How the DRC is fighting deforestation with an eye on the human cost
28 Juni 2022 Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentA recent New York Times exposé has shown that, for many rural communities in the Congo, the logging industry is often the only way to survive, even as people are becoming increasingly aware of how vital these carbon-absorbing trees are in the fight against climate change. But the Democratic Republic […]
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Digital Training in Pakistani Villages Yields Bumper Participation
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentUzma of Ahmedpur Lama village, Punjab province, using her mobile phone at home. Credit: Irfan Ulhaq/IPS By Irfan UlhaqRAHIM YAR KHAN, Punjab, Pakistan, Jun 28 2022 (IPS) Farmer Abdul Waheed, 32, has been using his cell phone for everything but work for the past seven years. But after a recent […]
Read MoreSri Lanka stops fuel supply to non-essential services as crisis worsens
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentSri Lanka will shut schools and only allow fuel supplies to services deemed essential like health, trains and buses for two weeks starting Tuesday, a minister said, in a desperate attempt to deal with a severe shortage.
Read MoreSri Lanka struggling to secure fresh fuel supplies, minister says
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentSri Lanka is struggling to secure fresh fuel supplies, a top government minister said on Sunday, as the crisis-hit country of 22 million people is down to just 15,000 tons of petrol and diesel to keep essential services running in the coming days.
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World: FAO outlines five urgent steps to address the global food crisis
27 Juni 2022 Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentCountry: World Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations “We are at serious risk of facing a food access crisis now, and a food availability crisis for the next season,” the Director-General, QU Dongyu, said at the G7 ministerial conference.
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Global Biodiversity Agenda: Nairobi Just Added More to Montreal’s Plate
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentA placard on display at activists’ demonstration outside the 4th meeting of the CBD Working Group at the UNEP headquarter in Nairobi. Credit: Stella Paul/IPS By Stella PaulNairobi, Jun 27 2022 (IPS) As the last working group meeting of the Post 2020 Global Biodiversity Agenda concluded here on Sunday, the […]
Read MoreA new method makes it possible to grow food in the dark
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentPhoto: Pixabay/adege Sunshine is essential for plants as it is through photosynthesis that they grow and thrive by converting carbon dioxide, water and energy from the sun into plant biomass. Or is it really essential? Not necessarily, say scientists in the United States, who have devised a way to grow […]
Read MoreEnergy prices are causing chaos in Asia. Here’s why the rest of the world should worry
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Reaching Iraq’s displaced children with essential vaccines
26 Juni 2022 Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentCountry: Iraq Source: UN Children’s Fund Health workers go door-to-door, meeting with families in displacement camps, making sure that children have access to the routine immunizations they need to be healthy and thrive.
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Digital Tools Complement Organic Farming at Islamic School in Indonesia
25 Juni 2022 Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentOrange trees growing with the help of a digital watering system attached to the water tank on the right side. Al Ittifaq farm, Ciwidey, West Java, Indonesia. Credit: Kompas By Kafil YaminCIWIDEY, West Java, Indonesia, Jun 24 2022 (IPS) It appears to be business as usual at the Al-Ittifaq pesantren, […]
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