From December 7- 19, the 15th COP of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) will be taking place in Montreal, Canada, the first COP to take place since 2018, after being delayed due to the pandemic. This upcoming CBD COP is set to debate the next global framework establishing the goals and targets to be […]
“The destabilisation of the Earth’s climate systems is the consequence of violating the ecological processes and cycles of the earth, violating the Rights of the Earth, Rights of Indigenous People, and the Rights of Future Generations. Fossil fuels have driven how we grow our food and produce our clothing over the past century. Energy slaves […]
Deforestation – Effects on Biodiversity – The Impact of Chemicals – The COP 26 – The False Promise of ‘Nature-based Solutions’ – The False Promise of Fake food – Carbon capture and net-zero – Geo-engineering – The Role of Biodiversity and Agroecological Systems – The climate emergency we face today is part of several interlocking […]
The Pre-Summit of the United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) taking place in Rome, as a preparative stage to the New York September Summit, is, as expected, going in the wrong direction. As many civil society members, as well as past and current Rapporteurs on the Right to Food, have denounced, this summit is yet […]
Download pdf Based on: Earth Democracy: Connecting the Rights of Mother Earth to People’s Rights and the Well-being of All, Navdanya, Mother Earth Day, 2021 Author: Dr Vandana Shiva with Navdanya Team Earth Rising The denial of nature’s rights has led to destruction of nature and now threatens the very conditions of human survival. The […]
Download pdf In January 2020, the Gates foundation launched “The Bill & Melinda Gates Agricultural Innovations LLC”, also known as “Gates Ag One”. Gates Ag One was formulated to be a subsidiary of the Gates Foundation and is to be led by Joe Cornelius, the previous director of the BMGF Global Growth & Opportunity Division. […]
© Society for International Development 2020 Cite: Shroff, R., Cortés, C.R. The Biodiversity Paradigm: Building Resilience for Human and Environmental Health. Development (2020). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41301-020-00260-2 Abstract It is a well-established fact that biodiversity is pivotal to human and planetary health, completely entwining biodiverse natural systems into a continuum, through our food systems, into human health. This […]
“Gates to a Global Empire” Portões para um Império Global acima da Semente, da Comida, da Saúde, do Conhecimento … e da Terra – Um Relatório Global de Cidadãos Coordenado pela “Gates to a Global Empire” Portões para um Império Global …acima da Semente, da Comida, da Saúde, do Conhecimento e da Terra Um relatório […]
By Salvatore Ceccarelli – Extract from Navdanya International Report The Future of Food – Farming with Nature, Cultivating the Future – November 2019 Orginally published in: Bioversity International (2019) Agrobiodiversity Index Report 2019: risk and resilience. Rome (Italy): Bioversity International 182 p. ISBN: 978-92-9255-125-4: https://hdl.handle.net/10568/100820 – Reproduced with the author’s permission KEY MESSAGES: Crop diversity […]
By Nadia El-Hage Scialabba – Extract from Navdanya International Report The Future of Food – Farming with Nature, Cultivating the Future – November 2019 “First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win.” (Mahatma Gandhi) Introduction Purpose. This chapter reviews the state of affairs in food and […]