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Africa Is Under Heavy Exploitation By The Chinese

Africa Is Under Heavy Exploitation By The Chinese

After colonization, China has now taken over Africa by using loans as bait to impress African leaders. Until 2010, the taking of Africa by China was quiet, but everything changed in 2012, when the Beijing Conference took place, since then China has become the new colonial masters in Africa. Using money as a bait to entice the weak and inefficient African leaders, despite how rich Africa is, China had lent a total of 143 billion dollars to 56 …

Chinese looting Mozambique’s forests

Chinese looting Mozambique’s forests

Chinese businessmen are looting the hardwood forests in countries like Mozambique, Congo and Russia. As a result, these countries have lost millions of dollars in tax revenue and their tropical hardwood forests might disappear within just a few years. Nito Silva wipes the wood shavings from his sweaty face while his chainsaw still growls. “I log about 40 trees per day,” he says, leaning on a tree he has just cut. The 45-year-old Mozambican, …

Touted as ‘development,’ land grabs hurt local communities, and women most of all

Touted as ‘development,’ land grabs hurt local communities, and women most of all

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Large-scale land transactions in which nations sell huge, publicly owned parcels to foreign and domestic corporations negatively affect local women more than men, a new study by Oregon State University shows. The findings are important because the transactions, also known as land grabs, are occurring at a pace and scale that are unprecedented – at least 45 million hectares, and possibly as many as 200 million, have changed …

Found, Inside Dead Sperm Whale: 100 Plastic Cups, 4 Plastic Bottles, 25 Plastic Bags, 2 Flip-Flops

Found, Inside Dead Sperm Whale: 100 Plastic Cups, 4 Plastic Bottles, 25 Plastic Bags, 2 Flip-Flops

The stomach of a whale is bound to be pretty gross — all those giant intestines and immense amounts of blood — but now officials have found nearly 13 pounds (6 kilograms) of plastic trash in the stomach of a dead sperm whale that washed ashore on a beach in southern Indonesia late Monday (Nov. 19). The trash included more than 100 plastic cups, four plastic bottles, 25 plastic bags, two flip-flops and hundreds of other pieces of plastic, …

Toxic Trade: Forest Crime in Gabon and the Republic of Congo and Contamination of the US Market

Toxic Trade: Forest Crime in Gabon and the Republic of Congo and Contamination of the US Market

Washington, DC – A new report from the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) – Toxic Trade: Forest Crime in Gabon and the Republic of Congo and the Contamination of the US Market  – documents how illegally extracted African timber emerges as “eco-friendly”-marketed products in America, deceiving unsuspecting US consumers. During a 4-year undercover investigation, EIA uncovered the inner workings of one of Africa’s most influential timber …

TOWARD A SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT FUTURE

TOWARD A SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT FUTURE

Vo Thanh Son Executive Summary Based on the results achieved in Chapters 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, Chapter 8 is considered to be an orientation toward a sustainable development future which is resistant to the effects of climate change extremes in Vietnam. With this purpose, this chapter presents the research on “Relationship between Disaster Risk Management and Sustainable Development”, “Integration of Short- and Long-term Responses to Extreme Events”, …

list publication from 2004-2009 of CRES

list publication from 2004-2009 of CRES

Tiếng Anh Centre for Natural Resources and Environemntal Studies (CRES), 2004. Mangrove ecosystem in the Red River coastal zone: Biodiversity, ecology, socio-economics, management and education. MERD/CRES/NEF. Agricultural Publishing House, Ha Noi. CRES, 2005. 20 year – Centre for Natural Resources and Environmental Studies. Science and Technology Publishing House. Ha Noi. CRES, 2005. Selected scientific works. Science and Technology …