On Friday, 24 March 2023, the Washington Supreme Court upheld the state’s capital gains tax (the WA CGT) in a 7–2 decision, bringing an end to months of uncertainty as a suit to challenge the new tax worked its way through the state’s court system. This decision from Washington’s highest […]

An invasive species of fish was the culinary star of an unusual fundraising event that brought some 500 people out to the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo (BAMZ) a few weeks ago, in an effort to introduce more people to the edible lionfish. Ten restaurants on the Atlantic Ocean island […]

The Nation (Nigeria), in a report about forecasts of severe food shortages due to shocks on food systems, writes that several multi-stakeholder dialogues have been convened to facilitate the sharing of good practices, innovations, and advocate actions to ensure smallholder farmers have access to fertilizer to safeguard their food and nutrition security.

Countries: Colombia, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico (The United States of America), United States of America, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), World Source: International Organization for Migration Thousands of people are dying crossing deserts, rivers and remote areas in the Americas – IOM Missing Migrants documented 1,433 deaths in […]

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) Chair, Gina Cass-Gottlieb, has outlined the Commission’s ambitious compliance and enforcement priorities for 2023-24. IN BRIEF Ms. Cass-Gottlieb highlighted that cost of living pressures, including claims around the pricing of essential services, were among some of the key factors informing the priorities. Also […]

The objective of this workshop was to formally launch the “Food Systems” project and develop a work plan for the upcoming period of activities. To achieve this, the workshop first presented the project’s objectives, methodology, project cycles, and expectations. It also covered the main findings of the stocktaking report, which […]

Photo: Pixabay/Marisa04  Blanket bogs are a rare type of peatland usually lying in upland areas where there is lots of rain and temperatures are low. Often they are buffeted by strong winds all year round, which makes them ideal sites for wind farms. However, these installations could harm local ecosystems, […]