Are sharks going extinct next?
Marianne Furtado de Nazareth 100 million sharks are killed by humans every single year Contrary to what famously terrifying movies like ‘Jaws’ would have […]
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Clean Solar energy, brings light to Kenya’s villages
Marianne de Nazareth Head quartered in Nairobi, M-KOPA Solar has connected over 375,000 low-income homes to affordable , safe and clean energy in Africa […]
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What Africa’s drought responses teach us about climate change hotspots
Gina Ziervogel, Margaret Angula, Salma Hegga The world may still argue about whether or not climate change is for real. But in vast expanses of […]
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Rickshaw gets upgrade with hemp sidecar
Paul Icamina Filipino and South Korean scientists launched on 1 July a project for the development of a tricycle whose sidecars are made mostly […]
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Knowing our butterflies: The stunning yet common Blue Tiger
Marianne de Nazareth This species of butterfly migrates extensively during the monsoons in southern India and toxic compound from can cause heart attacks when ingested in large […]
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The Global Economy is Failing 35% of the World’s Talent
The Human Capital Report 2016 finds that globally only 65% of the world’s talent is being optimized through education, skills development and deployment during […]
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South Asia creates regional groundwater forum
Zobaidur Rahman Soeb Participants from across South Asia met to discuss the crisis relating to groundwater depletion in the region, and set up a […]
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65 years, a person spent restoring a Californian river
Learn more about the San Joaquin River and take action to restore its health at AmericanRivers.org At 85 years old, organic raisin farmer and […]
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UN report confirms corruption is biggest threat to ivory, as wildlife officials arrested across Africa and Asia
A new UN report has confirmed that corrupt officials are at the heart of wildlife crime in many parts of the world, rather than […]
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Rare sighting of Oriental Scops Owl in Mysore, India
MARIANNE DE NAZARETH Bangalore bird watcher Abhishek MB is all excited about his rare sighting of an Oriental Scops Owl (Otus sunia) in Mysore […]
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Protest against relocation of the Zeynel Bey Tomb in Hasankeyf dam site
Activists are protesting against the relocation of the Zeynel Bey Tomb in the historical city of Hasankeyf which is under the threat of the Ilisu Dam on the […]
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Self-sufficient Cities May Hold the Key to the Future
Juan Vargas The Pukika Experiment consists of building a self-sufficient city for 3 million people By the end of the century, we’ll need to […]
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A Record Breaking Year for Renewable Energy: New Installations, Policy Targets, Investment and Jobs
The Renewables 2016 Global Status Report reveals that renewables are now firmly established as competitive, mainstream sources of energy in many countries around the […]
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Ten years on: how Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth made its mark
John Cook But has the film achieved what it set out to do – raise public awareness and change people’s behaviour in order […]
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What the Green Climate Fund really means for international development
Marc Gunther In its seventh year, progress for the fund has been slow. What will it take to fulfill the GCF’s promise? When the […]
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Great Barrier Reef bleaching is just one symptom of ecosystem collapse across Australia
Dale Nimmo, David Lindenmayer, John Woinarski, Ralph Mac Nally, Shaun Cunningham Coral bleaching is not surprising: it is consistent with many changes that are occurring now across […]
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Public consultation on Tipaimukh Dam in Manipur, India held
AT News Imphal The meet affirmed that Tipaimukh dam should not be built over the Barak River due to its enormous scale of impacts on […]
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Press freedom violations threaten transparency in extractive sector
Publish What You Pay Writing about the extractive industries is an important area for journalists With the wealth of natural resources available, the huge financial […]
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Climate-Driven Water Scarcity Could Hit Economic Growth
Water scarcity, exacerbated by climate change, could cost some regions up to 6 percent of their GDP, spur migration, and spark conflict, according to […]
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Widespread ingestion of packing chemicals revealed
The growing use of plastic food containers in developing countries means their citizens are now exposed to as much bisphenol A (BPA) as those […]
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On Labour day, 12,000 refugees can go homeless in Berlin
A new law starting on May 1 in Berlin to curb on holiday rentals like Airbnb can lead to thousands of refugees going homeless overnight Berlin, a city […]
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Three ways artificial intelligence is helping to save the world
Erin Biba As computers get smarter, scientists look at new ways to enlist them in environmental protection When you think of artificial intelligence, the […]
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Global Media figures call for release of Himal Editor Kanak Mani Dixit in Nepal
Prominent editors and media figures as well as intellectuals, activists and scholars from India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Australia, the UK, US and Sri Lanka have […]
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What lies behind Africa’s lack of access and unreliable power supplies
Afrobarometer, a pan-African, non-partisan research network, recently released a report highlighting Africa’s electricity challenges. Power shortages can hamper socioeconomic development, but they also have […]
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