The 2018 Parliament of the World’s Religions was held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre (MTCC) in Toronto, Canada from 1st to 7th November 2018. The Catholic Youth Network for Environmental Sustainability in Africa (CYNESA) was represented at the Parliament by Hellen Mugo. The Parliament’s theme for 2018 was ‘The Promise of Inclusion, the Power […]
Gold mining is an activity that has been conducted for centuries across many parts of Zimbabwe due to the geological gold occurrences. Artisanal gold mining is rampant and sporadically spread out across all the provinces of Zimbabwe. This article focuses on artisanal mining in the Midlands province of Zimbabwe and is just but a glimpse […]
The United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD), celebrated its 25th anniversary in November 2018. Delegates representing 195 governments and the European Union, indigenous peoples, youth, academia, civil society organizations and faith groups, gathered in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, for the 14th Conference of the Parties to the Convention, 17th to 29th November, under the […]
La Convention sur la Diversité Biologique (CDB) est un traité international adopté lors du sommet de la Terre à Rio de Janeiro en 1992. Elle a trois buts principaux : la conservation de la biodiversité, l’utilisation durable de ses éléments et le partage juste et équitable des avantages découlant de l’exploitation des ressources génétiques. La […]