Source: International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, R4V Country: Argentina, Aruba (The Netherlands), Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Curaçao (The Netherlands), Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guyana, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) A report aims to understand what […]

Many of the world’s largest and most biodiverse forests, from the Amazon to Borneo, are being cleared for timber and to make way for agricultural land. Yet not even these forests can withstand deforestation beyond a tipping point, scientists warn. Once forests have been cleared in bits and pieces down […]

Insects play a vital part in the life of plants by serving as pollinators. Yet insects can also wreak havoc with plants by feasting on them. And as temperatures worldwide continue to rise, plants may end up suffering more damage inflicted on them by creepy-crawlies. Increased temperatures speed up the […]

Jan 27, 2020 In the News United States of America Philadelphia ‘city slickers’ have received millions in federal farm subsidies over 25 years (Inquirer) Trade The Philadelphia Inquirer reported on Philadelphia residents who receive annual checks, often based on nothing more than their family connections to farms in states far […]