Environmental groups have slammed a Hong Kong government plan for a high-tech urban development despite warnings it will destroy a crucial wetland habitat for migratory birds, including the endangered black-faced spoonbill.
This week, in Nairobi, the United Nations Environment Assembly, or UNEA-6, is meeting to discuss how to address the triple planetary crisis of pollution, biodiversity loss, and climate change.
Countries engaged in war focus, winning the immediate battles over mitigating their negative environmental effects. Researchers are trying to better measure the environmental impacts of ongoing conflicts, but, as they say that there are substantial impacts in conflict zones ranging from Gaza to the Ukraine.
In Colombia’s lakes, rivers, hippos are thriving.Environmentalists say that this invasive species is driving away other wildlife and endangering people in the area.The Colombian government is currently advocating for population reduction measures.
Pacific Island states have been working to implement a brand-new $500 million climate protection fund since the United Nations Climate Change Summit, or COP 28, concluded in mid-December in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
The second-largest rainforest in the world is found in the Congo Basin, which is comprised of six African countries. Burning basin wood for traditional fish smoking in the Republic of Congo, one of the states,threatens to accelerate deforestation. Researchers are looking at ways to counter tmthese effexts.
Taufan Bustan/Sigi,Indonesia Every morning, Abter Tendesabu puts on his boots, grabs his machete and heads to his farm in the forest. As he nears the edge of the woods, he hears the cicadas – their loud buzzing, chirping, squawking sounds. “They alert me that I have entered the forest,” Abter, of the Lindu tribe, tells …
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Rising tourism brings economic prosperity to many in the region of India’s scenic Himalayan slopes. But it has also brought hazards, with mountains of solid trash littered across the hillsides. Scores of volunteers have organised cleanup campaigns as a result of that.
Bangladesh’s apparel industry has made progress in transitioning to greener production by cutting electricity and water usage as well as reducing carbon emissions in churning out clothes for foreign markets, manufacturers and authorities said.
Indigenous people in Brazil demonstrated against a measure that opponents say will limit their land rights and safeguard the environment, and that was approved by the lower house of Congress.
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