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"Exclusive: Insects could vanish within a century at current rate of decline, says global review The world's insects are hurtling down the path to extinction, threatening a "catastrophic collapse of nature's ecosystems", according to the first global scientific review. More than 40% of insect species are declining and a third are endangered, the analysis found. The rate of extinction is eight times faster than that of mammals, birds and reptiles. The total mass of insects is falling by a precipitous 2.5% a year, according to the best data available, suggesting they could vanish within a century."

"Last year I went to West Kalimantan in Borneo to see for myself the effects of the runaway growth of the palm oil industry. I came home firm in the belief that Iceland would not continue using palm oil until companies delivered on their zero deforestation commitments. This is because palm oil has had devastating consequences for local communities, who are being displaced, and on endangered species like the orangutan (our closest relative in the wild), which are being driven close to extinction. Palm oil has many benefits, chiefly that its yields are better than the alternatives. But it is grown almost exclusively in areas of tropical rainforest, which are the 'crown jewels' of our planet's biodiversity. With 146 football pitches of rainforest being lost every hour in Indonesia alone, the urgency of the crisis cannot be overstated. And global demand is set to double by 2050. At Iceland the 1,000 tonnes of palm oil we used annually pale into insignificance compared to many of our competitors. As such a tiny player we took the decision that the only way we could create meaningful change was to shout very loudly from outside the established palm oil industry. So we decided simply to stop using palm oil until the industry cleaned up its act. It was our own decision to give consumers a choice where previously there was none. We never called for a wider industry ban, and accept entirely that a wholesale boycott of palm oil is not the right long term solution. ..."

"Objetivos: Al final de la sesión, el alumnado: Será consciente de que la pobreza y la exclusión social son generadas por nuestro modelo social: las crisis generan un aumento de las personas en esta situación y en los períodos de bonanza sigue habiendo grandes bolsas de población que se mantienen bajo los umbrales de la pobreza y la exclusión social. Se sensibilizará sobre que uno de los mayores problemas al que nos enfrentamos es el de la mercantilización de los mecanismos de protección social. Profundizará en la progresiva debilidad del empleo como mecanismo de integración social. Conocerá que la falta de inversión social afecta directamente al ejercicio de los derechos que la ciudadanía ha conquistado con gran esfuerzo a lo largo de muchos años. Valorará que la única posibilidad de mantener una cierta redistribución de la riqueza consiste en el fortalecimiento de los valores cívicos. Temporalización: 1-1'5 h. por vídeo."

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