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With the growing number of human beings on the planet having surpassed eight billion, the World Economic Forum stressed that "we urgently need sustainable technologies and methods to improve our current food systems and land use for agriculture".

The organization warned that we have reached the limits of our "planetary boundaries" and that the heart of the problem lies in our "dietary preferences for livestock-based foods." Biotechnology, plant-based and insect-based nutrient feeds may be the solution.

The WEF praised the FDA's decision for "paving the way for a new environmentally friendly diet." In contrast, the organization criticized the European Union (EU) approach for being too cautious. The EU limits the amount of genetically modified foods that can be imported and grown in the EU bloc.

Estados Unidos dio a conocer el martes el programa de Tecnología Crítica y Emergente (iCET), una iniciativa acordada conjuntamente con India para desarrollar sistemas de armamento de última generación, incluidos motores a reacción y redes de fabricación de semiconductores de apoyo.

El acuerdo entre EEUU. e India puede permitir a Washington ayudar a reducir la dependencia india de las armas rusas y asegurarse una nueva base de producción para el desarrollo de armamento destinado a China. Con ello, puede facilitar sus esfuerzos para mejorar la cooperación en materia de seguridad entre los socios de la Quad.

También se interpreta que Washington pretende formar expertos en semiconductores en India, ya que existe una creciente preocupación por la escasez de mano de obra debido a la Ley CHIPS y de Ciencia. The Wall Street Journal analizó que Washington quiere ayudar a India a sustituir a China en las cadenas de suministro mundiales.

A recent report by the Center for Climate and Resilience Science (CR2) (2020) shows the increased danger of exotic monoculture tree plantations for the spread of forest fires.

Chile is again shaken by a wave of fires in the center and south of the country. As of February 6, the National Disaster Prevention and Response Service reported a total of 280 fires, 69 of which were still burning and out of control. The area devastated by fire was equivalent to nearly 300,000 hectares. There were 26 fatalities.

As “El Ciudadano” points out in an article written in the context of the forest fires of the summer of 2017, there is scientific evidence that exotic monocultures severely affect waters and are highly flammable, much more so than natural forests. Despite this, forestry companies developed harmful practices, such as the substitution of native forest for their monoculture plantations.