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Environmental Activism

Response: No, Greens must not cosy up to capitalism. They must resist it | Comment is free | The Guardian

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/jul/21/greens-must-resist-capitalism

In your interview with Mark Lynas he describes his conversion to "an environmental movement that is happy with capitalism", and urges greens to join him ( Have the greens lost their way? , 2 July). "Is the green movement a leftwing, anti-capitalist movement?" your article asks.

Human Rights

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Human trafficking is a crime that often goes underreported due to its covert nature, various misconceptions about its definition, and a lack of awareness about its indicators on the local level. The materials below outline general information about human trafficking and include documents that discuss basic background information, past trafficking cases, potential red flags and other relevant resources to better comprehend the complexity of this crime. These materials aim to raise awareness about human trafficking and educate individuals and communities about and how to recognize this crime and play an active role in the anti-human trafficking movement...

Human Trafficking | Polaris Project | Combating Human Trafficking and Modern-day Slavery

Our hope is that this section allows you to learn from those around the world that have been in bondage and about those who are fighting modern slavery. This page is intended to provide an introduction and framework to modern-day slavery. Browse the topics below to further grasp what it is we’re joining together to fight. When slave owners become subject to criminal prosecution, they usually cloak their activity in a number of falsehoods.

http://www.notforsalecampaign.org/about/slavery/

Slavery – Not For Sale: End Human Trafficking and Slavery

Human trafficking online, human rights policies, Human Trafficking Search

A Winnipeg college hosted a community forum on how to address human trafficking in Manitoba, Saturday morning. Lisbon, April 14 (IANS) A United Nations' public awareness campaign against human trafficking has been launched in Portugal. CEDAR CITY - After anti-human trafficking activist Anuradha Koirala spoke Thursday about human trafficking in Nepal and India as part of a two-day conference at Southern Utah University, Friday's portion of the conference included discussions that brought the issue closer to home, focusing on human trafficking in Utah. The U.N. crime-fighting office said Tuesday that 2.4 million people across the globe are victims of human trafficking at any one time, and 80 percent of them are being exploited as sexual slaves.

All over the world people are trapped in human trafficking and slavery- a violation of their human rights. Unaccompanied children, migrants and the economically disadvantaged are most at risk of suffering this kind of exploitation. World Vision is working to stop human trafficking and slavery.

Human Trafficking & Slavery

Email this page ORMOC CITY, Leyte, Philippines — Planters in the Ormoc-Kananga Sugar District have expressed a commitment to end the practice of hiring child labor in the sugar industry. While 129 States, to date, have ratified the United Nations Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, giving effect to the Protocol remains a challenge in all regions.

HumanTrafficking.org: A Web Resource for Combating Human Trafficking in the East Asia Pacific Region

Human Rights

Chernobyl, Ukraine, 1986. The plant blew up when one of four reactors went into meltdown during an experiment. Around 200 people were seriously contaminated and 32 died within three months. More than 350,000 people were resettled. Contamination continues to be a problem and the number who will die as a result is disputed. The accident was only revealed when a giant radioactive cloud was registered moving across northern Europe.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/8382778/Japan-crisis-10-worst-nuclear-disasters-in-history.html

Japan crisis: 10 worst nuclear disasters in history - Telegraph

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Top 5 Worst Nuclear Disasters : Discovery News

By David Teeghman Nuclear power has something of a checkered history. Although it does provide carbon-free energy at reasonable prices, it has exposed its dangerous side with near meltdowns and leaked radiation.

‪Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster - Surviving Disaster (BBC Documentary series) - Part 1‬‏ - YouTube

John P. Christodouleas, M.D., M.P.H., Robert D. Forrest, C.H.P., Christopher G. Ainsley, Ph.D., Zelig Tochner, M.D., Stephen M.

Short-Term and Long-Term Health Risks of Nuclear-Power-Plant Accidents

Long Term Effects on Humans | Effects of Nuclear Weapons | atomicarchive.com

Long after the acute effects of radiation have subsided, radiation damage continues to produce a wide range of physical problems. These effects- including leukemia, cancer, and many others- appear two, three, even ten years later. Blood Disorders According to Japanese data, there was an increase in anemia among persons exposed to the bomb.

Environmental Issues

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Green organisations

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Retrieved from: nytimes.com “Environment ministers from the eight countries whose territory includes part of the Amazon River basin — Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela — signed an agreement in Lima on March 21 to protect Amazon forest, its biodiversity and the land rights of indigenous peoples living there. “The Amazon covers 6 percent of the world’s surface, but it is home to more than half of its tropical forests and 20 percent of fresh water reserves. With an area of 7.4 million square kilometers (2.8 million square miles), it comprises 40 percent of South America’s land area.

Endangered Rainforest Animals

Jaguar , another famous Big Cat, is also threatened. It is found in the rainforests of South and Central America and southern Mexico. The main threats to jaguars are hunting and habitat loss.

Open mouth. Scientists working with the conservation group WWF have discovered 30 species of orchid previously unknown to science in the forests of Papua New Guinea. Papua New Guinea is a separate country from Indonesia, but part of the large island of New Guinea.