Humanity faces unprecedented engineering challenges if it is to survive. Solutions to these challenges are waiting to be discovered in plants, animals, and microbes, but these could be lost forever, if we do not preserve the rich diversity of life on Earth. Read the full story, “As biodiversity degrades, nature’s solutions are lost for ever”, […]
Monthly Archives: December 2022
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Digital Treatment of Genetic Resources Shakes Up COP15
MONTREAL, Dec 16 (IPS) – In addition to its nutritional properties, quinoa, an ancestral grain from the Andes, also has cosmetic uses, as stated by the resource use and benefit-sharing permit ABSCH-IRCC-PE-261033-1 awarded in February to a private individual under a 15-month commercial use contract. Read the full story, “Digital Treatment of Genetic Resources Shakes […]
Why biodiversity is good for our health
The natural world has gifted humanity with untold health benefits, and it is believed that it harbours many more undiscovered health breakthroughs. However, we risk losing these benefits, if we continue to degrade the environment. Read the full story, “Why biodiversity is good for our health”, on globalissues.org → find more fun & mates at […]
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Digital Treatment of Genetic Resources Shakes Up COP15
MONTREAL, Dec 16 (IPS) – In addition to its nutritional properties, quinoa, an ancestral grain from the Andes, also has cosmetic uses, as stated by the resource use and benefit-sharing permit ABSCH-IRCC-PE-261033-1 awarded in February to a private individual under a 15-month commercial use contract. Read the full story, “Digital Treatment of Genetic Resources Shakes […]
Why biodiversity is good for our health
The natural world has gifted humanity with untold health benefits, and it is believed that it harbours many more undiscovered health breakthroughs. However, we risk losing these benefits, if we continue to degrade the environment. Read the full story, “Why biodiversity is good for our health”, on globalissues.org → find more fun & mates at […]
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Russia’s LGBTQI ‘Propaganda’ Law Imperils HIV Prevention
BRATISLAVA, Dec 16 (IPS) – A new law banning LGBTQI ‘propaganda’ in Russia will further stigmatise LGBTQI people in the country and could worsen what is already one of the world’s worst HIV/AIDS epidemics, critics have warned. Read the full story, “Russia’s LGBTQI ‘Propaganda’ Law Imperils HIV Prevention”, on globalissues.org → find more fun & […]
Four Ways to Overcome Corruption in the Race Against Climate Crisis
NEW YORK, Dec 16 (IPS) – Climate change is the defining issue of our time. In the words of the UN Secretary General at COP27, “we are on a highway to climate hell with our foot still on the accelerator.” Cutting greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero by 2050 is crucial when it comes to meeting […]