Tag: environmental health
International Pest Control – September/October 2023 – Vol 65, Nr.5
“In a world of plenty, it is outrageous that people continue to suffer and die from hunger. Starving food systems of investment means, quite literally, starving people.” UN Secretary General António Guterres’ words, opening the UN Food Systems Summit. In September 2015 the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) were adopted and December 2015 saw the […]
International Pest Control – July/August 2023 – Vol 65, Nr.4
At a time when many parts of Europe and North America are “boiling” or burning, other parts of the world are submerged under water and the Atlantic to the west of Ireland is suffering a Marine Heatwave classified by NOAA as Category 5 (‘Beyond Extreme’) with sea surface temperatures as high as 4-5°C above average, […]
International Pest Control – January/February 2021 – Vol 63, Nr.1
2021, whatever happened to 2020? A quick look at our events calendar suggests that this year will be another year of virtual events with few chances to get together until autumn at the earliest. This issue kicks off with a look at the highly rated CABI compendium of Invasive Species before moving on to consider […]
