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[ ] Christian Thierfelder, Principal Scientist at CIMMYT, poses in a field that is being tested for conservation agriculture at Henderson Research Station, Harare, Zimbabwe. Credit, Busani Bafana/IPS by Busani Bafana (bulawayo) Thursday, December 05, 2024 Inter Press Service BULAWAYO, Dec…

[ ] UN Special Adviser on Solutions to Internal Displacement Robert Piper was delivering his final press briefing at UN Headquarters in New York before concluding his mandate. “There are around 76 million internally displaced people (IDPs) in the world…

[ ] Wednesday, December 04, 2024 UN News The Middle East crisis continues to deepen, with families in Gaza struggling to secure basic food amid constant displacement, plummeting temperatures, and relentless conflict. Meanwhile, civil war in Syria has reignited, where…

[ ] Professor Rossino Almeida, from the Federal University of Campina Grande (I), explains to ninth grade students at the Gurjão municipal school, northeastern Brazil, how the biodigester installed by the EcoProductive Pilot Project at the Tapera Farm works. Credit:…

[ ] The international carbon markets need recognition of community rights to be integrated in the national and international supporting regulations and guidance. Credit: Charles Mpaka/IPS Opinion by Rebecca Iwerks, Alain Frechette (washington dc) Wednesday, December 04, 2024 Inter Press Service…

[ ] Women in Kilema village harvest orange sweet potatoes. Credit: Kizito Makoye/IPS by Kizito Makoye (kilimanjaro, tanzania) Wednesday, December 04, 2024 Inter Press Service KILIMANJARO, Tanzania, Dec 04 (IPS) – In the sun-scorched soils of Moshi, where every drop of…

[ ] Regenerative agricultural practices are a set of rejuvenating farming and agricultural sustainable practices that seek to boost soil health, water resources, soil organic carbon sequestration and soils biological diversity. Credit: Busani Bafana/IPS Opinion by Esther Ngumbi (urbana, illinois, us)…

[ ] by CIVICUS Wednesday, December 04, 2024 Inter Press Service Dec 04 (IPS) – CIVICUS discusses threats to the security, rights and ancestral lands of Brazil’s quilombola communities with Wellington Gabriel de Jesus dos Santos, leader and activist of…

[ ] Negotiations on a future global drought regime got underway at UNCCD COP16 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia December 2-13. Opinion by Simone Galimberti (kathmandu, nepal) Wednesday, December 04, 2024 Inter Press Service KATHMANDU, Nepal, Dec 04 (IPS) – Courage and…

[ ] Two Lebanese children residing in a school-turned-shelter in Beirut following an escalation of hostilities in Lebanon. Credit: UNICEF/Fouad Choufany by Oritro Karim (united nations) Wednesday, December 04, 2024 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Dec 04 (IPS) – On November…