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Avocados, Vanilla Among Dozens Of Wild Crop Relatives Facing Extinction [1]

"Study finds agriculture and pesticide use threaten relatives of world’s most important crops, considered crucial to food security".

Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [3]
Chemicals [4]
Food [5]
Natural Resources [6]
Public [7]
International [8]
Source: Guardian [9], 09/08/2021
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"Madagascar Faces One Of The World's First Climate Change Famines" [10]

"As the African island nation experiences a food-security crisis driven by global warming, researchers say it is an alarm bell for the world."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Food [5]
Public [7]
Africa [14]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [15], 09/08/2021
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September 14, 2021

Indigenous Peoples’ Food Systems and COVID-19: Sept 7 and 14 [16]

In the run up to the UN Food Systems Summit, the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and the International Network of Mountain Indigenous Peoples (INMIP) offer a webinar series, Sep 7 and 14, to hear Indigenous Peoples in Perú, Kenya, India and China discuss resilient food systems.

Other Events [17]
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Agriculture [2]
Food [5]
People & Population [18]

Climate-Driven Extreme Heat Threatens $500 Bln In New U.S. Costs By 2050 [19]

"Threats to agriculture, construction and service workers could cause hefty annual setbacks to the U.S. economy - and more deaths - by mid-century, researchers warn".

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Public [7]
International [8]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [20], 09/03/2021
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Drought And Climate Change Spur Roundups of U.S. Wild Horses [21]

"Across the U.S. West this summer, helicopters buzz low, herding thousands of wild horses into gated areas. The roundups, made necessary by the devastating effects of wildfire and drought, show how climate change is endangering the iconic wild horses, livestock and other wildlife, according to ranchers, activists and the U.S. government."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [11]
Natural Resources [6]
Water & Oceans [22]
Wildlife [23]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Reuters [25], 09/02/2021
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September 23, 2021

2021 UN Food Systems Summit [26]

The Summit will take place virtually during the UN General Assembly in NY. Media accreditation deadline is Sep 20. Beginning Sep 6, each of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals will be spotlighted daily to show how food systems play a defining role in achieving the SDGs by 2030; interviewees available.

Professional Meetings [27]
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Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [11]
Food [5]
September 15, 2021

SEJ Webinar: Food and Farming in a Warming World [28]

Join SEJ Sep 15, ahead of the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit, for a discussion with policymakers, experts and journalists covering food, farming and climate to discuss the questions, data and story ideas that will engage your editors and your audience. 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET.

SEJ Regional Conferences [29]
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Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [11]
Food [5]

California Builds A ‘Noah’s Ark’ To Protect Wildlife From Extinction [30]

"It was just before sunrise in July when the botanists Naomi Fraga and Maria Jesus threw on backpacks and crunched their way across a brittle alkaline flat in the hottest corner of the Mojave Desert. Their mission: to rescue a tiny plant teetering on the brink of extinction."

Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [3]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [12]
Natural Resources [6]
Wildlife [23]
Public [7]
California [31]
Source: LA Times [32], 09/01/2021
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"Federal Judge Strikes Down Trump Rule Governing Water Pollution" [33]

"A federal judge on Monday struck down a Trump-era environmental rule that drastically limited federal restrictions against pollution of millions of streams, wetlands and marshes across the country."

Agriculture [2]
Environmental Politics [34]
Fish & Fisheries [35]
Laws & Regulations [36]
Natural Resources [6]
Planning & Growth [37]
Pollution [38]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: NYTimes [39], 08/31/2021
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"1,500 Murder Hornets Murdered in Washington State" [40]

"The Washington State Department of Agriculture on Thursday announced that it located and eradicated the first nest of Asian giant hornets, better known by the much more catchy murder hornets, in the state this year."

Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [3]
Public [7]
Northwest (OR WA) [41]
Source: Earther [42], 08/30/2021
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