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Around the world, huge tracts of fertile land are being sold or
rented for extremely low prices. Tens of millions of hectares
have been surrendered in recent years to produce food crops
for export or biofuels, to extract resources or to resell the land
on the financial market, like any other commodity.
This so-called land grabbing is severely threatening the
environment, the food sovereignty and the very lives of local
communities.
Permaculture in El Salvador focuses on restoring indigenous agricultural and other traditions while restoring the environment. An antidote to the legacy of colonialism an an alternative to current business-as-usual, permaculture practices in El Salvador help heal the wounds of
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For the last decade, Neil has honed his skills as a screen printer. He knows the process inside and out and has experience in every aspect of the industry - from pantone ink mixing to the colour separation process.
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While bush meat consumption as a driver of deforestation has received international attention, understanding the roles played by women and men in the consumption of wild animals will be vital if the trade is to continue sustainably. This presentation gives an overview of CIFOR research on the roles and contributions of men and women in the hunting, trade, and consumption of bush meat within the value chain.
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Permaculture in El Salvador focuses on restoring indigenous agricultural and other traditions while restoring the environment. An antidote to the legacy of colonialism an an alternative to current business-as-usual, permaculture practices in El Salvador help heal the wounds of
Slideshows about nonviolence and nonviolent resolution of conflicts, economic alternatives, ecology, social change, spirituality : www.irnc.org , Slideshows in english
The bad state of our planet
The reasons to believe
Neil Foster - Graphic Design Portfolio | Substrate StudiosSubstrate Studios
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Neil Foster is a Graphic Designer, Artist and Illustrator with a true passion for the creative process.
He cut his teeth as a designer in the early 2000's when he co-founded a BMX and skate clothing brand in his home town of Plymouth, UK. As the principal designer at Corrupt Ridewear, Neil's edgy design style lead the brand to strike a deal with Virgin Records.
For the last decade, Neil has honed his skills as a screen printer. He knows the process inside and out and has experience in every aspect of the industry - from pantone ink mixing to the colour separation process.
From 2012-2013 Neil attended the Art Institute of Vancouver, where he acquired a Diploma in Graphic Design and Communication. Since his graduation, he has worked as a freelancer for a variety of companies, developing creative assets for print and web.
While Neil's talent for corporate branding and design communication ensures he can create for the client needs, he's also an avid artist and spends a great deal of time creating his own artwork. His expertise include building resin toys, painting, sculpting and ink illustrations.
The Axes of Resilience: The Case of the Earthquakes of September 7 and 19, 2017 in Mexico by Joel F Audefroy* in Advancements in Civil Engineering & Technology
While bush meat consumption as a driver of deforestation has received international attention, understanding the roles played by women and men in the consumption of wild animals will be vital if the trade is to continue sustainably. This presentation gives an overview of CIFOR research on the roles and contributions of men and women in the hunting, trade, and consumption of bush meat within the value chain.
Robert Nasi, CIFOR Scientist and Leader of the CGIAR Research Programme on Forest, Trees, and Agroforestry (http://www.cifor.org/crp6/), gave this presentation at the first Africa Congress of the International Union of Forest Research Organisations (IUFRO) and the Forestry Network for sub-Saharan Africa (FORNESSA), held in Nairobi, Kenya in June 2012.
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feminist organizations and Native American rights groupsтАФ
Indigenous womenтАЩs activism had an important inямВuence on the
larger movement for the termination of sterilization abuse in
1970s USA.
UN Women/FAO/IFAD/WFP Expert group meeting (Sept. 2017) summary reportIFPRI-PIM
┬а
This presentation was given by Barbara van Koppen (IWMI), as part of the Annual Scientific Conference hosted by the CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research. The event took place on 5-6 December 2017 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, where the Platform is hosted (by KIT Royal Tropical Institute).
Read more: http://gender.cgiar.org/gender_events/annual-scientific-conference-capacity-development-workshop-cgiar-collaborative-platform-gender-research/), as part of the Annual Scientific Conference hosted by the CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research. The event took place on 5-6 December 2017 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, where the Platform is hosted (by KIT Royal Tropical Institute).
Read more: http://gender.cgiar.org/gender_events/annual-scientific-conference-capacity-development-workshop-cgiar-collaborative-platform-gender-research/
Secondary Education students created a Powerpoint Presentation to provide documentation of the sociological affects of catastrophic disasters such as Hurricane Katrina.
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THE END OF POVERTY
By Jeffrey D Sachs
We can banish extreme poverty in our generation--yet 8 million people die each year because they are too poor to survive. The trag edy is that with a little help, they could even thrive. In a bold new book, Jeffrey D. Sachs shows how we can make it happen
It is still midmorning in Malawi when we arrive at a small village, Nthandire, about an hour outside of Lilongwe, the capital. We have come over dirt roads, passing women and children walking barefoot with water jugs, wood for fuel, and other bundles. The midmorning temperature is sweltering. In this subsistence maize-growing region of a poor, landlocked country in southern Africa, families cling to life on an unforgiving terrain. This year has been a lot more difficult than usual because the rains have failed. The crops are withering in the fields that we pass.
If the village were filled with able-bodied men, who could have built rainwater-collecting units on rooftops and in the fields, the situation would not be so dire. But as we arrive in the village, we see no able-bodied young men at all. In fact, older women and dozens of children greet us, but there is not a young man or woman in sight. Where, we ask, are the workers? Out in the fields? The aid worker who has led us to the village shakes his head sadly and says no. Nearly all are dead. The village has been devastated by AIDS.
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in this part of Malawi that crop yields reach only about a half-ton per acre, about one-third of normal. This year, because of the drought, she will get almost nothing. She reaches into her apron and pulls out a handful of semi-rotten, bug-infested millet, which will be the basis for the gruel she will prepare for the meal that evening. It will be the one meal the children have that day.
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1. Why the World must help Pakistan
The colossal disaster is getting worse - PLEASE DONATE
to Non-Governemental and non-extremist organisations
2. 26 August 2010
Why the world must help Pakistan
Many Poeple express a reluctance to donate
- for fear that money will not reach the people in need but will instead end up with terrorists
or corrupt officials.
- Because they are thousands of miles away.
- Because they look different; speak a different language than we do, practice a different
religion.
- Because they donтАЩt know really Pakistan, itтАЩs Traditions and Culture, and we are often
afraid of what de donтАЩt know
- Because itтАЩs World crisis and they have maybe less money to give
- Because there's too much tragedy, and it's happening too fast, and these days people are
distracted and confused and worried about serious problems close to home, like our own jobs
etc..
The humanity of Pakistan's victims takes a backseat to the preconceived image that
Westerners have of Pakistan as a country.
But you need to know that all indicators are pointing toward an enormous, long-
term human tragedy unfolding in Pakistan, and we need to do something about it
we should care because they are our brothers and sisters in humanity.
3. Here, UNICEF Regional Director for South Asia, Daniel Toole, who has just returned from Pakistan, responds. ┬а
-- From the sky, the massive inland sea of water stretches beyond the horizon -- flashbacks from a different disaster with a puzzlingly different response to the
same desperation.
A watery landscape punctuated by the tops of trees, electricity poles going nowhere in the water and small patches of land with marooned families huddled
together with the scraps they still hold as they fled the floodwaters tearing through their country.
One fifth of Pakistan is under water. Imagine if you woke up tomorrow morning and heard that the whole of England or the state of Florida were completely
submerged? Crops, markets, roads, schools, communities and houses generations toiled to build up submerged in water and many, simply washed away.
After decades of working in emergencies around the world, never before have I seen such astonishing devastation. The only thing that comes close in recent
times is the tsunami, with many times more deaths, but similar destruction.
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The public debate that surged in the early days of the Asian tsunami started off on a similar pattern -- would it be possible to overcome the tremendous
challenges? Would money be well spent or perhaps used by the wrong people? With so many different governments involved, could governments, the United
Nations and other humanitarian agencies ensure those in need would be reached?
But the compelling television images swiftly triggered an extraordinary outpouring of human support with vast quantities of money and human resources. Too
much in fact, and UNICEF went public and stopped taking funds.
Today, right across the tsunami-affected region, there is shining testimony -- from environmentally-friendly sewerage plants to child-friendly schools -- of how
national governments and humanitarian agencies "built back better."
The same can be done in Pakistan -- given half the chance -- but the response has been woefully inadequate.
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These flood waters are not going away anytime soon -- the threat remains high, outstripping relief efforts. The government estimates that some 20 million
Pakistanis have been affected in one way or another by the floods, more than eight million of them children under the age of 18.
Nearly four million young children are the most vulnerable, at risk of contracting deadly waterborne diseases like dysentery, diarrhea and cholera on top of
endemic diseases like measles and polio.
I visited a health post in Sindh Province where the number of cases of acute diarrhea was already four times pre-flood levels; and children die quickly of
diarrhea and its deadly partner, dehydration.
This is no time to wait. On the ground, I talked to many mothers. One with five children managing with nothing at all in the intense heat and flies -- more than
40 C (104 F.) Sweat dripped down my face, my body. She fled the floods with her children, carrying no food, only the clothes she was wearing.
There are hundreds of thousands -- no millions -- like her. She has diarrhea and her children too are ill despite being at a safe camp where cooked food and
clean water are provided. Her two-sided tent offers paltry protection. How will she survive this heat, what on earth will they do when it rains again?
At last count, five million Pakistanis are like her -- left homeless by the floods. Hundreds of thousands already face malnutrition, exposure, skin infections and
respiratory illnesses. The threat of epidemics increases day by day.
With the slightest promise of receding waters the natural pull to return home is overwhelming. But for many it won't help -- no clean drinking water, no food
stores, no animals, that's it -- emptiness and loss.
4. Camp life is life on hold. There have to be better ways of helping people when they're home. Because UNICEF and other humanitarian agencies already had
teams on the ground, we were able to release emergency funds and start providing clean water, immunizations, medicines, health care and emergency food and
non-food assistance from the very onset of the crisis.
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We are seeing a steady trickle of funds now and we and our partners are currently providing clean water to nearly two million people daily and nearly 800,000
thousand children have been immunized against deadly diseases.
And it's not enough. Hundreds of thousands of people remain cut off from relief supplies. There are shortages of doctors, health workers, 40 helicopters are
needed -- almost everything.
Even buying soap or buckets for this many is difficult -- the need is so great.
Reputable organizations like UNICEF, World Food Programme, Save the Children, and the International Red Cross / Red Crescent have a long and proud track
record of reaching and helping those in need. Impartiality, transparency and targeting those in greatest need first are at the heart of the work we do in any
situation, and especially in emergencies.
There is a profound dignity in the way Pakistanis reach out to each other. This is Ramadan and they do not take even a sip of water from dawn until dusk.
I saw this in the aftermath of the 2005 earthquake -- aid workers, leading relief efforts, working nearly round the clock to distribute vital food, clean water,
medicines, and tents to the millions of displaced; neighbors, (deep in Pakistani tradition is the obligation to help your "biraderi" or members of the same clan,)
sharing whatever they have with others that have been uprooted; helicopter pilots flying rescue missions and healthcare workers who spend their days treating
the young, the frail, the elderly and the dispossessed, sharing whatever food is available in the evening on rare dry patches of land, miles from home.
For now this is how they share and show their common humanity. This enduring spirit of human generosity is what the world has shown again and again --
mostly recently in the Haiti earthquake even during a recession.
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This time though the world has been inexplicably slow, inexplicably distracted. Could it be because there's an expectation this one country -- a nuclear power
-- should be able to care for its own?
But this enormous disaster is beyond the power of any one government and disasters know no boundaries, respect no passports. This is beyond even the people
-- the implications of this disaster run into the future.
The geography of this region, spread out in vast plains under the rooftop of the world, the Himalayas, is like the politics of this region -- unstable. This fragile
fault line can shatter easily from lack of care, lack of solidarity.
So, as ordinary Pakistanis have helped each other on the ground, we too as members of the same "biraderi", the same human clan, need to rise to their moment
and respond to their needs. We must do that today.
Too many Pakistanis are still waiting.
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source article : http://edition.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/08/25/pakistan.floods.unicef/index.htm
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5. A Pakistani woman holds her baby as she stands at her makeshift shelter overlooking a temporary camp for families displaced by flooding, in Sukkar, Sindh
province, southern Pakistan, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)┬а
6. A Pakistani boy sleeps in a mosquito net on a roadside after his family was displaced by flooding, in Sukkar, Sindh province,
southern Pakistan, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
7. A Pakistani child washes under a water pump at a temporary camp for families displaced by flooding, in Sukkar, Sindh province, southern Pakistan, Thursday,
Aug. 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
8. Pakistani girls affected by the floods wait for their daily ration of food at an army relief camp in Sultan Colony in Muzaffargarh distric of Punjab
on August 25, 2010. Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari warned his beleaguered nation could take years to recover from devastating floods as
global pledges topped 700 million dollars and waters refused to relent. The near month-long floods have killed 1,500 people and affected up to
20 million nationwide in the country's worst ever natural disaster, with the threat of disease ever present in the camps sheltering desperate
survivors. TOPSHOTS/AFP PHOTO/ PEDRO UGARTE (Photo credit should read PEDRO UGARTE/AFP/Getty Images)
9. A malnourished Pakistani boy whose family was displaced by floods sits on a piece of cardboard on the ground outside at a temporary camp in Sukkar, Sindh
Province, southern Pakistan, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
10. Pakistani workers pile rocks along the embankment surrounded by heavy floodwater in Shadadkot,, southern Pakistan, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010. Pakistan
will have to demonstrate it can spend relief funds transparently and well if it wants more help in rebuilding after its massive floods, the U.S. aid chief said, as
officials in the northwest vowed Wednesday to stop banned Islamist groups from helping victims. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)
11. Pakistanis displaced by floods reach out for milk during an aid distribution at a temporary camp in Sukkar, Sindh Province, southern Pakistan, Wednesday, Aug.
25, 2010. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
12. Pakistani children displaced by floods fight with each other as they reach for milk during an aid distribution at a temporary camp in
Sukkar, Sindh Province, southern Pakistan, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
13. Pakistani's ride on the roof of a truck crossing a flooded highway in Baseera, central Pakistan, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010. Pakistan will have to demonstrate it
can spend relief funds transparently and well if it wants more help in rebuilding after its massive floods, the U.S. aid chief said, as the United Nations appealed
urgently for more helicopters to ferry aid to around 800,000 stranded people. (AP Photo/Khalid Tanveer)
14. A Pakistani villager sleeps on an embankment surrounding by floodwater in Sarjani near Thatta, in southern Pakistan on Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010. Pakistan
will have to demonstrate it can spend relief funds transparently and well if it wants more help in rebuilding after its massive floods, the U.S. aid chief said, as
officials in the northwest vowed Wednesday to stop banned Islamist groups from helping victims. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
15. Pakistani villagers flee from their area due to heavy flooding in Khanpur village near Hyderabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010. Pakistan will have to
demonstrate it can spend relief funds transparently and well if it wants more help in rebuilding after its massive floods, the U.S. aid chief said, as the United
Nations appealed urgently for more helicopters to ferry aid to around 800,000 stranded people. (AP Photo/Pervez Masih)
16. A Pakistani girl suffering from mosquito bites looks on at a camp set up for flood-affected people in Nowshera, Pakistan, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010. Pakistan
will have to demonstrate it can spend relief funds transparently and well if it wants more help in rebuilding after its massive floods, the U.S. aid chief said, as the
United Nations appealed urgently for more helicopters to ferry aid to around 800,000 stranded people. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
17. A Pakistani boy looks on at a camp setup for families displaced by flooding in Peerjo Goth near Sukkar, Pakistan on Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010. Pakistani officials
urged anyone left in three southern towns Thursday to evacuate immediately as floodwaters broke through a levee, endangering areas previously untouched by
18. Pakistanis displaced by flooding sit outside tents at a temporary camp operated by the Pakistan Army, in Sukkar, Sindh province, southern Pakistan, Thursday,
Aug. 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
19. Pakistanis displaced by flooding reach for food aid thrown by a volunteer during a distribution outside a temporary camp operated by the
Pakistan Army, in Sukkar, Sindh province, southern Pakistan, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
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25. Pakistanis displaced by floods take shelter in temporary tents made with charpoys (bedsteads) near a makeshift camp in Baseera in
Punjab province on August 26, 2010. The United Nations warned that 800,000 people in desperate need of aid had been cut off by the
deluge across the country and appealed for more helicopters to deliver supplies to those people reachable only by air. TOPSHOTS/AFP
PHOTO/ ARIF ALI (Photo credit should read Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images)
26. An elderly Pakistani woman displaced by floods sits outside her tent at a makeshift camp in Mehmood Kot in Punjab province on August 26, 2010. The United
Nations warned that 800,000 people in desperate need of aid had been cut off by the deluge across the country and appealed for more helicopters to deliver
supplies to those people reachable only by air. TOPSHOTS/AFP PHOTO/ARIF ALI (Photo credit should read Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images)
27. Pakistani villagers move into safe place from a flood-hit village near Nowshera , Pakistan on Thursday, July 29, 2010. Rivers burst their banks during monsoon
rains, washing away streets, battering a dam and killing at least 60 people in most severe floods in decades in northwest Pakistan, officials said Thursday. AP /
Mohammad Sajjad
28. Pakistani local residents scramble to safety in a flood-hit area of Nowshera on July 29, 2010. AFP/ Getty Images / A. Majeed
29. Pakistani villagers wade through water after heavy rain fall caused flooding in Nowshera near Peshawar, Pakistan on Thursday, July 29, 2010. Pakistani
villagers move into safe place from a flood hit village near Nowshera . Rivers burst their banks during monsoon rains, washing away streets, battering a dam
and killing at least 60 people, official said. AP / B.K.Bangash
30. A Pakistani resident carries some of his belongings as he leaves behind his damaged mud house in a flood-hit area of Nowshera on July 29, 2010. AFP/ Getty
Images / A. Majeed
31. Pakistani local residents evacuate in a flood-hit area of Nowshera on July 29, 2010. AFP/ Getty Images / A. Majeed
32. Pakistani army soldiers use a boat to evacuate local residents in a flood-hit area of Nowshera on July 29, 2010. AFP/ Getty Images / A. Majeed
33. Pakistani local residents scramble to safety in a flood-hit area of Nowshera on July 29, 2010. AFP/ Getty Images / A. Majeed┬а
34. Pakistani women wait for transport to move to a safe place from a flood hit village near Nowshera, Pakistan on Thursday, July 29, 2010.AP / Mohammad Sajjad
35. Pakistani army soldiers help an elderly villager evacuated from flooded area in Nowshera, Pakistan on Friday, July 30, 2010. AP / Mohammad Sajjad
36. Pakistani villagers move to a safe place from a flood hit village near Nowshera, Pakistan on Thursday, July 29, 2010. AP / Mohammad Sajjad
37. An elderly Pakistani woman sits with two children in a tent after they were evacuated when flood water entered a residential area of Muzaffarabad on July 30,
2010. AFP/ Getty Images / Sajjad Qayyum
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38. A list of humanitarian organisations that are accepting cash donations for
flood response efforts in Pakistan can be found at
http://www.interaction.org/crisis-list/interaction-members-respond-floods-pakistan
You can also contribute to flood relief in Pakistan through one of
these organizations (listed in alphabetical order):
APPNA
Central Asia Institute
The Citizens Foundation
Developments in Literacy
Doctors of The World
Edhi Foundation
Human Development Foundation THEY NEED
Humanity First
IMANA OUR HELP :
Islamic Relief USA
Medecins sans Frontiere PLEASE DONATE
Relief International
Red Cross Pakistan
SHINE Humanity
UNICEF
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