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Biodiversity , Environment / 06/21/2018
Indian Treepie: The tooth-pick of the Tiger

The rufous treepie is an arboreal omnivore feeding almost completely hopping between branches in the trees on fruits, seeds, invertebrates, small reptiles and the eggs and young of birds; it has also been known to eat the flesh from recently killed mammals. It’s a beautifully coloured bird, the si

Facebook video shows orangutan defending forest against bulldozer

Rhett Butler Dramatic footage released last week by an animal welfare group shows a wild orangutan trying in vain to fight off destruction of its rainforest home in Borneo. The video, filmed in 2013 but posted on Facebook on June 5th for World Environment Day by International Animal Rescue (IAR), wa

Protecting young Indonesian hearts from tobacco

Putu Ayu Swandewi Astuti, University of Sydney and Becky Freeman, University of Sydney The world’s second-largest market for tobacco after China, Indonesia is home to 100 million smokers. Smoking kills more than 200,000 Indonesians a year. The death threat also looms over its young generation. A f

Disasters , Energy , Environment , Water / 06/12/2018
Drought in Iraq has other reasons-not the Ilisu Dam Reservoir

News from Iraq comes that the Tigris River had fallen to historically low levels due to dam in Turkey. This situation has resulted in discussions that have become even more urgent in Iraq than discussion of the recent elections. On June 1, 2018 news began to circulate that the impoundments of the r

World wakes up to climate migration

Millions of people worldwide are being displaced by natural disasters triggered partially by climate change, and the international community is finally taking steps to mitigate the suffering This year is set to be an important milestone in the arduous journey of climate migrants. The global communit

How a novel wireless technology is helping conserve wildlife, fight pollution, save farmers money and more

Chloe Warren  Low-power wide-area networks — LPWANs — are finding application in everything from tracking rhinos in Tanzania to monitoring water quality in Ireland The sun beats down on the dried Tanzanian soils. Dust is slowly settling back down to the ground in the wake of a parade of tourist

Scientists find Europe’s last primary forests

Morgan Erickson-Davis A study finds 3.4 million acres (13,760 square kilometers or 5,313 square miles) in Europe fit the definition of primary forest set by the FAO. These forests are scattered around Europe and provide important habitat for wildlife. But the researchers warn that less than half are

Global call on G7 and Corporates to end plastic pollution crisis

New data collected through cleanups and brand audits confirms that some of the world’s largest corporations — including Coca-Cola, Unilever, Nestlé, and Procter & Gamble — are top contributors to single-use plastic pollution worldwide. With the G7 set to release a plastics charter on Worl

“Guardians of the Amazon” seize illegal loggers to protect uncontacted tribe

Members of an Amazon tribe patrolling their rainforest reserve to protect uncontacted relatives from illegal loggers have seized a notorious logging gang, burned their truck, and expelled them from the jungle. The Guardians of the Amazon are from the Guajajara tribe: “We patrol, we find the lo

Are we ready for the next Pompeii-learning from past disasters

The great disasters of the past – like the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD or the hurricane that devastated Santo Domingo in 1930 – can provide valuable lessons to help governments and institutions increase the resilience of communities in the face of modern challenges, such as climate change and

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