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Brazilian government agents are charged with protecting the Yanomami territory. But they are currently facing severe budget cuts amid politicians’ plans to drastically weaken […]
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Elizabeth Grossman In the absence of a federal U.S. policy for schools located near potentially dangerous sites, community activists search for safer solutions. On […]
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A new report highlights the disastrous impact of Daryan Dam on Iraq and on the Tigris flow The Save the Tigris and Iraqi Marshes […]
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In the COP22, Least Developed Countries (LDCs) should raise their voices to ensure time-bound specific targets of the reduction of carbon emission by developed […]
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Survival International has learned that an elephant-hunting safari operation jointly owned by a French billionaire has been implicated in human rights abuses against local […]
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By Academy Award-winning filmmaker Fisher Stevens and Academy Award-winning actor and environmental activist Leonardo DiCaprio, the film Before the Flood presents a dramatic scenario now […]
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The conference is important for the developing countries, especially coastal communities, because the massive effects of climate change will severely damage their resilience One […]
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Global populations of vertebrates — mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish — have declined by 58 percent between 1970 and 2012, states a new […]
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Emma Bryce Innovation sparks success as nations collaborate to identify and take action against suspect vessels Early in December 2012, a South Korean vessel […]
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Tawhidul Alam The important factor here is to increase that reliance are elimination of trade barriers, and costs associated with establishing renewable technologies In […]
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Olivia Boyd After beating the UK government on illegal air pollution, environmental lawyer James Thornton hopes to support citizen-led lawsuits in China’s courts American lawyer […]
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World Heritage Centre and IUCN call for relocation of Rampal power plant in Bangladesh, a serious threat to the Sundarbans The Sundarbans in Bangladesh […]
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Rapid action needed to put smallholders and food systems on sustainable paths: FAO ONE-FIFTH OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS ARE GENERATED BY AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND […]
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Civil society groups worldwide that support Salvadoran communities and organizations working on mining and environmental issues reacted to decision by International Centre for Settlement […]
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David Hodgkinson and Rebecca Johnston International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) chose a global carbon offset scheme to deal with international aviation emissions Emissions fron international flights – a […]
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Teresa Rehman Traditional boatmen and boat builders on the Brahmaputra are essential in Assam, but they are facing new challenges as climate change leads […]
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Hazem Badr Egyptian researchers have developed a bandage embedded with nanoparticles for the treatment of wounds using the anti-epilepsy drug Phenytoin, known for its […]
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A new WHO air quality model confirms that 92% of the world’s population lives in places where air quality levels exceed WHO limits “The […]
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FreshWater Watch At World Water Week, our lead research scientist Professor Steven Loiselle, spoke at numerous seminars to share the achievements of you, our […]
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Susan Lee Masdar City was designed to be zero-carbon and zero-waste, home to a population of 40,000 people Ten years ago in the […]
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Meg Wilcox With 98 percent of their trees gone, Haitians eye cocoa-based agroforestry as a way to combat poverty and renew the land When […]
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The UN Refugee Agency says more than half of the 6 million school-age children under its mandate have no school to go to Some […]
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MARIANNE DE NAZARETH The flight feathers of the wing are dark brown with a whitish tip. The tail has a white tip and a […]
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The Paraguayan government has failed to act to protect a group of uncontacted tribal people, despite having been ordered to do so in February […]
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