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Description: "From generation to generation, the local people of Mergui -Tavoy District –commonly known as Paw Klo Area, Tanintharyi Region – have been drinking an herbal tea made of local roots which they believe gives them good health and energy. The local people refer to these herbal roots not as plants, but as healers. This traditional herbal tea includes 30 to 100 varieties of medicinal roots. Hence, traditionally this medicine is drunk in the forest. To preserve these herbal plants, they look after the forests, but face significant challenges in their forest protection efforts. This short film features the richness of medicinal plants in Paw Klo’s Forests, the unique wisdom of its Indigenous herbalists, the efforts of the local community to preserve their herbal forests, and the threats they face. Please see the film for more details..."
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Source/publisher: Karen Environmental and Social Action Network (KESAN)
2019-07011
Date of entry/update: 2019-07-15
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Description: "The Lancet Countdown: tracking progress on health and climate change was established to provide an independent, global monitoring system dedicated to tracking the health dimensions of the impacts of, and the response to, climate change. The Lancet Countdown tracks 41 indicators across five domains: climate change impacts, exposures, and vulnerability; adaptation, planning, and resilience for health; mitigation actions and health co-benefits; finance and economics; and public and political engagement."
Creator/author: Nick Watts, MA Markus Amann, PhD Prof Nigel Arnell, PhD Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson, PhD Kristine Belesova, PhD Prof Helen Berry, PhD et al
Source/publisher: "The Lancet"
2018-11-28
Date of entry/update: 2018-12-14
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Description: "In this Karen language booklet, there are three main sections. The first section, from chapter 1 through 3, explains the cement production process, and the second section, from chapters 4 through 7, discusses its potential impacts on the environment, health, and society. The last section, from chapters 8 through 11, provides information about minimization of negative impacts including international standards and principles, effective strategies to help local communities engage with cement companies and influence decision making processes, and a case study from Karen State. A glossary is included at the end of the booklet for easy reference of technical terms ..."
Source/publisher: KESAN
2016-04-02
Date of entry/update: 2018-10-29
Grouping: Individual Documents
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Format : pdf
Size: 2.53 MB
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Description: Summary: ?Covers topics: community mobilization; water source protection, purification and borne diseases; sanitation; mosquito-borne diseases; deforestation and reforestation; farming; pesticides and toxics; solid waste and health care waste; harm from mining and oil extraction. Includes group activities and appropriate technology instructions.”..."...It is clear what it means to improve the health of a child or of a family. But how do you improve the health of the environment? When we talk about environmental health, we mean the way our health is affected by the world around us, and also how our activities affect the health of the world around us. If our food, water, and air are contaminated, they can make us sick. If we are not careful about how we use the air, water, and land, we can make ourselves and the world around us sick. By protecting our environment, we protect our health. Improving environmental health often begins when people notice that a health problem is affecting not just one person or group, but is a problem for the whole community. When a problem is shared, people are more likely to work together to bring about change..."...Includes bibliographical references and index.
Creator/author: Jeff Conant, Pam Fadem
Source/publisher: Hesperian Health Guides
2008-00-00
Date of entry/update: 2011-12-22
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : pdf
Size: 7.96 MB
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