Rome, Tsukuba, Japan – FAO will bolster the scale and scope of its geospatial monitoring toolkit thanks to collaboration with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) that will expand the capacity of FAO’s accessible platforms for forestry and land-use assessments. A three-year agreement signed today will enhance the access […]

Source: Pan American Health Organization Country: Haiti The cholera outbreak in Haiti that began in October 2010, affecting over 820,000 people, has been stopped in its tracks, with the country reaching 1-year free of confirmed cases this week. Washington D.C. / Port au Prince. 23 January 2020 (PAHO/WHO) – The […]

Issue Post January 23, 2020 ‘Supermarketization,’ food environments, and the urban poor Jessica Raneri Sigrid Wertheim-Heck Concern for food safety rises as supermarkets overtake traditional wet markets in Asia.

Microplastics are small plastic particles less than 5mm in size and they are an emerging environmental and health issue. Although more research is urgently needed to understand the full extent of the risks they pose to human health, what we do know is that plastic has been designed to be […]

Source: Save the Children Country: Philippines Half a million people made homeless by the eruption face uncertainty over whether they ever will be able to return to their towns and villages. There is an urgent need for temporary schools. Urgent need for temporary schools for pupils who are missing out […]