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Are mobile phones wiping out our bees?
Activist Arrested For Feeding Homeless At Lake Eola From: Infoshop.org Orlando,Fl April 05 2007 ACLU lawyers were meeting Thursday afternoon to take legal action against the arrest of the homeless advocate. Police said 21-year-old Eric Montanez, with the group Food Not Bombs, broke the law by feeding more than 25 people, as the city ordinance allows, inside Lake Eola's park Wednesday evening. Officers worked surveillance and counted exactly how many people Montanez fed, 30. Police even took a sample of what was served as evidence. Read More... Massive Honey Bee Wane Threatens World Crops: Are GM Crops Killing Bees? From: Speigel. By Gunther Latsch Germany March 22, 2007 A mysterious decimation of bee populations has German beekeepers worried, while a similar phenomenon in the United States is gradually assuming catastrophic proportions. The consequences for agriculture and the economy could be enormous. Read More... Global Standard Set for Wild Medicinal Plant Harvesting From: Environment News Service Nuremberg, Germany Febuary 20, 2007 A new standard to promote sustainable management and trade of wild medicinal and aromatic plants was launched Friday in Nuremberg at Biofach, the World Organic Trade Fair. The standard is needed to ensure plants used in medicine and cosmetics are not over-exploited. About 15,000 species, or 21 percent of all medicinal and aromatic plant species are at risk, according to the report by the Medicinal Plant Specialist Group of the IUCN's Species Survival Commission that sets forth the new standard. Read More... Africa's Wealth of Seed Diversity and Farmer Knowledge--Under threat from the Gates/ Rockefeller "Green Revolution" initiative Statement from African civil society organisations at the World Social Forum 2007 Nairobi, Kenya January 25, 2007 Africa is the source of much of the world's agricultural knowledge and biodiversity. African farming represents a wealth of innovation: for example, Canada's main export wheat is derived from a Kenyan variety called "Kenyan farmer"; the US and Canada grow barley bred from Ethiopian farmers' varieties; and the Zera Zera sorghum grown in Texas originated in Ethiopia and the Sudan. This rich basis of biodiversity still exists in Africa today, thanks to the 80% of farmers in Africa that continue to save seed in a range of diverse eco-systems across the continent. Read More... |
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