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World s tropical forests and people imperiled by legal rollbacks under COVID-19 Reuters 2/18/2021
By Christine Murray
MEXICO CITY, Feb 18 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Threats against indigenous people and rainforests have risen during the coronavirus pandemic as governments have rolled back social and environmental safeguards to boost economic growth, land rights activists said on Thursday.
Governments in five countries with tropical forests have weakened legal safeguards to aid economic recovery, while expanding projects near native land, said a study by Forest Peoples Programme (FPP) and two universities. It is wrong to prioritize economic development over the protection of Indigenous Peoples rights and tropical forests, especially during a pandemic, James Whitehead, director of FPP, a human rights group, said in a statement.
U.S. HUD Secretary Ben Carson attends the ribbon-cutting celebration of Atlantic City s e new Atlantic City RX5 Cyber EnVision Center.
ATLANTIC CITY â There was a celebratory feeling in the air Monday, as U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson joined state and local officials and residents to open HUDâs EnVision Center.
The center, partnering with the RX5 Cyber Center on Atlantic Avenue and expanding to new space soon in the former Atlantic Club parking garage, will focus on job training and creation for Atlantic City residents, said James Whitehead, RX5 director.
âWe will be kicking the program into high gear in January,â Whitehead said. âEverything is very embryonic right now. We had to go through such a process of vetting to get the designation.â