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Climate

HIGHEST NUMBER OF LAND AND ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS MURDERED IN 2019

Global Witness today revealed the highest number of land and environmental defenders murdered on record in a single year, with 212 people killed in […]

07/29/2020 / SixDegrees

Biodiversity

Siberian Wildfires Cover Russian Cities in Smoke

Major Eastern Russian cities are shrouded in haze as a mega fires continue to burn through Siberian Taiga forests, in what is becoming an […]

07/23/2020 / SixDegrees

logging Russia Siberia Taiga timber Wildfires

Aid

Reforms key to NGOs weathering Coronavirus financial crisis

Casey Kelso True internal change will be tested soon as NGOs face potential massive layoffs. Well-managed NGOs are more likely to survive, while those […]

07/15/2020 / SixDegrees

accountability Charities Controversies Ethics Funding Integrity NGOs Organizations Reforms Scandals Transparency

Biodiversity

Timber hunger in the American Housing Sector

Mike Roddy Americans consume 23% of the world’s wood products, with 4% of global population. This is fueled by subsidized timber, entrenched in a […]

07/13/2020 / SixDegrees

Forest Fires Housing Insurance logging Lumber timber USA

Sustainable Business

Reusable Plastic safe during COVID Pandemic: Health Experts

Over 125 health experts from 19 countries signed onto a statement assuring retailers and consumers that reusables are safe during COVID-19, pushing back on claims […]

06/23/2020 / SixDegrees

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