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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

Outsourced – Haiku 2024 #Moonwashed Weekly Prompt – Suzette B’s Blog

Image credit: Christo Anestev | Pixabay

outsourced sunbeams

new beginnings mile markers

oceans apart blend

Source: Outsourced – Haiku 2024 #Moonwashed Weekly Prompt – Suzette B’s Blog

National Youth Day – Kaushal Kishore

 

Today marks National Youth Day, observed on January 12th since 1985 to honor the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda (1863–1902), an eminent Indian Hindu monk, philosopher, and spiritual leader.

Renowned for his impactful address at the 1893 World’s Parliament of Religions in the US, he introduced Hinduism to America and advocated for religious tolerance, urging an end to fanaticism.

Source: National Youth Day – Kaushal Kishore

An endangered river dolphin finds an unlikely savior: fisherfolk – Stigmatis

By Diaa Hadid

MOHAMMAD ALAM MIRANI VILLAGE, Pakistan – An unlikely citizen scientist is helping to save an endangered dolphin that lives in Pakistan’s Indus River. He’s a fisherman who cannot read or write.

A dolphin swims along the Indus river in the southern Pakistani city of Sukkur. Local legend has it that Pakistan’s Indus River dolphin was once a woman, transformed by a curse from a holy man angry that she forgot to feed him one day. This endangered species is seeing numbers revive, with fisherfolk playing a role as citizen-scientists. Rizwan Tabassum AFP via Getty Images

Using his battered mobile, Sikander Ali calls a Pakistan representative of the World Wildlife Fund for Nature whenever he sees a river dolphin, which he says is happening more often.

Source: An endangered river dolphin finds an unlikely savior: fisherfolk – Stigmatis

U.S. mining companies leave lasting trail of contamination across Peru – Stigmatis News

  • Mines operated by U.S. companies in Peru have for decades caused pollution that has affected local communities and ecosystems.
  • In the Tacna and Moquegua regions, Southern Copper dumped 785 million metric tons of mining waste in Ite Bay, damaging a critical fishing area.
  • In Arequipa, a surge in output at Freeport-McMoRan’s Cerro Verde copper mine has been accompanied by dozens of fines, mostly for dust in the air that has sickened nearby communities.
  • Dust is also a persistent problem at The Mosaic Company’s Miski Mayo phosphate mine, where it’s been blamed for killing off livestock pasture and native carob trees…

Source: U.S. mining companies leave lasting trail of contamination across Peru – Stigmatis News