“Warmer, drier weather because of an earlier-than-usual El Niño is expected to hamper rice production across Asia, hitting global food security in a world still reeling from the impacts of the war in Ukraine,” writes the Associated Press. 

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the European Commission have launched the first ever Soil Atlas of Asia presenting a series of annotated maps that show the diversity of soil types across Asia. The atlas compiles existing information on different soil types in easily understandable […]

Country: Sudan Source: Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre Since conflict erupted in April, 2,231,523 internal displacements have been recorded, nearly the same number of displacements due to violence in Sudan recorded in the previous 10 years combined.

Refining understanding and management options for a key resource.

Niwa Maibut: An Ambassador for Global Language, Indigenous Identity in Taiwan Country Taiwan agnes Thu, 07/13/2023 – 02:26 Issues Human Rights Program 5 Main Image By Mackenzie MillerReposted with permission from Indigenous Bridges, ATAYAL  A twenty-minute car ride north from the city of Taitung, Taiwan, is the Indigenous village of Taoyuan, often referred […]

Indigenous Peoples Continue 100-year Fight Against Large-Scale Gold Mining in the Philippines Country Nepal agnes Tue, 07/11/2023 – 03:07 Issues Human Rights Program 5 Main Image By Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Koĩts-Sunuwar, CS Staff) For more than a century, the Kankanaey and Ibaloy Peoples of Itogon, Benguet province in the Cordillera […]

Over 122 million more people are facing hunger in the world since 2019 due to the pandemic and repeated weather shocks and conflicts, including the war in Ukraine, according to the latest State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report published today jointly by five United Nations […]