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#Epicfail over UN biodiversity targets
Global efforts have failed to reach any of the 20 biodiversity targets countries set a decade ago, the United Nations...
Firms urging tougher deforestation rules
The BBC reports on an open letter to government over a new law forbidding big firms to use produce from illegally...
UK beef exports to US resume after 20 years
The BBC reports that beef was banned after the BSE outbreak in 1996 when cattle were infected by what became...
Marcus Rashford slams lack of empathy on food poverty
Marcus Rashford has told the BBC he is disappointed by the government response to his calls for more action on...
UN: food systems urgently need to be transformed
In her role as WFP deputy chief, Valerie Guarnieri leads programme and policy developments towards ending hunger, including efforts to...
Smithfield Foods cited over Covid-19 deaths
Reuters reports that the U.S. Labor Department said on Thursday it cited Smithfield Foods for failing to protect employees from...
Hungry Child in America is increased
Child hunger in America is going to increased quickly, the problem will get worse. As of late July, children faced...
UAE and Israel: food and water security
Reuters reports that a United Arab Emirates minister of state and Israel’s agriculture minister discussed food and water security cooperation on...
More than half the world’s GDP depends on healthy biodiversity
World leaders will be pressed in a few weeks on measures reducing the risk of zoonotic pandemics, such as Covid-19,...
UK gov survey: rainforest-safe supply chain
The UK government has launched a consultation on effectively banning goods produced from illegal deforestation, such as in the Amazon. Organisations...
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