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Two-thirds of Tropical Forests ‘Under Threat in Next Decade’
Kabili-Sepilok Forest Reserve, Sabah, Borneo. Copyright: Dr. Lindsay F. Banin
By Bruno de PierroSÃO PAULO, Brazil, Jun 1 2020 – Tropical forests can develop resistance to ...
The Consequential Effects of Covid-19 on the Climate Crisis
Credit: UNDP, Ghana
By Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin OkyenheneACCRA Ghana, Jun 1 2020 – The tragedy of the coronavirus pandemic and its associated challenges have thrown our ...
COVID 19 – Conspiracy or Apocalypse? – Part I
By Daud Khan and Leila Yasmine KhanAMSTERDAM/ROME, Jun 1 2020 – As the COVID-19 virus spread rapidly around the globe, so did various theories about what caused the pandemic. ...
For Love or Land – The Debate about Kenyan Women’s Rights to Matrimonial Property
Kenya’s Matrimonial Property Act, which is discriminatory towards women and inconsistent with the country’s constitution, means few married women own land. Less than five ...
Young People are Key to a Nicotine-free Future: Five Steps to Stop them Smoking
Credit: Bigstock
By External SourceCAPE TOWN, South Africa, May 31 2020 – Tobacco use kills more than 8 million people each year. Most adult smokers start smoking before the ...
Elimination of Leprosy
Traveling man: the Goodwill Ambassador shares a joke with two residents of a leprosarium in Krantau, Uzbekistan during a visit in 2013.
By External SourceMay 29 2020 (IPS-Partners) ...
COVID-19 – UN Urges World Leaders to Act Now to Avert ‘Unimaginable Devastation’
COVID-19 has resulted in hunger and famine at historic proportions, with some 60 million people pushed into extreme poverty and half the global workforce — 1.6 billion people ...
An Appeal to UN’s Budget Committee: It’s no Time to Cut Back on Child Protection
UNICEF installation on the North Lawn at the UN Headquarters in New York highlights the grave scale of child deaths in armed conflicts during 2018. Credit: UN News/Elizabeth Scaffidi
By ...
COVID19 and Its Impact on Pacific Island States
Regional efforts to control the spread of COVID-19 have so far proven successful. Image Credit: Pacific Community
By William W. EllisTORONTO, May 29 2020 – By now, the impact ...
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