1st we head to the amazon where the brazilian Forestry Commission is putting up a fight against a powerful timber lobby. Ever heard of flying rivers this is the movement of large quantities of water vapor released into the atmosphere by the amazon rain forest which causes precipitation across south america and is key to the health of our climate a single tree with a crown diameter of say 10 metres releases up to 300 liters of water in the form of vapor into the atmosphere every day on a sunny day the same tree will absorb up to 10000 liters of c o 2 and transform it into oxygen the amazon rain forest is home to tens of thousands of plant and animal species as well as 320. 00 Indigenous Peoples but for how much longer logging is on the rise in 2019 twice. As much timber was felt in in 2019 and since the coronavirus pandemic began illegal loggers have become increasingly briefless. It doesnt just look like a war it is one and its largely taking place under the cover of the dense amazon r
A fight against a powerful timber lobby. Ever heard of flying rivers this is the movement of large quantities of water vapor released into the atmosphere by the amazon rain forest which causes precipitation across south america and is key to the health of our climate a single tree with a crown diameter of say 10 metres releases up to 300 liters of water in the form of vapor into the atmosphere every day on a sunny day the same tree will absorb up to 10000 liters of c o 2 and transform it into oxygen the amazon rain forest is home to tens of thousands of plant and animal species as well as 320. 00 Indigenous Peoples but for how much longer logging is on the rise in 2019 twice as much timber was felled than in 2018 and since the coronavirus pandemic began. Eagle locusts have become increasingly briefless. It doesnt just look like a war it is one and its largely taking place under the cover of the dense amazon rain forest these images show one of the brazilian forestry of artes current co
Than face the possibility of an armed protest and Death Threats against democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer yes the armed protesters who made headlines back in early may for their want to be red dawn wolverines style approach to 21st century white right wing activism right in the state of michigans elected officials so deeply that they decided to stay at home rather than legislate thus preventing every taxpaying resident of the state of michigan a smoothly functioning government in a time of crisis all because they were asked to stay indoors during a pandemic seems the taliban really only cares about their own rights and nobody elses meanwhile way down in the great state of texas there is another protest involving weapons taking place but in this one the protesters are unarmed and are actually calling for safety. Over selfishness a key legacy of the intercept reports that workers of lockheed martins plant in Fort Worth Texas have protested the reopening of their personal the saying th
Michigan has closed down its capital and canceled its legislative session rather than face the possibility of an armed protest and Death Threats against democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer yes the armed protesters who made headlines back in early may for their want to be red dawn wolverines style approach to 21st century white right wing activism have right in the state of michigans elected officials so deeply that they decided to stay at home rather than legislate thus preventing every taxpaying resident of the state of michigan a smoothly functioning government in a time of crisis all because they were asked to stay indoors during a pandemic seems the moderate taliban really only cares about their own rights and nobody elses meanwhile way down in the great state of texas there is another protest involving weapons taking place but in this one the protest. Are unarmed and are actually calling for safety over selfishness a key alessi of the intercept reports that workers at lockheed ma
But 1st we consider the future of globalization past the kovac 19 pandemic force is a major everything. And unbridled quest for profit and untamed consumerism characterized much of the worlds economy. d that is until the coronavirus hits. See it is cinemas and bonus was shouted cities resembled ghost Towns National borders of a closed fleets of planes grounded travel as good as ceased millions around the world may see their livelihoods destroyed as usual people in poverty benefited the least from globalization of the hardest hit will the shock of the pandemic realigned priorities or will we pick up where we left off. These Old Fashioned globes in the berlin bookstore evoke a time before our planet was plunged into its Current Crisis a crisis that could well change our world in many ways. What might this mean for globalisation in cross continental cooperation. Weve asked for people for whom globalization and its discontents are major themes of their work globalization is not to blame fo