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More than 300 participants gathered in Tshwane, South Africa for the 3rd International Forum on Water and Food to address issues related to food security, poverty reduction and sustainable natural resource management. 
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New VIDEO report calls for sweeping agricultural reform...
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WASHINGTON (Jan. 19, 2012) - Oil, gas and coal extraction is threatening at-risk wildlife across the nation, a new report details. Fueling Extinction: How Dirty Energy Drives Wildlife to the Brink, released today by the Endangered Species Coalition, shows how the nation's most imperiled plants, birds, fish and wildlife suffer displacement, loss of habitat and threat of extinction from the development, storage and transportation of fossil fuels. "America's outsized reliance on dirty and dangerous fuels is making it much harder to protect our most vulnerable wildlife," said Brock Evans, president of the Endangered Species Coalition. "We should not sacrifice our irreplaceable natural heritage in order to make the fossil fuels industry even wealthier." YubaNet.com http://ow.ly/8BlcD
Leda Huta: WILDLIFE IS ON THE LOSING END OF OUR ADDICTION http://www.huffingtonpost.com/leda-huta/wildlife-is-on-the-losing_b_1220419.html?ref=tw
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NAIROBI, Nov 25 (IPS) – The resettlement of evictees from Kenya’s Mau Forest remains a humanitarian and environmental concern for the country as more than 25,000 people continue to live in camps around the forest. "Indeed the communities around the Mau Forest, such as the Ogiek, Kipsigis and the Maasai, acknowledge the need to save the Mau, but the survival of the environment should be harmonised with the survival of the community,"
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Long considered "socially inoperable" due to local opposition, now the mixed-age forests of Cortes Island may be on the chopping block. A visit from Island Timberlands' operations manager is described in vivid detail here. (The manager seems to be suffering from a touch of social operability himself.) Island Timberlands has offices in Nanaimo and Vancouver, but the company is now owned by Wall Street conglomerate Brookfield Asset Management.
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Crocodiles down from 30,000 to 5,000 RIFT VALLEY, Kenya,, Jan 17 (IPS) – Several years ago, Lakes Kamnarok and Ol Bollosat in Kenya were vibrant water bodies that supported and shaped the ecosystems around them. But today they are shells of their former selves, due to heavy siltation caused by human activities.
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BIOMIMICRY: Bionic Handling; Better Spin cycle; Chemical-Free De-Icing; Extreme Shock Absorber; Paint Without Pigments; Traffic Decongestant; efficient ceiling fans; fog harvesting;
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This year's Rio+20 summit looks like prioritising food, energy, water, the oceans and the young.
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http://www.SeaTheTruth.nl/en/ or http://www.GlobeTransformer.org (NOTE for the YouTube-Team: we have uploaded this movie with the permission of the Nicolaas G. Pierson Foundation) Sea the Truth is based on numerous scientific publications that examine the problems of seas and oceans. If we don't do anything we will be facing one of the greatest disasters of mankind.
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Rio+20, United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on June 20-22, 2012.
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January 16, 2012 AWID West Africa—Escalating anxiety over the appropriation and control of land, seeds, and farming techniques by foreign governments and corporations—manifested in “land-grabbing,” seed monopolization, genetic modification, and the imposition of high-tech, water-, chemical-, and energy-intensive monocrops touted by The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) is a Gates Foundation-funded initiative based in Nairobi and spearheaded by Kofi Annan, former secretary general of the U.N. But a growing movement of local farmers—largely led by women—argue that the surest path to food security is securing food sovereignty. It’s a concept that was put forward in the early 90′s by Via Campesina, an international alliance of peasant, indigenous, and women’s organizations that advocates for communities’ control over how food is produced, and who gets to eat it..... http://www.awid.org/Library/Women-Farmers-Feed-the-World AFRICA G8 - FOOD SECURITY FOR WHOM? CORPORATE PROFITS v SMALL HOLDER FARMERS INTEREST SPECIAL ISSUE: PAMBAZUKA NEWS GMOs, FOOD SOVEREIGNTY AND AFRICA IT ALL BEGINS WITH THE SEED WATCH Vandana Shiva 59:94 THE FUTURE OF FOOD AND SEED
THE GLOBAL GMO SEED CARTEL How Biotechnology companies monopolize Global Seed Markets OUR GMO CORNFIELDS ARE TOO QUIET All Life Chemically Exterminated - Except The Corn OUR INDUSTRIAL, WESTERN AGRICULTURAL FOOD SYSTEM IS DESTROYING THE EARTH AND OUR HEALTH http://sco.lt/63qRl3 INFOGRAPHIC - SOIL TO SKY
-▶ AGROECOLOGY RESOURCE CENTER: PARTNERS FOR THE LAND AND AGRICULTURAL NEEDS FOR TRADITIONAL PEOPLES http://www.plantpartners.org/agroecology-resource-center.html
September 4, 2013 All Africa
Via pdjmoo
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Drivers of biodiversity loss, such as habitat fragmentation and climate change, are undermining seed dispersal networks around the globe, warn researchers.
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From the tourist center of the tiny island of Cozumel, I could see the rising skyline of an ever-developing shoreline of Cancun. It's a mass of humanity and mega resorts that are spreading like a virus to its little island neighbor: Cozumel. Cozumel has its own shoreline resort and hotel development on the western side of the island. But on the eastern shore, it is still pristine and beautiful. How long will it last before the hungry developers begin to consume this quiet side of Cozumel?
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More than a hundred baby seals are recuperating at Dutch and U.K. nurseries after being stranded amid recent storms, experts say. The incident is an extreme example among a recent increase in pup strandings, experts say. Overfishing has reduced the seals' available prey, and the polluted fish the animals do catch often make them sick. "In the last two or three years we have seen more and more seals wash up too weak to look after themselves," Lenie 't Hart, director of the Zeehondencrèche seal nursery, told AFP.
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Study puts economic value on the indirect ecosystem services provided by the world's poorest people...
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A review suggests that the Amazon rainforest may be changing, courtesy of human impacts on the region's weather...
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It is our shrine. Our Gods live there. We gather herbs from the place. We use it for bee- keeping. It therefore forms part of our livelihood,” said Olonana Ole Pulei, who is in Durban, South Africa, to represent his community at the ongoing 17th Conference of Parties under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
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Biodiversity is declining rapidly throughout the world. The challenges of conserving the world's species are perhaps even larger than mitigating the negative effects of global climate change.
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ETC Group is an international civil society organization dedicated to
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“Residents used to be farmers, but now they’ve become loggers because of money. Illegal logging of staggering proportions abetted by military personnel is decimating stocks of luxury rosewood in the Central Cardamom Protected Forest. . .
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LiveScience.com - Like dominoes given one nudge, climate change in the form of reduced winter snowfall on mountaintops has subtle but powerful cascading effects felt throughout entire ecosystems, a new study finds.
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Preparations are gearing up for the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development that takes place in June, with the release of the so-called ‘zero draft’ of the conference’s outcome document.
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Paris/ Leipzig. Wandering albatrosses have altered their foraging due to changes in wind fields in the southern hemisphere during the last decades. However, these positive consequences of climate change may last short if future wind fields follow predictions of climate change scenarios, researchers warn
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Green Prophet, January 16, 2012 ▶ PERMACULTURE IS THE SILVER-GREEN BULLET FOR THE MIDDLE EAST “Permaculture made total common sense to me,” insists Nadia Lawton, “it also fitted with my life ethics a a Muslim.” While the first part of Nadia’s statement may not be considered unique, her remark about Islam is. Permaculture is defined as the design and maintenance of agriculturally productive systems that have the diversity, stability and resilience of natural ecosystems. It basically looks at growing in a holistic framework which promotes sustainability, the conservation of resources and biodiversity.... http://www.greenprophet.com/2012/01/interview-nadia-lawton-talks-about-permaculture-in-the-middle-east/
WATCH "SEEDS OF PERMACULTURE" Keeping Our Soils Healthy Documentary (1:28:04) People are becoming less and less self-sufficient around the world, these local communities that were previously growing everything themselves and knew how to build their own houses out of natural materials are completely dependent on big foreign powers and import from other countries. All around the world, whether you're in South America, in North America, in Europe, in Asia, people are experiencing weather patterns that are out of the norm. The planet needs permaculture. http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/seeds-permaculture/
Green Prophet, December 12, 2013
▶ OUR INDUSTRIAL, WESTERN AGRICULTURAL FOOD SYSTEM IS DESTROYING THE EARTH AND OUR HEALTH http://sco.lt/686Qi1
▶ FOOD FORESTS CAN MITIGATE RISKS OF 'FEAST OR FAMINE". BIG CORPORATE AG IS NOT THE ANSWER http://sco.lt/8q2M41 Wadi Rum Bedouins Defy Nature by Growing Organic Veggies - See more at: http://www.greenprophet.com/2013/12/wadi-rum-bedouins-defy-nature-by-growing-organic-veggies/#sthash.HovP6T2A.dpufWadi Rum Bedouins Defy Nature by Growing Organic Veggies - See more at: http://www.greenprophet.com/2013/12/wadi-rum-bedouins-defy-nature-by-growing-organic-veggies/#sthash.HovP6T2A.dpufhttp://www.greenprophet.com/2013/12/wadi-rum-bedouins-defy-nature-by-growing-organic-veggies/ February 18, 2013 Common Dreams
July 25, 2013 REALfarnacy ▶ URBAN HOMESTEADERS PRODUCE 6,000 POUNDS OF FOOD ON 1/10 ACRE http://www.realfarmacy.com/urban-homesteaders-produce-6000-pounds-of-food-on-110-acre/
September 9, 2013 Mother Jones
▶ THE HIDDEN WORLD OF SOIL UNDER OUR FEET - - SOIL AS A LIFELINE - CLIMATE CHANGE http://sco.lt/4nJvdp
▶ PESTICIDE/CHEMICAL REGULATION OVERHAUL NEEDED TO PROTECT WILDLIFE, ECOSYSTEMS AND FOOD CHAIN http://sco.lt/6VkkXB
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