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A global network of nonprofit groups advocating for stronger regulation underscored the need for a plastic treaty.
Scientists urge global food system overhaul to avert farmland crisis
Their plan would ‘bend the curve’ of land degradation by reducing food waste and restoring half of degraded lands.