5 Most interesting articles
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- POACHING of AFRICAN ELEPHANTS.
- Occurs due to the desperate need for ivory (which elephant tusks are made from).
- Used to make jewellery+ musical instruments.
- Reports from ETIS and MIKE: poaching is reducing (from 2006) - but not enough to allow elephant pop. to recover.
- These two organisations both attempt to halt this progression of poaching, to keep them from extinction.
- ETIS: highest levels of illegal ivory trade: 2012-13.
- MIKE: Peaked levels of ivory trade in 2011 have been halted.
- Tens of thousands of elephantshave been killed from 2010-15.
- South Afirca - only country where illegal killings have not exceeded natural deaths (due to MIKE monitoring).
- Gov. continue to prevent poaching happening.
- Occurs due to the desperate need for ivory (which elephant tusks are made from).
- MANGROVE ECOSYSTEMS
- Have been highlighted as v. important
- Providing protection for coastlines/ forestry/ fishery goods/ food security/ reducing the severity of climate change.
- The UN wants to protect them from rising sea levels and biomass to help those living in the area use their positives.
- The INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE CONSERVATION OF THE MANGROVE ECOSYSTEM highlights its importance.
- UNESCO’s World Network of Biosphere Reserves has 86 sites out of 669 that include areas of mangroves. Many are in developing countries and Small Island Developing States
- Have been highlighted as v. important
- CHOLERA
- Its thought the UN had a responsibility to support those victims of cholera and overcoming their illness.
- the UN has been called to compensate those victims.
- the UN now needs to build suitable sanitation systems .
- the no. of cases since 2011 have now reduced by 90%.
- Cholera has affected an estimated 780,000 people and killed over 9,100 people.
- Its thought the UN had a responsibility to support those victims of cholera and overcoming their illness.
- Global food prices rise in June
- Global food commodities rose by 4.2% in June.
- Sugar prices-rose the most because of lots of rain in Brazil.
- meanwhile meat pricesonly rose by 2.4%.
- its estimated 1,316.4million tonnes of whoa will be produced this year.
- 'Temperature in Kuwait hits 54 celcius - sets possible record'
- Highest temp in the area is recorded in Mitrabah, Kuwait.
- the hottest temperature in Asia/ Eastern region.
- The hottest temperature in the world was recorded in 1913 in Death Valley.
- NAtional temperature averages rise lately - India had their highest temperature rise recorded to 51 celcius in Rajasthan (May).
- Highest temp in the area is recorded in Mitrabah, Kuwait.
- POACHING of AFRICAN ELEPHANTS.
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