A Global Summit Calls for Transition to the Bioeconomy
By Rita Joshi
BERLIN (IDN) – Global environmental threats, the opportunities brought by new sciences, and the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic call for the transition to the bioeconomy, says the communiqué emerging from the Global Bioeconomy Summit 2020 organised by the International Advisory Council on Global Bioeconomy (IACGB) composed of about forty high-level policy experts and drivers of the bioeconomy in all hemispheres. The transition is “more critical than ever before”. FRENCH | JAPANESE
COVID-19 and Lessons from Traditional Chinese Medicine
Viewpoint by Jayasri Priyalal*
SINGAPORE (IDN) – They are fighting an invisible enemy taking a warpath. Many countries grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic interpret the situation like a war. Frontline heroes are found in battlefield scenarios.
These heroes come from different professions, medical and healthcare workers being the binding force, the rest including, security, transport, postal logistic, financial service providers, and employees attached to retail industries etc. Aside from them, many unsung heroes are working in hospitals, morgues, in burial grounds and the health and sanitary service providers who provide an invaluable essential service to keep the communities together. CHINESE | JAPANESE
Australia: Environmentalists’ Market 40 Years on Going Strong
By Kalinga Seneviratne
CHANNON (IDN) – At the peak of the hippie movement in the West, in 1976, the traditional farming village here in this scenic setting was a battleground between loggers and environmentalists who had travelled from across Australia, to stop the clear-felling of the rainforest at Terania Creek close by. This was the first direct action protest in Australia.
Many of the environmentalists decided to settle in the region, buying cheap agricultural land and setting up communities with a “back to the land” philosophy. JAPANESE | PORTUGUESE | TURKISH
Shipwreck Off Senegalese Coast Prods UN to Call for Dismantling Trafficking and Smuggling Networks
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network
NEW YORK (IDN) – Migrants around the world are continuing their desperate flights for survival even though rescue efforts have slowed, and rich countries are building higher walls against the asylum seekers.
The deadliest shipwreck of the year occurred most recently off the coast of Senegal where at least 140 people drowned after a boat carrying around 200 migrants sank, according to the UN migration agency (IOM).
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