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Rubber company expelled from Forest Stewardship Council

Rubber giant expelled from the world’s leading forest certification body, the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) due to illegal land and forest clearance in Cambodia. In November 2014, Global Witness, that works on corruption in natural resource management complained to the FSC about illegal act

Improving food security in mountains

Lipy Adhikari Climatic changes have added challenges for agriculture particularly in mountain areas Posted at SixDegrees as part of collaboration with Assam Times to share relevant news under creative commons attributes Agriculture is the most dominant sector in the Hindu-Kush Himalayan (HKH) coun

Do you want trees with that? How to stop consumer products destroying the rainforests

Nick Rowley Finally, climate finance targeted at developing countries is beginning to chip away at the economic incentives to exploit forested land If we are to succeed in tackling climate change, it is vital that we preserve the terrestrial carbon locked up in our forests and soils. Even putting th

Does a place still have value if it is of no use to humans?

Jason Mark Deep in a rain forest, a tiny white moth taught me that every landscape is a working landscape The following is excerpted from Satellites in the High Country: Searching for the Wild in the Age of Man. Orignially posted at Ensia, magazine showcasing environmental solutions in action. Repub

Rare cactus species face extinction

ANKITA SENGUPTA About one-third of the cactus species in the world are threatened with extinction: IUCN Orignially posted at The Asian Age. Republished by SixDegrees on arrangement with author The illegal trade of live plants and seeds for the horticultural industry as well as their unsustainable h

Masai land under threat from luxury wildlife hunting

Olosho, produced by the Masai community is a powerful video highlighting the land-rights struggle against global companies and the Tanzanian government The film was created by six members of the Maasai community, from Loliondo, Tanzania who have been battling over twenty years to protect their p

African Dams linked to over one million malaria cases

Dam projects need to consider better disease control measures Over one million people in sub-Saharan Africa will contract malaria in 2015 because they live near a large dam, according to a new study. For the first time, data was correlated with the location of large dams with incidence of malaria an

Explainer: what are the UN sustainable development goals?

Asghar Zaidi, University of Southampton The SDGs come into effect at the end of 2015, following the completion of the millennium development goals (MDGs), and cover the period 2016-2030 Orignially posted at The Conversation, that generates news and views from the academic and research community. Rep

UN leaders, together with actor and activist Alec Baldwin, announce Equator Prize 2015 winners

The winners- A Brazilian indigenous group that inspired the film Avatar A conservation outfit in Indonesia that is saving sea turtles A movement for pygmy rights in Congo A community-based organization restoring conflict affected areas in Afghanistan   Leaders from the UN joined actor and a

Earth’s forests though better managed continue to shrink, says FAO

Forests, the size of South Africa, or 129 million hectares lost in last 25 years, mostly tropical Brazil reported the largest annual loss while China reported the largest annual gain India chops most wood, 88 % of which is firewood Forests contributes about USD 600 billion annually to global GDP,

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