Environmental pollution disproportionately impacts Indigenous peoples because it contaminates foods and resources they depend on ultimately affecting health of not only individuals but a whole culture. Point source examples include contamination of rivers, lakes, and groundwater by industrial pollutants, ...
Cases such as the Manchester mobbing in January 2008 comes to mind complete with photos I took of the victim when I took the report, the lesbian picketing matter in St Catherine some years ago also has photos, the stabbing incident of a transman in Half Way Tree in full view of persons ...
This Chapter gathers together the information related to human health problems that have already been presented in preceding Chapters. It gives the opportunity to present in the study a general portrait of Canadian Public Health problems related to water issues. The main health problems associated with...
LAND RIGHTS ISSUES AFFECTING THE INDIGENOUS OF SARAWAK. Prepared by Panggau Malaysia. Presented by Ahmad Awang Ali. Introduction Respect for land rights is essential to sustainable development. Land is central to people’s identity, livelihood and food security. International standards and frameworks ar...
How climate change anxiety is affecting mental health. The impact of remote work on mental health. Post-pandemic mental health challenges. Substance abuse as a mental health issue. There is a need for more mental health education in schools. ...
In other words, there is quite a diversity among cancer victims ranging from the nature, type, and location of cancer to their personal physical and non-physical attributes – all affecting the duration of survival after this dire diagnosis. Unfortunately, the main conventional treatments to cure ...
46 The EPC is assigned the responsibility to assist developing States whose land-based mining economies are adversely affected by DSM, including reviewing trends and factors affecting supply, demand and process of minerals derived from the Area, developing a system of compensation for affected ...
All through Latin America, China and Asia, massive industrialization is affecting the balance between humans and nature in rural communities. Water use is being diverted from agriculture to industry, and huge corporate factories are moving up the rivers of the Third World, drinking them dry as the...
Sustainable economic growth, as envisaged in Vision 2025, means that developing indigenous energy resources (like hydro and alternative energy) is imperative [76]. To this end, the government is committed to adding 25,000 MW power (mainly hydropower) to national capacity by 2025 to ensure ...
The environmental theme also presented key differences around the discussion of co-benefits (not mentioned by the climate change group), while the CCS group did not mention any sub-themes around biodiversity, ecosystem services or agricultural production affecting food security (although this may have...