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Jesús Ortiz
Biologist and president of the Association for the Conservation of Natural Ecosystems (CEN)
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Every day is biodiversity day. Live it!
"Every day we lose around 150 species. It is easy to become alienated when the problem emerges thousands of kilometers away, but it also affects us close to home and, ultimately, we are talking about the same planet. We are all complicit"
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The Covid-19 pandemic exposed wage and severance theft in the garment industry, leaving thousands of workers unpaid. Major brands, including Adidas, refuse to take responsibility, despite owing millions. A coalition of labor rights groups proposes a Severance Guarantee Fund to protect workers. Without urgent action, future crises will leave workers just as vulnerable.
Every 12 minutes, a girl dies as a direct result of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C). That’s 5 girls in an hour, 120 girls a day, 44,320 girls every year. These are not just numbers—they represent real lives, dreams and futures lost to a practice without a medical purpose.
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