Biodiversity
Lost Fishing Gear a major ocean pollutant
An estimated 640,000 tonnes of abandoned or lost fishing equipment, or ‘ghost gear’, enter the ocean every year, equivalent in weight to more than […]
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Asian governments & officials awarded for fighting environmental crimes
Customs, parks and law enforcement officials from China, India, Indonesia, Lao PDR, and Singapore have been named recipients of the 2019 Asia Environmental Enforcement […]
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Opinion: Current proposals to plant trees to fight climate change are badly misguided
William John Bond Reforestation and afforestation can play a role in reducing carbon emissions — but “what” and “where” are critical considerations Tree planting […]
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China’s Brazilian beef demand linked to Amazon deforestation risk
Gustavo Faleiros Analyses of Brazil’s beef exports show 22,700 hectares of Amazon deforestation in 2017 that may be connected to Chinese demand Porto Velho […]
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Palm Oil Industry to Develop Radar Monitoring Technology to Detect Deforestation
World’s largest palm oil producers and buyers, including Bunge, Cargill, Golden Agri-Resources (GAR), Mondelēz International, Musim Mas, Nestlé, Pepsico, Sime Darby Plantation, Unilever and […]
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Amazon Guardian killed, another shot, as loggers attack in Brazil
Paulo Paulino Guajajara, known also as Kwahu Tenetehar, was shot in the neck and died in the forest. His colleague, Tainaky Tenetehar, was shot […]
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How Laos lost its tigers
Jeremy Hance A new paper in Global Conservation and Ecology finds that the last tigers of Laos along with the Indochinese leopards vanished shortly after 2013 […]
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EU provides €40 million for sustainable fisheries and aquaculture in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific
The initiative will work with 10 value chains in 10 different countries, aiming to maximise economic returns and social benefits, while minimising the detrimental […]
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In Mexico, Indigenous recipes are improving backyard farming
Larissa Hotra A new cookbook reignites pride in tradition, native seeds and sense of place This article was contributed by Rare in celebration of World Food Day […]
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Brazilian experts warn of uncontacted tribes “genocide” after sacking of government coordinator
Top Brazilian experts have released a damning statement warning “genocide is underway” against uncontacted tribes. The warning follows the sacking of Bruno Pereira, the head of […]
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Over half of Europe’s endemic trees face extinction
Over half (58%) of Europe’s endemic trees, those not found in any other part of the planet are threatened with extinction, according to IUCN […]
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Save land to fight climate change, says Delhi Declaration
Soumya Sarkar and Joydeep Gupta Land-based solutions must segue into actions to stem biodiversity loss and restrain global warming, the United Nations desertification summit […]