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Through Manila statement to protect the marine environment
The global conference on the connection between the mainland and the ocean (GLOC) ending January 30 in the Philippine capital Manila has approved the Manila Declaration…
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Turn desert into a soil
Oil has turned Qatar into a rich country with the highest per capita income in the world, but it still cannot afford food self-sufficiency.
Environment
La Nina weather phenomenon has reached its peak
On January 11, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (ABM) evaluated the weather phenomenon La Nina in 2011-2012, culminat…
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Himalayan glaciers threaten millions of people
Millions of people threatened by fast-melting Himalayan glaciers are warnings by scientists at the UN Climate Change Conference that is taking place in Durban, South Afr…
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A quarter of the world is degenerating
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) yesterday affirmed that 25% of the world's land area is seriously degraded.
Environment
Japan discovered the first case of highly contaminated rice
The Ministry of Agriculture of Japan has just reported that the first case of contaminated rice was higher than that, since then it had to perform thorough analyzes befo…
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10 million Africans are at risk of drought
The UN has just warned: nearly 10 million people in the Horn of Africa in East Africa are facing a humanitarian emergency because the region struggles with the worst dro…
Environment
What happens to humanity when the temperature of the earth increases by 4 degrees C?
More than two decades ago, public health experts warned: Climate change will harm human health.
Environment
Food prices will double by 2030
By 2030, the prices of some major staples will increase more than twice now if world leaders do not reform the global food production system, Oxfam recommends.
Environment
Protection of tropical forests: three main obstacles
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in 2005 the earth had only 4 billion hectares of forest, covering 31% of the area. About…
Environment
Radiation is still in agricultural products after 25 years
Radioactive dust from the explosion of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in 1986 still exists in food in northern Ukraine, the Green Peace Organization confirmed yesterd…
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Tomorrow, radioactive clouds come to Vietnam
Tomorrow (March 25), radioactive clouds will come to Vietnam. The monitoring stations have been prepared to be able to warn early levels of radiation in the clouds when…
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Successful farming of two pangolin species in Cuc Phuong garden
In the conservation of animals, Cuc Phuong National Park is the only facility in Vietnam that has successfully researched two Asian pangolin species with artificial feed.
Environment
FAO promotes reducing climate change impacts
On February 15, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) began a program to reduce climate change impacts of global agriculture with financial support…
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Drought spreads causing serious damage in China
The drought caused nearly 20% of the total area of winter wheat in China to be affected, more than 1.7 million people lacked drinking water.