God’s will or ecological disaster?: Mexico takes aim at Mennonite deforestation
CASSANDRA GARRISON, of Reuters, reports on growing calls for the Mexico’s Mennonite communities to adopt more sustainable farming practices…
From the Field: How can we end hunger?
SOPHIA RUSSELL, of Baptist World Aid Australia, shares Baptist World Aid partners in Kenya are working with communities so they can eat…
Curb climate change, protect environment to prevent future pandemics, countries told
Nairobi, KenyaThomson Reuters Foundation Land degradation, wildlife exploitation, intensive farming and climate change are driving the rise in diseases that, like the coronavirus, are passed from animals to humans, United Nations experts said on Monday. The UN Environment Programme and International Livestock Research Institute jointly identified seven trends responsible for such diseases, known as zoonotic, […]
Rainforest Alliance aims to help ethical growers get climate-smart
Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaThomson Reuters Foundation The Rainforest Alliance will bolster its food certification scheme to ensure growers and brands make better use of technology to tackle climate change, respect human rights and invest in sustainable farming, the green group said. International certification bodies the Rainforest Alliance and UTZ merged in 2018, and provide ethical labelling […]
WOW!: LANDMARK PROJECT TO HELP PERU COFFEE FARMERS COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE
ANASTASIA MOLONEY, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from South America on how a new UN-backed project aims to help coffee farmers in Peru…