Illegal pangolin widely used in China’s hospitals, pharmacies

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The pangolin found in Africa and Asia are among the most threatened species on the planet, and much of their decline in numbers is linked to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). A new study details how widely available these pangolin products are in the hospitals and pharmaceutical shops of two Chinese […]

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Global Solidarity Needed to Address Taliban’s Attacks on Women’s Rights

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Matiullah Wesa worked with community and tribal leaders in remote areas in Afghanistan to advocate for education and bring learning closer to communities. By David KodeJOHANNESBURG, Apr 19 2023 (IPS) Matiullah Wesa’s crime was to try to ensure young people got an education in Afghanistan. His recent forceful abduction by […]

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FAO Status of Women in Agrifood Systems report: Reflecting on a decade of measuring progress in women’s empowerment

19 April 2023 Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 Comment

A better understanding of changing gender dynamics in agriculture and beyond.

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Litigation Minute: Pennsylvania and Florida Emerge as Fertile Ground for Session Replay Litigation

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What You Need to Know in a Minute or Less While session replay class-actions are not new, a recent change in law has triggered a surge of lawsuits in Pennsylvania. The claims raise significant questions about the scope of wiretapping statutes, consent, and jurisdiction.  In a minute or less, here […]

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K&L Gates Releases Updated Marketing and Advertising Checklist for Investment Industry

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Boston – Members of K&L Gates LLP’s Asset Management and Investment Funds (AMIF) practice have developed and updated the firm’s comprehensive Marketing & Advertising Checklist for investment professionals. In the United States, the marketing practices of investment advisers and broker-dealers may be governed by different—and sometimes conflicting—rules and requirements, including […]

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Training Workshop: Food Policy Analysis Using Multi-Market Partial Equilibrium Modeling

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Event: May 2, 2023 – 9:00 AM to May 4, 2023 – 5:00 PM EDT. IFPRI-Sudan is organizing a capacity building workshop on food policy analysis using multi-market partial equilibrium modeling. This three-day training event will be held at the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD) in Khartoum, Sudan and […]

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Burkina Faso: Food insecurity and malnutrition in West and Central Africa at 10-year high as crisis spreads to coastal countries

18 April 2023 Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 Comment

Countries: Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal Sources: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, UN Children’s Fund, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, World Food Programme For the first time in the Sahel, 45,000 people are forecast to experience catastrophic (phase 5) levels of […]

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Localizing SDGs Means Truly Empowering Citizens

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By Simone GalimbertiKATHMANDU, Nepal, Apr 18 2023 (IPS) The Future We Want was the groundbreaking outcome of the Rio+20 Summit, the summit, held in 2012, where the idea of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) was first conceptualized. Amid the unfolding of several global crises, where geopolitics mixes with structural unbalances that […]

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UK waters are too polluted to swim in. European countries offer answers

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Photo: Pixabay/Tama66 Almost all of the UK’s waterways are polluted. In 2022, a House of Commons Committee report on the state of UK rivers concluded that no river in England was free from chemical contamination. Only 14% of UK rivers had a “good” ecological status. Both agricultural runoff and the release of […]

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Revised Texas PUC Registration Requirements and Texas Legislative Update

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Change to Market Participant Qualification and Reporting At the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) Open Meeting on 6 April 2023, the commissioners established an annual certification requirement for power marketers, retail electric providers (REPs), and power generation companies (PGCs). While this summary focuses primarily on the changes applicable to […]

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