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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Genus: Urocyon
What’s Inside: Red Bull, synthetic bull spit for one. Seriously.
UN report says environmental degradation triggering tensions in Sudan
Environmental degradation is among the root causes of decades of conflict in Sudan, a new United Nations report argues, warning that the country is unlikely to see lasting peace unless it is addressed.
The UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) investigation “has shown clearly that peace and people’s livelihoods in Darfur as well as in the rest of Sudan are inextricably linked to the environmental challenge,” said Achim Steiner, the Executive Director of the agency, which carried out the Sudan Post-Conflict Assessment at the request of the new Government of National Unity and the Government of Southern Sudan.
“Just as environmental degradation can contribute to the triggering and perpetuation of conflict, the sustainable management of natural resources can provide the basis for long-term stability, sustainable livelihoods, and development.”
Mr. Steiner saw positive signs in the signing of a comprehensive peace agreement in 2005 and recent developments including the decision to deploy a joint African Union-UN peacekeeping force to Darfur, where more than 200,000 people have been killed and at least 2 million others displaced since clashes erupted in 2003 between Government forces, allied Janjaweed militias and rebel groups.
But he warned the rehabilitation of Sudan’s environment is critical to peace efforts. “Sudan’s tragedy is not just the tragedy of one country in Africa – it is a window to a wider world underlining how issues such as uncontrolled depletion of natural resources like soils and forests allied to impacts like climate change can destabilize communities, even entire nations.”
Most people have probably heard of film director Martin Scorsese (Goodfellas, After Hours, The Departed). Well he’s also a student of history and once noted that behind many of the great political and cultural movements in history is one simple thing, an empty stomach. People have and will do some desperate and sometimes despicable things to feed themselves and their families. To think for a moment about a quarter of a million people slaughtered or starved to death since 2003 while we spend about 7 billion dollars a month to occupy Iraq is to see a tragic sense of priorities.
And some other news * Wildlife officials probe fish kill along Parleys Creek
Utah wildlife officials are searching for the cause of a widespread fish kill on Parleys Creek.
The affected area stretches from Tanner Park at the mouth of Parleys Canyon to Sugarhouse Park in Salt Lake City.
* Cast Your Vote for the Worst Offender in the Corporate Hall of Shame
This week, Corporate Accountability International launched its “Corporate Hall of Shame” in an attempt to “publicly challenge corporations and expose their abuses, political influence and manipulation of public policy.”
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