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What is the Food Security Impact of COVID-19 in African Countries?

Thu, 2020-08-20 18:43 — mike kraft
What is the Food Security Impact of COVID-19 in African Countries? COVID-19 pandemic is impacting rural communities. What is coronavirus food security problem? Can African families, smallholder farmers adapt? Wayan Vota ICTworks
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Chinese cities find virus in Brazilian chicken wings, Ecuadorian shrimp packaging

Thu, 2020-08-13 10:49 — mike kraft
Chinese cities find virus in Brazilian chicken wings, Ecuadorian shrimp packaging Two cities in China have found traces of the new coronavirus in imported frozen food and on food packaging, local authorities said on Thursday, raising fears that contaminated food shipments might cause new outbreaks. Roxanne Liu U.S.
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Virus-linked hunger tied to 10,000 child deaths each month

Tue, 2020-07-28 09:08 — mike kraft
Virus-linked hunger tied to 10,000 child deaths each month HOUNDE, Burkina Faso (AP) — The lean season is coming for Burkina Faso’s children. And this time, the long wait for the harvest is bringing a hunger more ferocious than most have ever... AP NEWS
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Rigorous wildlife disease surveillence needed

Fri, 2020-07-10 19:55 — mike kraft
Rigorous wildlife disease surveillance Evidence suggests that zoonotic (animal origin) coronaviruses have caused three recent emerging infectious disease (EID) outbreaks: severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), and the current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. In the search for an intermediate host for SARS coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19), studies have identified SARS-CoV-2–like strains in bats ([ 1 ][1]) and pangolins ([ 2 ][2]), but these do not contain the same polybasic cleavage site that is present in SARS-CoV-2 ([ 3 ][3]).
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Flooded Mines Cause Toxic Sludge in Vietnam

Fri, 2015-08-07 10:33 — Kathy Gilbeaux

             

The Mong Duong coal mine in Vietnam's Quang Ninh province has flooded, spilling toxic sludge that contaminated land, rivers and coastline  Photo: Luu Quy Doan/Vnexpress

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United Nations - irinnews.org - by Vu Duy - August 7, 2015

HANOI, 7 August 2015 (IRIN) - Toxic sludge that spilled out of open pit coal mines during 10 days of heavy rains may have seriously contaminated farmland, rivers and coastal areas in northern Vietnam.

Flooding has killed 30 people, wiped out roads and damaged thousands of homes, the United Nations said in a situation report on Wednesday. The UN also warned of potential risks to the environment, health and water sanitation after coal mines in Quang Ninh province flooded, spilling thick streams of dark sludge into the countryside.

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Resilience Alliance

Sat, 2012-01-28 13:29 — mdmcdonald

There are many definitions of resilience from simple deterministic views of resilience anchored in Newtonian mechanics to far more dynamic views of resilience from a systems perspective, including insights from quantum mechanics and the sciences of complexity.  One baseline perspective of resilience sees it in terms of the viability of socio-ecological systems as the foundation for sustainability.  For those that are ready to look beyond resilience as the ability to return to the "normal state" before a disaster, take a look at:

http://www.resalliance.org/

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