Fishing kills at least 24,000 fishers every year—yet most countries refuse to adopt international safety rules
Fishing is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world.
Economics & Business
Nov 2, 2022
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News tagged with international conventions
Health groups call for fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty
Around 200 health organizations and more than 1,400 health professionals on Wednesday called for governments to establish a binding international treaty on phasing out fossil fuels, which they said pose "a grave and escalating ...
Environment
Sep 14, 2022
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How election monitors and foreign interference in election processes can affect the public's perception of elections
Lauren Prather's new book "Monitors and Meddlers: How Foreign Actors Influence Local Trust in Elections" has been a long time in the making—a full decade, in fact.
Social Sciences
Sep 2, 2022
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We need to enforce international laws to stop fishing vessel plastic pollution
Ocean plastic pollution was a focus at the recent UN oceans conference, which issued a declaration in support of an earlier decision by the UN Environment Assembly to start negotiations for a global plastics treaty.
Environment
Jul 14, 2022
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Bezos's Blue Origin makes 5th crewed flight into space
Jeff Bezos's company Blue Origin flew six tourists into space for a 10-minute ride Saturday, successfully carrying out its fifth crewed mission.
Space Exploration
Jun 4, 2022
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Whale migrations: How new UN treaty aims to protect species on the high seas
A humpback whale we tagged while it was feeding off the Western Antarctic Peninsula made a nearly 19,000 km-round trip in 265 days, traveling north from Antarctica to its breeding area off Colombia and back. Whales migrate ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 14, 2022
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A push to make 'ecocide' a global crime
Scientists recently confirmed the Amazon rainforest is now emitting more carbon dioxide than it absorbs, due to uncontrolled burning and deforestation. It brings the crucial ecosystem closer to a tipping point that would ...
Ecology
Aug 31, 2021
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Study shows how network of marine protected areas could help safeguard Antarctic penguins
New research led by BirdLife International, the University of East Anglia (UEA) and British Antarctic Survey highlights how a proposed network of marine protected areas could help safeguard some of the most important areas ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 20, 2021
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Tear gas should be banned, researchers find; here's why
The use of tear gas—particularly CS gas—as a riot control agent, cannot be reconciled with respect for fundamental human rights and should therefore be banned entirely in international law, the University of Toronto's ...
Social Sciences
Sep 3, 2020
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Ban on toxic mercury looms in sugar cane farming, but Australia still has a way to go
This month, federal authorities finally announced an upcoming ban on mercury-containing pesticide in Australia. We are one of the last countries in the world to do so, despite overwhelming evidence over more than 60 years ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 22, 2020
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