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Human Activities Have Degraded 40% of Land on Earth – UN Report

Human activities are damaging and degrading the lands of the Earth to the point where up to 40% of global terrain has been devalued, according to a new...

Protests Around the World Target Global Corporate Food Empire

Street and online people’s protests against the ‘global corporate food empire’ greeted the opening of the UN Food Systems Summit (UN FSS), as the...

UN Experts Call on Rich Countries to End Export of Banned Pesticides

Three dozen United Nations (UN) human rights expert called last Thursday on wealthy countries to end the “deplorable” practice of exporting banned...

Stop Glyphosate Campaign Slams European Commission over Weak Response

The European Commission issued its formal response Tuesday to the #StopGlyphosate European Citizens Initiative (ECI). It officially recognised the submission...

GM Crops Lead to Increase in Trade Disruptions – UN Report

The increased production of genetically modified crops around the globe has led to a higher number of incidents of low levels of GMOs being detected in...

Hans Herren: In Agriculture, Business As Usual Is Not An Option

Dr. Hans Herren at the Rio+20 conference on sustainable development, which took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in June 2012 and was the biggest UN conference...

David Suzuki: Why Use Nuclear Power to Boil Water?

David Suzuki at the Rio+20 conference on sustainable development, which took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in June 2012 and was the biggest UN conference...

Vandana Shiva: Earth Democracy

Vandana Shiva at the Rio+20 conference on sustainable development, which took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in June 2012 was the biggest UN conference...

11-year-old Ta’Kaiya Calls for Earth Revolution at Rio+20

The Rio+20 conference on sustainable development, which took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in June 2012 was the biggest UN conference ever. Was it...

Miguel Altieri: Agroecology is the only path