353 hektare hutan dan lahan hangus terbakar hingga Juni di Aceh
1 Juli 2020 Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentBadan Penanggulangan Bencana Aceh (BPBA) menyebut, seluas 353 hektare hutan dan lahan hangus terbakar terutama lahan gambut selama periode Januari hingga Juni tahun ini di provinsi paling barat Indonesia …
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Record number of Sudanese facing acute food insecurity
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentCountries: South Sudan, Sudan Source: Integrated Food Security Phase Classification An estimated 9.6 million people are experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above) and need urgent help. This is the highest figure ever recorded in the history of the IPC.
Read MoreClosure of Boat Harbour and divestment from Bristol Bay a boon to the environment
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentNorth America is home to a vast and mostly pristine wilderness – one which unfortunately has been threatened by some regions’ polluting and highly destructive industrial activity. The coronavirus crisis has only exacerbated the threat, as Canada and the US have decided to roll back environmental regulations to significant public […]
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Nuclear Testing, Never Again
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentCredit: United Nations By Daryl G. KimballWASHINGTON DC, Jul 1 2020 (IPS) Seventy-five years ago, on July 16, the United States detonated the world’s first nuclear weapons test explosion in the New Mexican desert. Just three weeks later, U.S. Air Force B-29 bombers executed surprise atomic bomb attacks on the […]
Read MoreCOVID19: Impact on rural people, migrant workers in India (Daijiworld.com)
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentJun 24, 2020 In the News India COVID19: Impact on rural people, migrant workers in India (Daijiworld.com) COVID-19 Crises and Migration Daijiworld.com (India) published an article on how the pandemic is affecting migrant workers, farmers, and those in rural communities. In some states like Bihar, this income forms as much as one-third […]
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A safe and profitable nuclear plant is closing in France. Why?
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentOn June 30 the Fessenheim 2 nuclear power plant in France stops operating. It was connected to the grid in 1977, but by the end of 2019 Unit 2 alone supplied 217,035 GWh of clean energy. Assuming the reactor prevented France from adopting coal power like its neighbor Germany, Fessenheim […]
Read MoreObesity: America’s number one export? (The Diplomat)
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentJun 25, 2020 In the News India Obesity: America’s number one export? (The Diplomat) Poverty The Diplomat (India) published an op-ed by M Niaz Asadullah and Research Fellow Kalyani Raghunathan stressed that women who make up much of “Vulnerable employment,” have been hit the hardest during the pandemic. Many women are at risk of a permanent ex…
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Sustainable Tourism and Fisheries Key to Growth in Post-COVID Pacific
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentA boat rests on the shores of Fiji. Credit: Unsplash / Nicolas Weldingh By Armida Salsiah AlisjahbanaBANGKOK, Thailand, Jun 30 2020 (IPS) Developing countries of Asia and the Pacific are experiencing unbalanced tolls of the COVID-19 pandemic. Grim milestones in infections and deaths have left countless devastated. Yet, we must […]
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Hari Asteroid Internasional, 958.963 planet minor telah terdeteksi
30 Juni 2020 Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentPara astronom telah berhasil mendeteksi sebanyak 958.963 asteroid atau planet minor di Tata Surya, tepat tiga hari menjelang Hari Asteroid Internasional yang jatuh setiap 30 Juni. “Pada 27 Juni 2020 sudah ditemukan …
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