Tag: climate change
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Men and Women Farmers in Benin Are Responding Differently to Climate Change
Grace Villamor on her research : gender-specific responses by farmers in Benin. VERY INTERESTING How important is agriculture to Benin and the Beninois? Benin is predominantly a rural society. About 80% of the country’s 10.9 million people earn a living from agriculture and the sector contributes 40% to the country’s GDP. Most agricultural production is […]
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Break Free or Burn in Hell: a Message From the Canadian Tar Sands #fortmcmurray
i had my suspicions about this fire being natural from the first time i heard about it. counterpunch is on the money here Like Hurricanes Katrina (2005) and Sandy (2012) and numerous other climate-related. not-so natural disasters, the Canadian Wildfire of 2016 is yet another attempt by Mother Nature (I write on Mother’s Day) to wake humanity […]
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