Fish Crime Symposium, Dept of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Cape Town, 12-15 October 2015, Day 2 No 14 – Bernard Liedemann – Slave Labour, Asset Seizure, Paying Informants, International Co-operation and Fear of Retaliation against Officials.
COP 20 Lima Panel Speakers from the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) on: The inclusion of positive Small-holder Organic Farming climate change impacts in the IPCC climate action negotiation agenda. Agriculture is at the forefront of climate change impacts with, droughts, floods & extreme weather impacting on food security and loss of farming […]
The University of Earth, Urgent Action Series: COP 21 Paris 2015: Alexandra Bonnet is manning a stand to do with the local government and citizen response to global warming in Paris. The projects undertaken can be compared to those of other localities wishing to make a difference.
Ocean Pollution – Russell Weston discusses False Bay Park, the dump site and its effect on the Wetland area, the water table and the surrounding farms. We need to find better ways to recycle and deal with waste production than dumping.
The University of Earth presents the Urgent Action Series: COP21 and CMP11, Paris 2015: Stuart Scott – Director of Strategic Planning United Planet Faith and Science Initiative
The University of Earth, Urgent Action Series: COP 21 Paris 2015: Dr Georg Kaser of Innsbruck University, an expert in glaciers and global warming, explains the uncertainty calculation, a scientific tool needed to gather reliable results, and anthropogenic forcing, which is a change in the Earth’s energy balance due to human economical activities.
At this Science to Action Day at COP 22, Marrakech, Ms Charlotte Hebebrand, Director General – International Fertilizer Association (IFA), speaks on Climate-Smart Agriculture ~ What Role for Fertilisers? The presentation opened with a summary on the state of African soils by highlighting key issues, viz; 75% of arable land in sub-Saharan Africa is degraded […]
The University of Earth: Urgent Action Series: Cop 21 Paris 2015: European Policy Makers – Introduction of Dr Zsuzsanna Jakab, Dr Christian Friis Bach, Dr Hans Bruvninckx, Dr Patrick Rampal discussing various European Policies for Air Pollution, Disease, Allergies, Circular Economies, Low Carbon Economies, Youth participation, Health and Environment Education
Charlier Fraser of the Foundation for Common Good, discusses the corrupt Global Economic System based on inequity and wholesale fraud implicating both government and corporates inevitably. He suggests that all people needs to take responsibility for our own lives and discover ways to circumvent the current way of doing things.
Fish Crime Symposium, Dept of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Cape Town, 12-15 October 2015, Day 2 No 1 – Tor Wisler, Directorate of Fisheries, Norway and Interpol Fish Crime Working Group. Co-operation is vital for intelligence, surveillance and analysis. We need to take the threat to fish populations seriously or we will have problems in […]