Aiding Biodiversity of Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley
Extending from the conjunction of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers in Illinois to the Gulf of Mexico in Louisiana, the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley (LMAV) comprises of in excess of 24 million sections of land of forested wetlands with rich alluvial soils. Home to...
Climate Smart and Sustainable Development of Indian Fisheries and Aquaculture: Research Article
By Govind Choudhary; Mayuri Nag; Shubham Varshney 1) INTRODUCTIONAquatic systems that sustain fisheries and aquaculture are undergoing significant changes as a result of global warming and projections indicate that these changes will be accentuated in the future. It...
Going Beyond ‘Fair Trade’ With Hershey’s Sustainable Cocoa Strategy
By BEATRICE MOULIANITAKI, Head of Cocoa Sustainability • Hershey’s responsible sourcing efforts are about much more than certification• Addressing cocoa farming conditions and systemic problems is essential to sustainability• 100 percent certification is only the...
Our World Is Telling Us Something, Says Dow Chairman Jim Fitterling
by Jim Fitterling, Dow Chairman and CEO We’re taking action by collaborating and investing in global efforts to take care of our world – addressing climate change, plastic waste, and inequality simultaneously. A global pandemic … 500-year flooding near our global...
Bipartisan Resolution Highlights the Positive Impact of Gardening in the USA
Highlights • In a rare show of bipartisanship, Democrats and Republicans have offered a solution to growing food insecurity concerns amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.• Democrats and Republicans have proposed a resolution that calls for the Secretary of Agriculture to...
IOC Joins Global UN Dialogue, Emphasizes Role of Sport in Post-COVID World
Launched by the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, #UN75 is a global dialogue initiative that generates discussions in all spheres of society about the challenges the world is currently facing particularly Covid World. Views, concerns and ideas expressed during...
Efforts to Restore Critical Monarch Butterfly Habitat in Mexico
Each year, millions of Monarch butterflies migrate to Estado de México, Mexico to spend the winter among the Oyamel trees, fir trees that protect the butterflies from seasonal rain and cold. However, areas of the “Zona Nucleo,” the breeding ground for the Monarch,...
Partnership to Advance Sustainable Outcomes for Cotton by Field to Market and US Cotton Trust
WASHINGTON, The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture and the U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol announced a new agreement that formalizes a partnership between the two organizations to document and accelerate sustainable outcomes for U.S. cotton production. The new...
Vegetarian or Vegan Diet is not Always Green
By Priyanka Kumar This an argument we have often come across and one that is blamed by many as the root of all climate change problems. Vegetarian diet is often hailed as a bulwark to climate change with the world becoming warmer while increased frequency of both...
World Environment Day 2020 Rightly Celebrates Biodiversity
By Sudivya Bharti The World environment day is the biggest day to get attention from the people to save the earth and protect our beautiful environment. This is also a “People’s Day,” when people can do something in this direction. It is an important platform for...
World Environment Day 2020: 10 Steps to Save the Earth
It is no more time to make light of climate change. The UN green panel gives us only 12 years in order to prevent extreme heat conditions, droughts, floods, and poverty. This World Environment Day 2020, let us look at 10 simple ways to help contribute your bit to the...
Locust Attack: Control Operations Upped in Rajasthan, Punjab, Gujarat, MP in India
Amidst a wave of locust swarms sweeping across western and northwestern India, the Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare (DAC&FW) has stepped up locust control operations in the affected States of Rajasthan, Punjab, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. As of today,...