© 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 […]

over Seed, Food, Health, Knowledge …and the Earth – The report gathers evidence and throws light on the dangers of philanthrocapitalism, which is boosting the corporate takeover of our seed, agriculture, food, knowledge and global health systems, manipulating information and eroding our democracies.  Over the last 30 years it has emerged as a major force, […]

Main sources: Where is Glyphosate Banned? | Baum, Hedlund, Aristei & Goldman Which Countries and US States are Banning Roundup?– The Carlson Law Firm Glyphosate Herbicides Now Banned or Restricted in 21 Countries Worldwide – Sustainable Pulse Research AFRICA MALAWI In April 2019, Malawi’s Principal Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development […]

Apresentamos compendio de publicações robustas, indexadas e com qualidade garantida por conselhos editoriais apoiados em sistema de revisão por pares, relativamente a comprovações cientificas de danos causados por agrotóxicos, sobre polinizadores em geral e abelhas melíferas em particular. A seleção destes artigos corresponde a esforço coletivo, envolvendo demandas de apicultores e organizações sociais, bem como […]

There are over 20,000 species of bee of which the domestic honey bee is just one. They are all pollinators and are responsible for the majority of crop pollination. [1] Most pollinators are wild but a few species of bees can be managed, such as honeybees (Apis mellifera, Apis cerana), some bumblebees and a few […]

  No Dia da Terra, 22 de abril, a Navdanya International, Naturaleza de Derechos, Health of Mother Earth Foundation – HOMEF, com mais de 500 organizações de 50 países, redes e indivíduos de todo o mundo, lançou um Manifesto Planetário e um pedido de ação urgente onde a saúde e o bem-estar de todos os […]

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 […]

The report brings together international experts and gathers evidence of global resistance against the industrial agrifood system, as well as examples of good ecological practices among farmers, local communities and civil society organizations, as part of Navdanya International’s campaign for Poison-free Food and Farming. In continuation of the work of the International Commission on the […]