World migration report 2024
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched the World Migration Report 2024, which reveals significant shifts in global migration patterns, including a record number of displaced people
Migration
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Spam in fishing net
Kalawati Eknath Mangela and Parvati Bai Somna do not consider themselves fisherwomen any mo re. Every time they cast nets in the Arabian Sea, off the Tadgam beach in Valsad district of Gujarat, all they catch is garbage.
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Pests ruin paddy on 89,000 ha
DROUGHT conditions triggered a pest attack in 12 paddy growing districts of Orissa. The swarming caterpillars (Spodoptera mauritia) ruined crops on 89,000 hectares (ha) of the four million ha under paddy cultivation in the state. Sambalpur district was the worst affected; paddy crops on nearly 33,000 ha were destroyed by the pest, called leda poka in Orissa. In Malkangiri district,
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Rising sea levels hit: Bangladesh livelihoods
Over his 45 years, Siddique Ur-Rahman, a Bangladeshi rice farmer, has watched as his world has been gradually swallowed by water.
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Flying Transformers: Birds Gear Up for Migration
As days grow shorter, millions of birds across North America prepare for one of nature's great events: the autumn migration to warm winter climes. Many species fly for thousands of miles, often without stopping.
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Factories and villages
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Water-related migration, changing land use and human settlements
This publication, prepared by the United Nations University and the UN-Water Decade Programme on Capacity Development, focuses on one of the themes from the World Water Forum held in Istanbul, Turkey, from 17-18 March 2009: it aims to contribute to the understanding of rural to rural, rural to urban and cross-border migration in the face of water scarcity.
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Migration and urban poverty in India: some preliminary observations
Decision to Migrate is mostly a choice - except in compelling
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Human development report 2009: overcoming barriers - human mobility and development
Migration, both within and beyond borders, has become an increasingly prominent theme in domestic and international debates, and is the topic of the 2009 Human Development Report (HDR09). The starting point is that the global distribution of capabilities is extraordinarily unequal, and that this is a major driver for movement of people.
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Monitoring disaster displacement in the context of climate change
Climate change is already increasing the frequency and intensity of natural hazards, and the numbers of natural disasters reported and people affected are rising. However, data on disaster-related displacement has not been consistently collected or analysed. This report presents the results of a study carried out by IDMC and OCHA earlier this year.
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The challenges of climigration
According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the mean temperature of the atmosphere will continue to rise by up to several degrees centigrade by the end of the century. The implications for humankind and the environment will be dramatic.