Climate breakdown is leading to ever-greater migration - but the issue is still largely invisible in migration discourse and response.
… Indian climate migration after Covid-19 Jessica Faleiro | … Climate breakdown is leading to ever-greater migration - but the issue is still largely invisible in migration discourse and response. Climate …
Monarch butterfly numbers are dwindling despite protection of their wintering forests in Mexico, and voluntary schemes to restore their food plant, milkweed, in US field margins, writes Eva Sirinathsinghji. These measures alone are insufficient: no less than an end to the mass spraying of glyphosate on crops, predicated by 'Roundup-ready' GM corn and soy, will do.
… famed for its spectacular 3,000 mile winter migration from N. America to Mexico before … destination back in North America. Their migration has been described as one of the … common such as parks and wildlife centres. Migration numbers from Ontario, Canada and the …
It's been another disastrous year for North America's Monarch butterflies, with the insect's population down 27% in a single year. The sudden decline is blamed on severe winter storms in Mexico, and the impacts of GMO crops, herbicides and insecticides on US farms.
… estimate the probability that the monarch migration could collapse within the next 20 … threats to the monarch during the fall migration including lack of nectaring habitat … as an endangered species. Monarch butterfly migration is now recognized as a ' threatened …
Bird conservation groups have reacted strongly to suggestions that wild birds may be responsible for the latest outbreak of avian influenza on a free-range poultry farm in Suffolk.
… dying of bird flu in the countries on their migration routes,” said Dr Avery. “Jumping to …
With Monarch butterfly numbers down by 90% in 20 years - largely as a result of GMO crops in key feeding areas - the US Fish and Wildlife Service is reviewing the insect's status with a view to granting it legal protection under the Endangered Species Act.
… year, between the US, Mexico and Canada. The migration cycle is unique in the natural world …
Thanks to herbicide use on GMO crops in the US and Canada, Monarch butterfly numbers have crashed - the milkweeds the larvae feed on now survive mainly in 'conservation reserve' land and roadsides - and there's a 5% chance the Monarch will be extinct within 100 years.
… appearance, and especially for their mass migration in their millions to spend winters … generations that comprise the monarch annual migration cycle. A number of pieces of …
The world is facing the imminent threat of severe climate disruption from the warming Arctic, write Robert & Jack Hunziker, leading to a global crisis. But the response of the powerful is only to increase fossil fuel exploitation - and damn the consequences.
… "The nexus between climate change, human migration, and instability constitutes ... a … Werz and Max Hofman in 'Climate Change, Migration, and Conflict, The Arab Spring and … as well as urbanization and international migration contributed to the pressures that …
Scientists say desertification of the mountain grasslands of the Tibetan plateau is accelerating climate change
… and wait for the next payment.' Ecological migration Many of the local people are former … the land under a controversial "ecological migration" scheme launched in 2003. The …
Yellowstone Park is home to America's last pure-bred wild bison, writes George Wuerthner. Yet the Park's management is planning to kill around a thousand of these precious animals this winter. Ostensibly it's to protect cattle on public lands near the park from brucellosis. But bison have never been known to transmit the disease to them. The real reason is to keep all the pasture for livestock.
Bloodbath in Yellowstone: the park's plan to slaughter 1,000 wild bison George Wuerthner | 14th December 2015 Activism USA Natural World Mammals Farming Biodiversity Ecology yellowstone-bison-cut.jpg …
The closing down of a community radio station in eastern Paraguay is the latest example of political repression in the country with the most unequal land distribution in Latin America, writes Toby Hill, and in which the media are dominated by a tiny elite of the super-rich. As small farmers begin to reclaim the land that is rightfully theirs, landowners and the state they control are striking back.
… producers, he adds, is part of "a global migration from the countryside to the city." …
The world is already experiencing water scarcity driven by over-use, poor land management and climate change, writes Nafeez Ahmed. It's one of the causes of wars and terrorism in the Middle East and beyond, and if we fail to respond to the warnings before us, major food and power shortages will soon afflict large parts of the globe fuelling hunger, insecurity and conflict.
… is reversed, it will lead to more forced migrations, civil unrest and outbreaks of …
Water scarcity and mis-management in India are creating a significant human and ecological crisis that will only be worsened by climate change
Coca-Cola just part of India’s water ‘free-for-all’ Tom Levitt | 4th December 2009 News Climate Change Politics And Economics India Water india2.jpg Coca-Cola uses enough water everyday to meet the …
The real nature of war and its impacts on people and environment can only be understood through its ecology, surgeon Gus Abu-Sitta tells Andre Vltchek: the causes of conflict, the dynamics that sustain it, the corporate and strategic interests bent on its perpetuation, the deliberate destruction of health provision, and the repeating cycles of infection, injury, poverty and human misery which have become a permanent reality for uncounted millions.
… and dismantling of the state, and the migration of some 50% of Iraq's doctors. Where … is happening in Syria, with regards of the migration of their doctors. Syria will undergo … the disintegration of these states and the migration of people to the regional centers. …
As deadly H5Nx bird flu strains diversify in giant, fast-rotation flocks and and adapt to poultry that tens of thousands of human handlers care for and process every day, the emergence of a deadly human-specific flu becomes ever more likely, writes Robert G. Wallace. The industry can no longer blame wild birds for the problems it is creating - and must urgently reform its own practices.
Deadly bird flu strains created by industrial poultry farms Robert G. Wallace | 30th January 2017 News Health Farming Birds Science poultry-farm-cut.jpg As deadly H5Nx bird flu strains diversify in …
Plans for a new international airport in the coastal city of Mumbai will destroy yet more of its mangrove ecosystems, and there are fears the deal has already been closed
Mangroves vs airport: Mumbai's development battle Ambika Hiranandani Tom Levitt | 1st June 2010 News Aviation Airport India Politics And Economics Climate Change mangrovesindia1.jpg Plans for a new …
To reduce the pressure on the world's productive land and to help assure long-term food security, writes Herbert Girardet, city people are well advised to revive urban or peri-urban agriculture. While large cities will always have to import some food, local food growing is a key component of sustainable urban living.
… around cities. In countries where rural-urban migration is prevalent, many people become …
The world's big cities are choking with pollution and endless traffic jams, writes Colin Todhunter - except one. Copenhagen, faced with these problems half a century ago, decided to act. Now it is showing the world that cycling is not just the basis of a sustainable transport strategy, but is key to making our cities clean, green, human and livable. May the global revolution unfold ...
… the crisis in farming and associated rural migration to energy concerns and an expanding …
Since 1948 Jordan has taken in millions of refugees from Palestine, Iraq and most recently Syria, writes Doug Weir. Politically and economically the country has proved astonishingly resilient - but the population increase has caused huge damage to its fragile environment. Ecological degradation, pollution and resource scarcity may cause political instability unless more is done to tackle the problems.
… discovering, failing to address the impact of migration during response and recovery could …
As the Brexit negotiations begin, a coalition of grassroots food and farming organisations today launch ‘A People's Food Policy' calling for England to develop a more progressive food policy in advance of leaving the EU. Scotland is already in the process of adopting national food policies and is currently developing a ‘Good Food Nation Bill', while England has yet to make any progress
… reported on in the context of Brexit, while migration restrictions are set to have an …
A revival of the traditional Kachchhi handloom could be a shining example of how India could tackle its severe livelihood, ecological, and cultural crises.
Weaving transformations Ashish Kothari | 18th April 2019 News India Crafts Traditional Skills jaishree_habubhai_at_her_loom_adhoi_village_ashish_kothari_smaller_size.jpg A revival of the traditional …
Human existence relies on healthy soils, writes Jane Rickson. But all over the world they are being lost and degraded by inappropriate land use, reducing their capacity to produce food and store water, nutrients and carbon. Sustainable land management must be incentivised to conserve this essential resource.
… to sealing of soil surfaces, as well as migration of workers away from agricultural …
At a time when the Labour Party is discovering its egalitarian roots, inequality is as much of an issue in the countryside as in the city, states this 'Rural Manifesto' from the Land Workers Alliance and The Land. The neglect and exclusion of Britain's rural poor and landless farmers must end.
Equality in the countryside Land Workers Alliance The Land | 7th January 2016 Comment The Land Farming UK Politics rural.png At a time when the Labour Party is discovering its egalitarian roots, …
Talking with hunters in the mountains of Arunachal Pradesh.
'When the saplings are this tall' Sartaj Ghuman | 6th December 2018 News Arunachal Pradesh Hornbill Hunting India Thought Leaders img_20181109_165953.jpg Talking with hunters in the mountains of …