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Survival International statement on Yanomami health emergency: a genocide foretold

April 1, 2023

Survival International statement on Yanomami health emergency: a genocide foretold

Desperately malnourished Yanomami children, Surucucus region. © URIHI – Associação Yanomami

Organization calls for six-point plan to address crisis

“The unprecedented and catastrophic health crisis engulfing the Yanomami people in northern Brazil is a genocide that’s been years in the making” said the head of Survival Brasil Sarah Shenker today.

“Former President Bolsonaro deliberately opened the gates to the territory and encouraged thousands of gold miners to flood in. He dismantled the Indigenous health service; cheered on the miners invading Indigenous territories; and ignored the desperate pleas for action from Indigenous organizations, Survival and many others when the scale of the crisis became clear.

“The miners – the diseases they’ve brought in, the mercury they’ve poisoned the rivers and people with, the forests they’ve destroyed and the violence they’ve unleashed – are the clear and obvious cause of this disaster.

“The results are well documented: 570

Valley Food Storage’s New Emergency Preparedness ‘Bug Out Bag’ Ticks the Five C’s of Survival

March 26, 2023

AKRON, Ohio, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Valley Food Storage announced today the release of the company’s new Bug Out Bag, packed with the emergency preparedness items you need to protect your family at home or on the go. Valley Food Storage offers storage-ready packaged food items that are made from clean and simple ingredients, and free from additives and fillers. The Valley Food Storage Bug Out Bag is packaged in the U.S. and can be stored in the kit’s conveniently sized VFS Dry Bag in your home, car, or office for use in response to unexpected emergencies.

Valley Food Storage Bug Out Bag with survival gear, critical tools to respond to an emergency, and nonperishable food and water resources.

Valley Food Storage’s new 15-piece emergency food, water, and shelter survival kit is on sale for 25% off for a limited time. As natural disasters and other emergencies impact

Chatham EMS response times an emergency for Savannah GA region

March 23, 2023

Motorists know when they see a speeding ambulance in the rearview mirror to get out of the way.

Seconds count in a medical emergency. The sooner the ambulance reaches the scene or gets the person in the back of the ambulance to the hospital, the better the patient’s chances of survival or of avoiding serious injury.

Yet in Chatham County, EMS is currently in a constant state of emergency. Ambulance response times have steadily increased since 2020, reaching an average of 17 minutes, 30 seconds as of December 2022. Even those in dire need ― life-threatening emergencies ― are waiting 15 minutes for an ambulance to arrive.

This trend concerns local and state government officials. Meanwhile, the local EMS provider, a privately held nonprofit known as Chatham Emergency Services, is facing a bevy of challenges, including:

∙ A spike in service calls, including a growing number that officials label 911

California declares state of emergency as subtropical storm moves over state | California

March 15, 2023 sNawaWebs.ADV

An impending atmospheric river and rapidly melting snow has put communities across California on high alert for flash flooding, mudslides and rockslides as the subtropical storm surge moves over the state. Rivers and streams could also quickly rise beyond capacity and breach, the National Weather Service warned. Overall, some 16 million people are under flood watch warnings.

The state’s governor, Gavin Newsom, has declared a state of emergency for 21 counties, including some mountain communities still digging themselves out from the snow. “The state is working around the clock with local partners to deploy life-saving equipment and first responders to communities across California,” Newsom said on Wednesday evening. “With more dangerous storms on the horizon, we’ll continue to mobilise every available resource to protect Californians.”

This week’s storm is the latest in a string of extreme weather events that have battered the western US in recent weeks. At least 13

DWR implements emergency statewide restrictions for shed antler hunting to help protect wintering big game in Utah

March 12, 2023 sNawaWebs.ADV

Salt Lake City — The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources announced a statewide emergency closure to “shed hunting” Tuesday in an effort to help wintering big game, particularly deer populations.

DWR implements emergency statewide restrictions for shed antler hunting to help protect wintering big game in Utah

The antler gathering restrictions are effective Feb. 7 through April 30, 2023 across Utah — including on both private and public lands.

DWR biologists have been monitoring the condition of the deer — as well as snow depths and winter temperatures — across Utah since early December. These monitoring efforts include body condition and health assessments conducted during the big game captures that take place each December. Biologists measure and record overall deer condition, body fat levels and fawn weights of the animals going into winter. Biologists also place GPS collars on deer to monitor animal migrations and survival.

Data from these monitoring efforts and GPS tracking show that the extreme cold and increased snowpack across the state are starting