Climate change threatens food security in Latin America and the Caribbean

In Central America, the north-east part of Brazil and some areas in the Andean region, temperatures would increase and reduction in precipitation …

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China is financing infrastructure projects around the world – many could harm nature and Indigenous communities

China has an opportunity with the Belt and Road Initiative to improve infrastructure networks around the world in a way that is both sustainable …

Damming rivers is terrible for human rights, ecosystems and food security

Despite industry rhetoric, hydroelectricity is high-cost and high-risk. There are better options for a post-pandemic recovery and a renewable …

Women, children victims of obesity in Latin America and the Caribbean

In more than 20 countries the rate of female obesity is 10 percentage points higher than that of men

Global seed market crossed $45 billion in 2018: Report

Asia, Europe and Middle East-Africa main drivers of growth

Will Jair Bolsonaro destroy the Amazon and its Indians?

It remains to be seen whether Brazil’s President-Elect will act on his pre-poll statements vis-à-vis Amazonia and its natives. …

New guidelines on abortion care will help prevent more than 25 million unsafe abortions: WHO

WHO has released more than 50 recommendations that include clinical practice, health care delivery and law and policy interventions to support …

Web of relationships: How pumas hold together America ecosystems

The predator, exclusive to the Americas, maintains ties with nearly 500 living species, find study

A neglected tragedy: 2 million stillbirths in 2019, flags report

A majority of stillbirths happened in sub-Saharan Africa

What is Panama disease? Are bananas at risk?

The disease and conditions regarding its spread show that depending on monoculture crops is not sustainable for our food and nutritional security

Peru’s small-scale farmers need help to recover from damage triggered by coastal El Niño

About 7,000 farmers need help to restore their capacity to produce food, FAO states

Latin America in grip of chikungunya

Around a million people are reported to have been infected with disease in 34 countries

Why the International Solar Alliance is geopolitically significant

Trans-regional solar energy cooperation can pave the way for equability and a just energy order in the international arena

Global warming can reduce coffee growing areas in the world’s largest coffee-producing region: study

Bee-friendly farm practices and conserving forests suitable for coffee production can reduce vulnerability to climate change, it said

New dengue vaccine provides ray of hope to India

CYD-TDV vaccine protected two out of three volunteers aged 9 years and older against dengue, finds study

Achieving Zero Hunger by 2030 in doubt, UN report warns

Between 83 million and 132 million people could go hungry in 2020 due to COVID-19, according to the report

Latin America, Caribbean see acutest hunger in 15 years: UN

The number of people living with hunger increased by 13.8 million in just one year in Latin America and the Caribbean, according to a new UN …

Latin American and Caribbean nations highly vulnerable to climate change

Economic costs of climate change will be around 2.5 per cent of annual GDP of Latin America and the Caribbean if temperature rises 2.5°C …

Zika impact: Demand for abortion up 100% in Brazil

Pregnant women from Zika-affected countries are defying national laws which restrict abortion to request abortion medications online, a new …

COVID-19: 2.5 mln more girls can be pushed into child marriage, warns report

This could reverse the progress of last 25 years towards gender equality and child rights, warns report by Save the Child

Meet on protection systems that help mitigate disaster, climate risk

First regional conference saw experts from 17 countries in Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Pacific regions

Botswana elephants episode: There’s a colonial underpinning to conservation

Conservation should indeed be a global priority. But understanding of the complexity and colonial roots of this problem and the shocking double …

Latin American countries agree to stop deforestation at Lima summit

Pledge to replant nearly 20 million hectares of forest by 2020