Le emissioni di gas ad effetto serra dichiarate dai governi non corrispondono alla realtà. Al contrario, la distanza tra quanto indicato ufficialmente e i dati è enorme: ogni anno viene disperso nell’atmosfera un quantitativo di CO2 in più pari a circa 5,5 milioni di tonnellate. Ciò che emettono in un anno gli Stati Uniti. Una
United Nations independent human rights experts on Tuesday voiced serious concerns over recent appointment of new members to Nepal’s National Human Rights Commission, which they said “undermined its independence, integrity and legitimacy”.
Abbiamo lanciato il primo sito internet in Italia dedicato a raccogliere segnalazioni in forma riservata di maltrattamenti su animali all’interno di allevamenti intensivi e macelli, ma anche per inquinamento ambientale, sfruttamento dei lavoratori, problemi sanitari e frodi alimentari. Tutte problematiche che negli allevamenti intensivi non sono affatto un’eccezione. Segnala le irregolarità in allevamenti e macelli
Sulle acque del lago Vittoria in Africa, il secondo lago d’acqua dolce più grande al mondo e percorso ogni notte da oltre 60mila pescatori che praticano una pesca di sussistenza a bordo di piccole imbarcazioni, è in corso una vera e propria rivoluzione. Una rivoluzione pacifica, lontana dai riflettori e silenziosa, proprio come sono silenziosi
The rights of indigenous people to make decisions about their cultural heritage and traditional way of life is being recognized in a United Nations photo exhibition.
Experts expressed concern for independence of NHRC after appointment of new members that they regard as being inconsistent with international standards
Experts urge immediate release of infirm inmate Huseyn Abdullayev, a vocal opponent of the Government of Azerbaijan, who has been granted asylum in Germany on political grounds.
Decades ago, a radical idea was born to protect the Maya Forest in Belize. What if NGOs, the government, community leaders, and businesses could form a coalition to conserve one of the world’s last remaining pristine rainforests? Now that dream is a reality, with more than a dozen organizations coming together to protect 236,000 acres
A farmer on Ireland’s Dingle Peninsula was surprised to find a stone-lined passageway beneath a rock he had turned over in his fields. Many stone tombs called “dolmans” are scattered across the peninsula, and this one seemed different. It appeared to pass under the ground and was in pristine condition. The tomb is lined with
In the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, guards watching for human trespassers are befriending and even caring for the descendants of dogs abandoned when tens of thousands of people had to abandon their entire lives and flee when reactor 4 exploded in 1986. Their interactions, collected and documented through work from the BBC, tell a story of a spark