A special investigation from Andrew Wasley, Alexandra Heal and Lucy Michaels in London, Dominic Phillips, André Campos and Diego Junqueira in Sao Paulo and Claire Smyth in Belfast.
… Global beef trade 'destroying the Amazon' … Wasley Alexandra Heal | 2nd July 2019 News Global Beef Trade Amazon Food And Farming … biggest supplier of beef, chicken and leather globally, and exports fresh beef to Europe and …
All sectors must play their part in a global emissions deal, but could including agriculture in the mix lead to an intensification of farming and money for GM crops?
… All sectors must play their part in a global emissions deal, but could including … hosted a meeting of the biggest names on the global agriculture scene; the Food Agriculture … responsible for fully one-third of combined global greenhouse gas emissions, and as an …
A special investigation from Andrew Wasley, Alexandra Heal and Lucy Michaels in London, Dominic Phillips, André Campos and Diego Junqueira in Sao Paulo and Claire Smyth in Belfast.
… together wield unprecedented control over global food production. The Bureau of … agreed to pay one of the biggest fines in global corporate history — $3.2bn — after … supermarket shelves across the world, and its global dominance only looks set to …
Carbon reduction potential of ecological farming methods is highlighted at Copenhagen, as protests against industrial agriculture gather strength
… strength Small-scale peasant farmers from the global South are not just among the first to … change in the food system can reduce current global emissions from between 50-75 per-cent,' … According to the La Via Campesina: ‘Global warming has been taking place for …
Natural resources,are increasingly responsible for fuelling violence across the world. Now some environmentalists want to fight back – using force if necessary.
… and the latest victim of a disturbing global pattern of killings, violent attacks … rangers and other environmental guardians globally. ‘I’d be at a convention and be told … efforts have the backing of several global organisations, including the …
The NHS is buying drugs from pharmaceutical companies in India whose dirty production methods are fuelling the rise of superbugs, write Andrew Wasley & Madlen Davies. There are no checks or regulations in place to stop this happening - even though the rapid growth in antibiotic resistant bacteria in India is spreading across the world, including to the UK and NHS hospitals.
… antibiotic resistance summit, in which 13 global pharmaceutical firms pledged to review … O'Neill, who conducted a major review into global antibiotic resistance, also known as … production would exacerbate the spread of global superbugs. The release of untreated …
The uniting of 800 million rural workers against the loss of their traditional way of life gives lie to globalisation’s claims to beneficence. Resistance is far from futile, says Ed Hamer
… La Via Campesina Fair Trade Food Trade Globalisation Green Revolution Farming Food Security Fair Trade Globalisation Food And Farming … of their traditional way of life gives lie to globalisation’s claims to beneficence. …
Can organic farming feed the world? Ed Hamer and Mark Anslow say yes, but we must farm and eat differently
… of nitrous oxide – a greenhouse gas with a global warming potential some 320 times … doubt that this is a problem: estimates put global methane emissions from ruminant … consuming a staggering 72 per cent of all global freshwater at a time when the UN says …
Can organic farming feed the world? Ed Hamer and Mark Anslow say yes, but we must eat and farm differently
… of nitrous oxide – a greenhouse gas with a global warming potential some 320 times … doubt that this is a problem: estimates put global methane emissions from ruminant … consuming a staggering 72 per cent of all global freshwater at a time when the UN says …
Cheap meat has become a way of life in much of Europe, but the full price is being paid across Latin America as vast soya plantations and their attendant chemicals lead to poisonings and violence
… The moves come as international concern over global food insecurity grows, and amid fresh … and the ongoing credit crunch which has seen global food aid budgets slashed. Protein king … demand for soy as a principal feedstuff. Globally it has been estimated that as much as …
Cheap meat has become a way of life in much of Europe, but the full price is being paid across Latin America as vast soya plantations and their attendant chemicals lead to poisonings and violence. Andrew Wasley reports
… The moves come as international concern over global food insecurity grows, and amid fresh … and the ongoing credit crunch which has seen global food aid budgets slashed. Protein king … demand for soy as a principal feedstuff. Globally it has been estimated that as much as …
UK fund managers are selling investments in jatropha plantations as a wallet-swelling, planet-saving financial bonanza. But the reality for poor farmers is very different. Andrew Wasley reports
… a replacement for fossil fuels, reduces global warming and does not displace food … cane, to rising food prices and increasing global hunger. Meredith Alexander , head of … its focus is currently on jatropha, CCF has global interests in genetics, forestry, …
What could be more cheerful than this ubiquitous breakfast fruit? But if you’re not buying them Fairtrade and organic, argues Ed Hamer, then you’re buying into a modern agricultural scandal
… exceptional, but a symptom of our rapidly globalising agricultural economy. As the … The banana is in many ways synonymous with globalisation. The first tropical fruit to be … banana can tell us a lot about the future of global food security. Few other products, let …
UK fund managers are selling investments in jatropha plantations as a wallet-swelling, planet-saving financial bonanza. But the reality for poor farmers is very different
… a replacement for fossil fuels, reduces global warming and does not displace food … cane, to rising food prices and increasing global hunger. Meredith Alexander , head of … its focus is currently on jatropha, CCF has global interests in genetics, forestry, …
A new investigation has revealed appalling labour conditions for Burmese migrants working onboard boats supplying 'trash fish' for use in feed given to farmed prawns. But this is just the latest scandal to engulf the global shrimp industry, says Andrew Wasley
… this is just the latest scandal to engulf the global shrimp industry, says Andrew Wasley A … highlighting the unsavoury nature of the global shrimp industry, which continues to … shrimp farms. Labour conditions in the global fishing industry are largely absent …
Reporting from the front-line of environmental activism, Andrew Wasley takes a closer look at those combating illegal logging
… face particular dangers. Logging costs the global economy US$10-15 billion a year, and … are clear links between deforestation and global warming, as well as serious social …
The first blows may be struck on Canadian ice, but it's at the checkout that the coup de grace is delivered. Andrew Wasley explores the UK companies profiting from the trade in seal fur
… companies are at the centre of a global trade in Canadian sealskins. An … manufacturers, though IFAW claims that the global market for seal fur is saturated, … activists say it would seriously disrupt the global trade – no European ports could be used …
UK purchased £1bn of beef from firms tied to Amazon deforestation.
… the Stockholm Environment Institute and NGO Global Canopy — Marfrig’s beef exports could … company, and Minerva Foods, another large global supplier of Brazilian beef. JBS beef … goal is to eliminate deforestation within our global supply chain, and we are working toward …
Indian drug companies try to gut antibiotic pollution controls.
… proposed by the AMR Industry Alliance, a global private sector coalition set up to … The IDMA suggests that deviating from the global industry approach would jeopardise the … reports with Andrew Wasley on the impacts of global corporate agriculture for the Bureau's …
The Environmental Investigation Agency and BBC Panorama use GPS to prove British electronic waste is being exported to poor African nations where it threatens the environment and human health. Andrew Wasley reports
… in a report outlining Britain's role in the global e-waste trade, due to be published next … to some estimates. The UN has stated that global production of e-waste now totals at 50 …
The discovery of horsemeat in burgers and ready meals has revealed how live horses are shipped across Europe in a complex and secretive business. And it's just part of a bigger global trade in livestock and poultry. Andrew Wasley reports.........
… business. And it's just part of a bigger global trade in livestock and poultry. Andrew … represents just a tiny part of a much larger, global trade in livestock which sees millions …
Regulatory failures are allowing Danish pigs infected with lethal antibiotic-resistant bacteria into British farms, writes Andrew Wasley, with contaminated pork found in UK supermarkets, and three human infections recorded. The official response? Deny there's a problem, take no action, and hope for the best. Six people may have died from the bug in Denmark, but the UK is safe, surely?
… antibiotics - poses a grave danger to global public health. The NHS's chief medical … threat than terrorism" - while a major global review by economist Lord Jim O'Neill … animals in artificial insemination stations globally, and claims that as many as one in …
Brazil sent a million salmonella contaminated chickens to the UK in two years.
… poultry industry has been a domestic and global success story, employing more than 3.6 … been blacklisted by the EU. Revealed: How the global beef trade is destroying the Amazon …
Faced with threats, draconian gagging laws and even violence, journalists and activists investigating the secrets of the global food industry tread a dangerous path, says Andrew Wasley. Additional reporting by Sarah Stirk
… activists investigating the secrets of the global food industry tread a dangerous path, … reports on the book linking the threat of global disease pandemics and industrial animal …