They are back. Africa, Middle East, Pakistan, India¼ the rampaging swarms are laying waste to crops and vegetation across large swathes of land in the Global South. This time, they are invading our cities as well. Join us along with international experts in deciphering the climate change linkages and other factors behind this new peril, even as nations continue their struggle against virulent viruses and cataclysmic cyclones. |
You can access Down To Earth's coverage of the locust crisis here: www.downtoearth.org.in For more details Souparno Banerjee, The CSE Media Resource Centre, souparno@cseindia.org, 99108 64339 |
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Locusts, cyclones in the time of COVID-19: the climate impacts will not wait By: Sunita Narain, Director General, CSE |
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Upsurge overview 2018–2020 By: Keith Cressman |
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SUNITA NARAIN director general, CSE, New Delhi |
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SHAGUN KAPIL senior reporter, Down To Earth, New Delhi, India |
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KEITH CRESSMAN senior desert locust officer, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Rome |
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RICHARD MARK MBARAM technical advisor to the minister of agriculture, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Nigeria |
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