India’s oldest Socialist Weekly!
Editor: Dr. G.G. Parikh | Associate Editor: Neeraj Jain | Managing Editor: Guddi
Indigenous leaders, farmers and environmental activists worldwide face harassment, violence and legal threats while defending land, water and ecosystems, highlighting the urgent need for stronger protections and international accountability.
COVID-19, SARS, and Ebola were transmitted to humans from wild animals living in tropical forests. Destroying their habitats is killing us.
The industrialized food system is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions.
Agriculture contributes to 15-20 percent or more of world greenhouse gas emissions. And yet talks about agriculture comprised less than 5 percent of all official negotiations and less than 10 percent of side events, favoring the less controversial topic of renewable energy.
COVID-19, SARS and Ebola—three diseases that spread across national borders since 2002—share one thing in common: they were transmitted to humans from wild animals living in tropical forests, which are losing more than 100 trees per second due to rampant, unsustainable deforestation.
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