Environmental Protection Archives

Neem – A Natural Safeguard for the Environment

September 12, 2021

Over the past century the scientific community have documented dramatic shifts in global temperatures, the rise of extreme weather patterns and the on-going deterioration of our ozone. Most recently, they have identified a clear signal of urbanization in the evolution of organisms. This is being interpreted as clear evidence of mankind’s influence on the planet,… read more »

The Neem Revolution in Cuba

August 1, 2023

Forced to turn towards sustainable farming for self-sufficiency, Cuba has ensured a safe, nutritional and environmentally friendly food system that is the subject of envy to many around the world. The collapse of the Soviet Union in the late 1990s completely destroyed Cuba’s ability to feed itself. Within a year the country had lost 80%… read more »

What Does the Future Hold for Neem?

January 17, 2023

The neem tree’s versatility is driving the incursion of this fast growing crop in new and diverse industries. Owing to its more than 200 bioactive compounds the neem is showing promise in providing safe, natural solutions to a wide range of issues across the board, thus reaffirming its status as the UN’s ‘Tree of the… read more »

Our Need to Solve the Energy Challenge

January 19, 2023

The global transition to clean, renewable energy is well underway with remarkable breakthroughs in sustainable energy production occurring every day. Wind power capacity has grown more than 20% every year over the last decade, the price of solar power has declined by 99% since 1972 and over 70 governments around the world have now introduced… read more »

A Paradigm Shift in Agriculture

October 17, 2022

The underlying fundamentals for agribusiness remain unchanged – an expanding global population, a drastic shift towards protein-intensive diets in emerging economies and the increasing popularity of healthy food produced in a resource-efficient way. After almost a decade of impressive growth, with soaring prices and rising demand for food-based commodities around the world, agribusiness and… read more »

The Power of Planting Trees

October 24, 2022

We are now living in a world where the increasing amount of scientific evidence proving the existence of climate change is being overshadowed by the drastic effects that can be seen even in our immediate environment. From catastrophic droughts in the United States to flooding and snowfall in South Africa, extreme weather patterns are becoming… read more »