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Hunting is a widespread but often overlooked land-use activity, providing major benefits to society. Hunting takes place in most landscapes, yet it remains unclear which types of landscapes foster or dampen hunting-related services, and how hunting relates to other land uses. A better understanding of these relationships is key for sustainable land-use planning that integrates
6 January 2022
Environmental Disasters Creating More Migrants Within Countries – Podcast
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By Marty LoganKATHMANDU, Jan 5 2022 (IPS) In the final months of 2021 you likely saw countless media reports of migrant men, women and children getting blocked at borders trying to enter various countries. Two flashpoints were the Mexico-US border and the border between Poland and Belarus, but there were many others. What you likely
5 January 2022
Fossil fuel firms among biggest spenders on Google ads that look like search results
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One in five ads served on search results for 78 climate-related terms placed by firms with interests in fossil fuels, research finds Fossil fuel companies and firms that work closely with them are among the biggest spenders on ads designed to look like Google search results, in what campaigners say is an example of “endemic
4 January 2022
‘Extreme marine heatwave’: waters off Sydney set to break January temperature records
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Satellite data shows ocean surface 3C above normal as swimmers say water feels more like February and March Download the free Guardian app; get our morning email briefing Waters off Sydney are undergoing an extreme marine heatwave with temperatures likely at their highest levels on record for January. Satellite data is showing the ocean surface
4 January 2022
Ecstasy as Zimbabwe’s Smallholder Farmers Secure European Pineapple Market
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Zimbabwean pineapple smallholder farmers now can sell their organically-produced pineapples on the European markets. Farmers are hopeful this will bring wealth to a region recently devastated by Cyclone Idai. Credit: Tonderayi Mukeredzi/IPS By Tonderayi MukeredziHarare, Zimbabwe , Jan 4 2022 (IPS) In her wildest dreams, smallholder farmer Sarudzai Sithole never imagined that her pineapples could
3 January 2022
Once Tossed and Abused, Human Trafficking Survivor Finds Solace
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Nina has found peace after being rescued from human traffickers and pimps in Goa, India. Credit: Mehru Jaffer/IPS By Mehru JafferGoa, India, Jan 3 2022 (IPS) For over two decades, Nina tossed around like a leaf in a storm. While a teenager, she was lured into the sex trade, and pimps kept a huge chunk
3 January 2022
La Niña weather pattern keeps temperatures in Australia down but 2021 still hotter than average
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One of the warmest La Niña years on record continues long-term heating being driven by climate change, climatologist says Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Download the free Guardian app; get our morning email briefing Australia’s 2021 was its coolest year since 2012, but still half a degree hotter than average
2 January 2022
A novel framework to operationalise value-pluralism in environmental valuation: Environmental value functions
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Publication date: March 2022 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 193 Author(s): Pirta Palola, Richard Bailey, Lisa Wedding
2 January 2022
Colorado wildfire: up to 1,000 buildings destroyed as Biden declares disaster
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At least seven reported injured while cause of the blaze remains under investigation Up to 1,000 buildings may have been destroyed in the record wildfire that swept through a Colorado area abutting the Rocky Mountains, as Joe Biden declared the situation a disaster and experts warned that the climate crisis and suburban expansion contributed to