Posted on September 8th, 2010 by Green Assembly
BANGKOK ~ Commenting on a new World Bank report published today in which the Bank backs the practice of nations selling vast agricultural lands to foreign investors, Mariann Bassey, African food and agriculture coordinator for Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria said:
“Rural communities and the environment in poor countries are being ignored [...]
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Posted on September 8th, 2010 by Green Assembly
SINGAPORE ~ The Optimum Population Trust today urged Catholics and non-Catholics alike to protest strongly to the Pope about the ban on contraception and its effect on climate change.
OPT Chairman Roger Martin said: “The Catholic Church does much good in the world, but the effects are nullified by its uniquely inhumane doctrine on, and campaign [...]
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Posted on September 6th, 2010 by Green Assembly
TOKYO ~ Nineteen groups concerned with climate change have expressed their dismay at an article by leading biochar advocates.
The groups say the article, published in the science magazine Nature and posted online in the August edition of Nature Communications, proposes that an area larger than the land mass of India could be turned into charcoal [...]
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