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Scott Dobson Fix and Release explores a small turtle trauma centre in Peterborough Ontario Canada as it fights to even the odds for survival that freshwater turtles face in a modern world. This visually beautiful film shows turtles in a way that few have seen before. Find out how you can help: onta

Cities , Environment , Solutions , Sustainable Development , Transport / 07/16/2018

Nairobi is planning car-free days. They could bring many benefits

Haneen Khreis, Texas A&M University and Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, Australian Catholic University Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, is the second most congested city in the world. To reduce congestion, Nairobi County has proposed car-free Wednesdays and Saturdays in two of the busiest parts of the city. Wit

Business , Environment , Human Rights , Labour , Resources , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 07/14/2018

Supply Chain Accountability in Apparel Industry

Vivek K.Singh Challenges, even threats, remain in the accountability of supply chains, notably in the apparel industry. This is what Vivek K.Singh, a sustainability expert living in India, tells Your Public Value today. Although five years have passed since Bangladesh’s Rana Plaza tragedy tha

Biodiversity , Data & Reports , Environment , Featured , Food , Sustainable Development / 07/09/2018

Aquaculture is source of 53 % of all global fish consumption

Global fish production will continue to expand over the next decade even though the amount of fish being captured in the wild has levelled off and aquaculture’s previously explosive growth is now slowing, says a new report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). T

Cities , Environment , Governance , Sustainable Development , Waste , Water / 07/06/2018

Cities can lead Inter-state cooperation needed to clean up India’s polluted Rivers

There is no policy in India that promotes a holistic approach to conservation of our rivers. We depend on several institutions to safeguard our rivers, that are degrading fast with increased pollution load most of which comes from our cities. Pollution, a great threat to our rivers, however, does no

Biodiversity , Climate , Environment , Forests , Sustainable Development / 07/03/2018

Strengthen local forest rights for best climate solutions

Ranjan K Panda India needs to proactively include indigenous communities and forest dwellers in its efforts to restore and expand forest cover to sequester carbon, and not exclude them from forestry management In India, a new wave of admiration about our traditional knowledge has emerged in public d

Aid , Climate , Data & Reports , Science & Technology , Sustainable Development , Water / 06/30/2018

World Meteorological Organization steps up action on water

The World Meteorological Organization is revamping its strategy on water in order to face up to the unprecedented challenges posed by water stress, floods and droughts and lack of access to clean supplies. WMO Executive Council held a special one-day dialogue on water as part of a concerted drive to

Education , Environment , Resources , Sustainable Development , Waste , Water / 06/26/2018

Lewis Pugh to swim across the English Channel to raise awareness for ocean protection

Endurance swimmer and UN Environment Patron of the Oceans Lewis Pugh announced his plans to swim the entire length of the English Channel – his longest distance ever – to draw attention to the urgent need for ocean protection. He will be the first person to ever attempt to swim the whole length

Data & Reports , Environment , Health , Sustainable Development , Water / 06/25/2018

Uranium ‘widespread’ in India’s groundwater

M. Sreelata Excessive withdrawal of groundwater across India is not only lowering the water table, it is also contaminating water with uranium. According to a study published in Environmental Science & Technology Letters, uranium contamination is “an emerging and widespread phenomenon”. I

Environment , Featured , Sustainable Development , Waste , Water / 06/21/2018

Germany sanctioned for polluting water by industrial farming manure

The Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) has ruled that Germany breached EU law by allowing manure runoff from farms to pollute water. The court found that Germany allowed an excessive use of manure as a fertiliser, in violation of the limits set out in the EU’s nitrates directive, which aims to redu

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