Country: Madagascar Source: World Food Programme The unrelenting drought is forcing hundreds of thousands of people to the brink of famine. With acute malnutrition rates continuing to rise, urgent action is required to address this unfolding crisis.

The 19-year-old’s eyes are so swollen he cannot open them properly. His face is marked with big purple welts and bruises. Etched into his shoulders and back are long, dark lacerations that have yet to heal over — wounds, he said, that were inflicted when Myanmar military officers who had […]

An official handover of 42 safety at sea grab bags to the Government of Tokelau for local fishers in Tokelau took place on at the Tokelau Apia Liaison Office in Apia, Samoa. Safety at sea relates to the ability of a vessel to return to port —or more usually its […]

AVIATION REGULATORY AND POLICY COVID-19: Europe’s Airlines Welcome the European Commission’s Proposal for a Digital “COVID Passport”  On 17 March 2021, Europe’s aviation sector welcomed the European Commission’s (Commission) proposal for a so-called Digital Green Certificate system but urged a wider restart plan. This proposal requires EU Member States to […]

Drones have been deployed for a variety of environmental causes from protecting crops to keeping track of endangered animals. But drones can do even more. In the San Francisco area, in the state of California in the United States, a team of scientists has started using drones for trash detection: […]

Apr 16, 2021 In the News Global COVID-19 showed the weakest links in our food systems. Can we change them? (Thin-Ink) COVID-19 Food Systems Thin-Ink.net published an in-depth article that discusses how the pandemic, for many, led to massive job loss and sudden drops in incomes, which in turn cause people to cut […]