The Asia-Pacific region has some of the world’s richest concentrations of earth’s biological diversity, but human activities, including the expansion of agriculture, are threatening the survival of many species and their ecosystem services, a conference on regional biodiversity mainstreaming heard today. Asia and the Pacific is home to nearly half […]

Jul 11, 2019 In the News Myanmar Myanmar’s countryside is emptying and its cities bursting (The Economist) Conflict and Migration Poverty The Economist reported on the impact of domestic migration on urban and rural economies in Myanmar. The article described how the influx of migrants after a 2008 cyclone has […]

Source: International Organization for Migration Country: Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Uno de cada cinco venezolanos que han llegado recientemente a Centroamérica y el Caribe se enfreanta a alto riesgo de explotación laboral o trata, según una encuesta reciente de la OIM. […]

Air pollution is a killer. Millions of people around the world die of causes related to toxic air while millions of others end up suffering severe health problems from pulmonary diseases to miscarriages. One way to escape from chronic air pollution is to stay indoors. But what happens when the […]

Obesity affecting populations of the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) is a health emergency and these nations need to take ownership of measures to address this worrying trend’s underlying causes, said FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva today. The FAO chief made the remarks to participants – including leaders of […]