Aid
Bangladesh Bhola power project tests AIIB promises
Abu Siddique Locals and NGOs say the bank has breached its own standards by failing to provide adequate compensation and ignoring flood risks in […]
Category: Forests
Climate
Youth urged upon to lead conservation efforts
The 3rd Odisha River Conference in India identified youth as one of the major stakeholders to carry forward this year’s theme – Promoting the […]
Biodiversity
Forest protection efforts earn Indonesia millions
An innovative effort to keep trees in the ground and carbon out of the air is paying dividends in Indonesia — the fifth-highest emitter […]
Biodiversity
Experts underline community participation to protect forests, rivers in India river conference
The Water Initiatives, Gram Swaraj and Vasundhara along with 35 partner organisations launched the 3rd Odisha River Conference with the theme – Promoting the […]
Biodiversity
Buzzfeed report exposes abuses on global scale by WWF-funded guards
A major investigation by news site Buzzfeed has today exposed a shocking level of violent abuse by ecoguards and rangers funded by the World Wildlife Fund […]
Biodiversity
Are oil rights in Salonga National Park in DR Congo null and void?
Global Witness reveals that an opaque Guernsey-owned company’s oil rights threatening a protected national park in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) could be null […]
Biodiversity
Mangroves destruction in Maldives-islands’ biggest ecocide
Save Maldives The decision to build a domestic airport in Kulhudhuffushi wetland and mangroves and the subsequent reclamation of a significant part of the […]
Biodiversity
Environmental laws only look good on paper, UN says
From 2002 to 2017, there was a fourfold increase in the number of environmental defenders murdered, according to the report.
Biodiversity
Watch: Destruction of the Environment as a Consequence of Overpopulation
As of December 31, 2018, at midnight CET the population on our planet was exactly 8,953,851,418 or almost 9 billion!
Biodiversity
#MvTreeGrab: Removal of trees continues for landscaping of resorts in Maldives
Mohamed Junayd A local company wants to remove 582 coconut palms from Badidhoo island. The Badidhoo island in Dhaal atoll is the latest flashpoint […]
Biodiversity
For better farm yields in Brazil, a simple registration can help
Covering more than 20 percent of the country’s land area – approximately half the size of Europe– the Cerrado is Brazil’s second-largest habitat after the Amazon rainforest, with...
Biodiversity
Bolsonaro “declares war” on Brazil’s indigenous peoples
Jair Bolsonaro has started his Presidency in the worst possible way for the indigenous peoples of Brazil. Taking responsibility for indigenous land demarcation away from FUNAI, the Indian...