ANTARA – Pemerintah Kota (Pemkot) Ambon dan DPRD Kota Ambon meraih penghargaan Green Leadership Nirwasita Tantra dari Kementerian Lingkungan Hidup (KLH), Rabu (23/12). Penghargaan tersebut diberikan karena Pemkot Ambon dan …
Read MoreAs COVID-19 continues to inflict illness and misery across the Asia-Pacific region, three international organizations have vowed to collaborate and intensify their joint efforts to respond to all health threats, including zoonotic influenza, rabies, antimicrobial resistance and those affecting food safety, through a One Health approach. The Food and Agriculture […]
Read MoreDromedary camels are hardy creatures that roam deserts like that in the United Arab Emirates, foraging for nourishment wherever they can find it. Troublingly, scientists say, the ungulates often mistake bits and pieces of plastic waste for food, which is posing a grave threat to the animals’ health. Plastic waste […]
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Read MoreBy Anis ChowdhurySYDNEY, Dec 24 2020 (IPS) What a challenging year 2020 has been! A year of living dangerously – “Tahun vivere pericoloso”- perhaps these words of late President Soekarno of Indonesia are the best description. Fortunately, I managed to remain sane, reading and writing op-eds (mostly about the pandemic, […]
Read MoreCountry: Central African Republic Sources: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for the Central African Republic The Humanitarian Coordinator calls on all parties to abide by IHL and to protect civilians, civilian infrastructure, and humanitarian personnel. She also appeals to donors to scale […]
Read MoreDec 9, 2020 In the News Myanmar Myanmar reform plans fail to reach worst COVID-hit sectors (Myanmar Times) Poverty COVID-19 Food Security MW Times published an article stating that economic reforms planned by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s government, fresh from a landslide election victory, offer long-term liberalization, but are thin on immediate help for […]
Read MoreShortly before midnight on 21 December 2020, Congress passed with broad bipartisan support the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, which contains $2.3 trillion in spending aimed at stimulating the economy and providing relief from COVID-19. The 5,593-page bill, which is believed to be by far the longest bill ever to be […]
Read MoreDec 10, 2020 In the News Myanmar The interventions: efficacy and adverse effects (Nueva Tribuna) Poverty Health COVID-19 Nueva Tribune (Japan) published an article stating that the number of poor households is rapidly increasing in Myanmar, where the spread of the new coronavirus continues. According to IFPRI, (Poverty, food insecurity, and social protection during COVID…
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