Campaign group puts more pressure on JBS and Cargill to address deforestation The rapid clearance of forests and native vegetation to produce soy and beef for meat consumption continues, complains a new report from Mighty Earth.
That’s despite commitments for a decade from supermarkets and consumer goods companies to end deforestation associated with their supply chains, the campaign group said.
Figures from the Brazilian space institute INPE in November 2020 showed that at least 11,088 square-kilometres of rainforest in the Amazon was razed from August 2019 to July 2020 alone – the highest annual figure for more than a decade, said Mighty Earth.
It has just launched a Soy & Cattle Deforestation Tracker, a monitoring system that links mega–farms responsible for large-scale deforestation and land clearance in the Brazilian Amazon and Cerrado to major soy traders and meatpackers.
The Indian government is making all efforts to support and promote the development of Covid-19 vaccine, however, there is a need to strengthen cold chain logistics and remove vaccine hesitancy, experts said on Wednesday.
Currently in India, there are more than 30 groups both from academia and industry, which are actively involved in developing COVID-19 vaccines.
There are six vaccine candidates in various stages of clinical trials, out of which four are developed indigenously, said Asha Sharma, scientist and adviser of Department of Biotechnology.
“The government is facilitating capacity enhancement to strengthen the ecosystem across the country to promote and support vaccine development,” she said while participating in the discussion on ‘Economics and Logistics of a Vaccine Response’ at the CII Partnership Summit 2020.
NEW DEHI: The government is making all efforts to support and promote development of vaccine for Covid-19, but there is a need to strengthen cold chain logistics and remove vaccine hesitancy, experts said on Wednesday.
Currently in India, there are more than 30 groups both from academia and industry, which are actively involved in development of Covid-19 vaccines.
There are six vaccine candidates in various stages of clinical trials, out of which four are developed indigenously, Department of Biotechnology Scientist and Adviser Asha Sharma said. The government is facilitating the capacity enhancement for strengthening the ecosystem across the country to promote and support vaccine development, she said while participating in the discussion on Economics and Logistics of a Vaccine Response at the CII Partnership Summit 2020.
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Govt Making All Efforts for Covid-19 Vaccine; Cold Chain Logistics Needs to Be Strengthened
A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a Vaccine COVID-19 sticker and a medical syringe. (REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo)
There are six vaccine candidates in various stages of clinical trials, out of which four are developed indigenously, Department of Biotechnology Scientist and Adviser Asha Sharma said.
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The government is making all efforts to support and promote development of vaccine for COVID-19, but there is a need to strengthen cold chain logistics and remove vaccine hesitancy, experts said on Wednesday. Currently in India, there are more than 30 groups both from academia and industry, which are actively involved in development of COVID-19 vaccines.
Cold chain logistics needs to be strengthened for COVID-19 vaccines: Experts
Currently in India, there are more than 30 groups both from academia and industry, which are actively involved in development of COVID-19 vaccines.
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NEW DELHI: The government is making all efforts to support and promote development of vaccine for COVID-19, but there is a need to strengthen cold chain logistics and remove vaccine hesitancy, experts said on Wednesday.
Currently in India, there are more than 30 groups both from academia and industry, which are actively involved in development of COVID-19 vaccines.
There are six vaccine candidates in various stages of clinical trials, out of which four are developed indigenously, Department of Biotechnology Scientist and Adviser Asha Sharma said.