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and Soka Gakkai International in Consultative Status with ECOSOC

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Australia: Veteran Environmental Campaigners Gear Up for a New Battle

 By Kalinga Seneviratne

This article is the 45th in a series of joint productions of Lotus News Features and IDN-InDepthNews, flagship agency of the Non-profit International Press Syndicate. Click here for previous reports.

CHANNON (IDN) – In the late 1970s, they were breastfeeding youthful mothers seen on national television blocking the path of bulldozers sent in to fell timber forests in Terania Creek close by. Today they are grandmothers still living in this pristine rain forest area gearing up for possibly another epic battle, with the same passion, to stop the local council and developers building a dam here and flooding precious rainforests and sacred Aboriginal sites.…

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｜オーストラリア｜環境活動家らが作った市場、４０年を経てもなお盛ん

【チャノンIDN＝カリンガ・セネビラトネ】

西側諸国でヒッピー運動が盛り上がっていた１９７６年、風光明媚なこの昔ながらの農村は、伐採業者と環境活動家らとの激しい闘いの場であった。環境活動家たちは、近くにあるテラニア川沿いの熱帯雨林の伐採を阻止するために、オーストラリア全土から集まっていたのだった。これがこの国での初めての活動家らによる直接行動と言えるものであった。

環境活動家たちの多くは安価な農地を手に入れてその場に住みつく決意をした。「土地へ帰れ」という理念をもったコミュニティを立ち上げたのである。…

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Morocco’s Multiculturalism Fosters Sustainable Development

Viewpoint by Dr Yossef Ben-Meir

The writer is President of the High Atlas Foundation in Marrakech, Morocco.

MARRAKECH (IDN) – One ought not to doubt the Kingdom of Morocco’s abiding sincerity in its commitment to the principles of multiculturalism and to the diverse identities that constitute this Islamic nation. This embracing on the part of the government and the general public is a real, constant, and codified one, even synonymous with what it means today to be a Moroccan. However, the lived pluralistic experiences of the people must take new forms with every generation, and its translation into advancing development is now the nation’s foresighted call.…

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A Global Summit Calls for Transition to the Bioeconomy

By Rita Joshi

BERLIN (IDN) – Global environmental threats, the opportunities brought by new sciences, and the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic call for the transition to the bioeconomy, says the communiqué emerging from the Global Bioeconomy Summit 2020 organised by the International Advisory Council on Global Bioeconomy (IACGB) composed of about forty high-level policy experts and drivers of the bioeconomy in all hemispheres. The transition is “more critical than ever before”. (P23) FRENCH | JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF
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Un sommet mondial appelle à la transition vers la bioéconomie

Par Rita Joshi

BERLIN (IDN) – Les menaces environnementales mondiales, les opportunités offertes par les nouvelles sciences et les conséquences de la pandémie de COVID-19 appellent à une transition vers la bioéconomie, selon le communiqué publié à l’issu du Sommet mondial de la bioéconomie 2020 organisé par le Conseil consultatif international sur la bioéconomie mondiale (IACGB) composé d’une quarantaine d’experts politiques de haut niveau et de moteurs de la bioéconomie dans tous les hémisphères. La transition est « plus cruciale que jamais ».…

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COVID-19 and Lessons from Traditional Chinese Medicine

Viewpoint by Jayasri Priyalal*

SINGAPORE (IDN) – They are fighting an invisible enemy taking a warpath. Many countries grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic interpret the situation like a war. Frontline heroes are found in battlefield scenarios.

These heroes come from different professions, medical and healthcare workers being the binding force, the rest including, security, transport, postal logistic, financial service providers, and employees attached to retail industries etc. Aside from them, many unsung heroes are working in hospitals, morgues, in burial grounds and the health and sanitary service providers who provide an invaluable essential service to keep the communities together. (P22) CHINESE | JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF
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COVID-19与传统中医学可借鉴之处

观点来自：Jayasri Priyalal*

新加坡（IDN）– 他们正在与一个无形的敌人作战。许多国家在应对COVID-19大流行病时，把这种局势理解为一场战争。前线英雄在战场场景中出现。

这些英雄来自不同的行业，医疗保健工作者是基本的力量，其他人包括保安、运输、邮政物流、金融服务提供商、零售业员工等。除此之外，还有许多无名英雄在医院、太平间、墓地工作，健康和卫生服务提供者提供了宝贵的必需服务，使社区保持团结。

他们在履行职责时所承担的巨大风险往往被低估了，例如他们的健康以及其家人所面临的健康和安全风险。不幸的是，所有这些提供必需服务的无名英雄均处于金字塔的最底层，缺乏其他人所享有的基本权利。…

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COVID-19 Shatters Hopes for Industrial Advance in Africa

But the Next Decade Might Trigger the Change Needed

Viewpoint by Jenny Larsen*

VIENNA (IDN) – Industrial development in Africa has been sluggish for some decades. Now, as the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic kick in, hopes for better progress, at least in the short term, appear to be fading. But if countries grasp the right opportunities, the next decade can deliver the industrial change needed to meet the challenges ahead.…

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Avusturalya: Çevreci Pazar 40 Yıldır Gücünü Koruyor

Kalinga Seneviratne’nin kaleminden

CHANNON (IDN) – 1976 yılında Batı’da hippi hareketi zirve noktasındayken bu güzelim manzaralı yerde çiftçilikle geçinen bu geleneksel köy, yakınlardaki Terania Nehri’nin etrafında yer alan yağmur ormanlarındaki ağaçların kesilmesine engel olmak amacıyla Avustralya’nın diğer ucundan gelmiş ağaç kesiciler ve çevreciler arasında bir savaşa sahne olmuştu. Bu, Avusturalya’daki direkt eylem içerikli ilk protestoydu.
Çevrecilerin birçoğu bölgede yerleşmeye karar verip ucuza tarım arazileri almış ve “Doğaya Dönüş”felsefesine dayalı komünler kurmuş.
“Buraya eşimle birlikte kendi kendine yeten fakir bir hayat yaşamak üzere 1970’lerde taşındık.…

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New Report Sparks Anxiety About COVID-19 Wrecking UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda

By Ramesh Jaura

BERLIN | GENEVA (IDN) – UNCTAD Secretary-General Mukhisa Kituyi has stressed the need to address the frailties of globalization that led to the rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and its uneven economic impacts, gravely wounding the world economy with serious consequences for everyone. He hopes that the situation would prove to be ‘course-altering’ and a catalyst for change. “We need to reshape global production networks and reset multilateral cooperation for the better,” he says.…

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