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International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste 2024 – A Call to Action for People and the Planet
As global hunger rates continue to rise, the issue of food loss and waste becomes more urgent than ever. In 2024, the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste serves...
Signs and Impacts of Climate Change in Atmosphere, Land and Oceans Are Rising
The tell-tale physical signs of climate change such as increasing land and ocean heat, accelerating sea level rise and melting ice are highlighted in a new report compiled by the World Meteorological...
Decade of Action on the Sustainable Development Goals Is Under Way
The Sustainable Development Goals are known as the world’s blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. They address the global challenges we face, including those related to poverty,...
2020 – International Year of Plant Health
The United Nations General Assembly declared 2020 as the International Year of Plant Health (IYPH). The year is a once in a lifetime opportunity to raise global awareness on how protecting plant...
Polluting Our Soils Is Polluting Our Future
Soil is a finite resource, meaning its loss and degradation is not recoverable within a human lifespan. Soils affect the food we eat, the water we drink, the air we breathe, our...
Keeping Montenegro’s Flavours Alive
Danka Sekularac from northern Montenegro lives a life off the grid. Her house runs on solar power. The water is fetched from a nearby stream. Her food is homegrown.Her surroundings - the...
World Hunger Is Still Not Going Down and Obesity Is Still Growing
An estimated 820 million people did not have enough to eat in 2018, up from 811 million in the previous year, which is the third year of increase in a row. This...
100 Million Tree-Planting Initiative Launched By Arbor Day Foundation
The Arbor Day Foundation today announced the launch of its Time for Trees initiative, a commitment to plant 100 million trees in forests and communities worldwide by 2022 – the 150th anniversary...
