On December 22, a parliamentary process in favor of GMOs and new breeding techniques (NBTs) has begun at the Italian Chamber’s Agricultural Commission. A process which opens a very risky path, since it could lead to a green light...
The Blue Planet Project, 18 December 2020 | Source We are horrified that on December 7, 2020, CME Group – the world’s largest financial derivatives exchange company – launched the world’s first futures market in water, opening up speculation...
The Green Revolution left farmers discontented and indebted as the result of degraded soil, and pest-ridden crops, which caused slavery and disillusionment as well as tension in the State of Punjab between the farming community and a newly centralized...
By Natasha Foote – EURACTIV.com, 3 December 2020 | Source The current procedure for the approval of active substances in pesticides “raises concerns” according to the EU Ombudsman, who outlined several recommendations for measures to improve the approval process...
Marco Bellizi, Andressa Collet – Vatican News, 20 novembro 2020 | Fonte O jornal vaticano L’Osservatore Romano fez uma entrevista com a ambientalista e ativista indiana, Vandana Shiva, publicada na edição desta quinta-feira (20). Ela participa de uma das...
Hundreds of civil society and Indigenous Peoples organizations call on the UN agency to renounce planned alliance with CropLife International Rome, 19 November 2020 – Today 352 organizations in 63 countries representing hundreds of thousands of farmers, fisherfolk, agricultural...
Independent Science News, 16 November 2020 | Source In January 2020, the Gates foundation launched “The Bill & Melinda Gates Agricultural Innovations LLC”, also known as “Gates Ag One”. Gates Ag One was formulated to be a subsidiary of...
© Society for International Development 2020 Cite: Shroff, R., Cortés, C.R. The Biodiversity Paradigm: Building Resilience for Human and Environmental Health. Development (2020). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41301-020-00260-2 Abstract It is a well-established fact that biodiversity is pivotal to human and planetary...
By Jeremy Loffredo – The Defender, 9 November 2020 | Source “The Great Reset is about maintaining and empowering a corporate extraction machine and the private ownership of life.” — Vandana Shiva The World Economic Forum’s (WEF) The Great...
Today, thanks to the Coronavirus crisis, the rotting of our current world structures has come further into evidence. The pandemic, compounded with an already ongoing climate and ecological crisis, as well as ballooning social inequalities, has placed us at...