Death by slow strangulation By Sheldon Chanel and Shailendra Singh A season ban on coral trout (Donu) was lifted earlier than scheduled this year due to COVID-19 Sheldon Chanel We never returned empty-handed, he recalls.
Lal, 80, lives in a small farming and fishing community, called Tunalia, on Fiji s main island, Viti Levu, in the Southern Pacific.
As part of Tunalia s fabric, fish is both an important source of protein and extra income.
Tunalia is representative of similar communities across the Fijian archipelago, where fishing holds deep cultural, economic and dietary significance.
According to the Pacific marine scientist, Professor Joeli Veitayaki, Fijians have relied on the sea as a food source for centuries.
UWI, Caricom partner to combat climate-change health impact
Prof Christopher Oura -
UWI, St Augustine is partnering with Caricom on an initiative designed to help reduce mortality and morbidity from the health impacts of climate change.
In a statement on Tuesday, UWI said there’s a need for the European Union-funded initiative, “Building Climate Resilient Health Systems in the Caribbean,” as the “health impacts of climate change are evident across the Caribbean.”
The release spotlighted violent hurricanes, heatwaves, increased air pollution, rising sea levels and covid19 and other pandemics as climate-change-related issues affecting the region.
Professor of veterinary virology at the School of Veterinary Medicine at UWI and team-lead Chris Oura emphasised the close relationship between health and climate, saying, “They are both wicked problems that are having a severe impact. We need to increase resilience in our health. We need to look after our environment. Other
Five cheers for 2021 By Mark Leonard
LONDON ― A lot of chickens came home to roost this year. The COVID-19 pandemic was not some random thunderbolt from out of the blue, but rather a man-made natural disaster, holding up a mirror to so many of our bad habits and dangerous ― indeed, lethal ― practices.
After all, the coronavirus transmission from bats to humans was a product of mass urbanization and destructive encroachment on natural habitats, and its rapid spread was a result of over-industrialization, frenetic trade, and contemporary travel habits. Likewise, the world s inability to come together to contain the crisis reflects the extent to which governance capacity lags behind hyper-globalization.
Five cheers for 2021
Dec 24,2020 - Last updated at Dec 24,2020
LONDON A lot of chickens came home to roost this year. The COVID-19 pandemic was not some random thunderbolt from out of the blue, but rather a man-made “natural” disaster, holding up a mirror to so many of our bad habits and dangerous, indeed, lethal, practices.
After all, the coronavirus’s transmission from bats to humans was a product of mass urbanisation and destructive encroachment on natural habitats, and its rapid spread was a result of over-industrialisation, frenetic trade, and contemporary travel habits. Likewise, the world’s inability to come together to contain the crisis reflects the extent to which governance capacity lags behind hyper-globalisation.