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Survival International has learned that an elephant-hunting safari operation jointly owned by a French billionaire has been implicated in human rights abuses against local Baka “Pygmies” and their neighbors, including illegal evictions and torture. The operation is based in two “protected area

Biodiversity , Climate , Data & Reports , Environment , Featured , Food , Forests , Health , Sustainable Development , Videos / 10/28/2016

Shocking 58% decline in Global Wildlife population: WWF

Global populations of vertebrates — mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish — have declined by 58 percent between 1970 and 2012, states a new report from World Wildlife Fund (WWF) The Jaguars home decimated for making the food we eat 40% of food is wasted Animals living in the wor

Biodiversity , Data & Reports , Energy , Environment , Forests , Water / 10/19/2016

Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forests under threat from a power plant

World Heritage Centre and IUCN call for relocation of Rampal power plant in Bangladesh, a serious threat to the Sundarbans The Sundarbans in Bangladesh is part of the world’s largest mangrove forests, home to the famous Bengal Tiger and a hotspot for dolphins, turtles, and birds. Millions of peopl

Business , Environment , Forests , Labour , Sustainable Development / 09/19/2016

Can upscale chocolate turn the tide on Haiti’s devastating deforestation?

Meg Wilcox With 98 percent of their trees gone, Haitians eye cocoa-based agroforestry as a way to combat poverty and renew the land When a tiny Quebec chocolate maker won a gold prize at this year’s premier International Chocolate Awards for a bar made with Haitian cocoa beans, it rocked the speci

Environment , Featured , Forests , Human Rights / 09/14/2016

Paraguay Government defies order to protect un-contacted tribe

The Paraguayan government has failed to act to protect a group of uncontacted tribal people, despite having been ordered to do so in February of this year. Six months ago the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights demanded that the government stop the deforestation of the Chaco, which suffers the

Business , Climate , Disasters , Environment , Forests , Transport , Water / 09/06/2016

China’s ‘new Silk Road’ could expand Asia’s deserts

Liu Qin China’s massive Asian infrastructure network of proposed new roads and railways, new ports and airports, linking 65 countries to itself must grapple with the same problem as the ancient Silk Road it has been named after. Sand. Deserts present as big a problem along the “Silk Road Economi

Biodiversity , Business , Climate , Corruption , Environment , Featured , Forests , Human Rights , Resources , Sustainable Development / 09/05/2016

RE(D)D is BAD!

Rafał Chudy My view about the UN-REDD is very straightforward: it simply does not work and will never do, as it is based on wrong premises. I mean here that it will never realize targets included in its long name. However, I strongly argue that this program plays perfectly important political ro

Energy , Environment , Food , Forests , Resources / 09/05/2016

Charcoal rot: a threat to staple food crops in South Africa

Estiene Jordaan and Jacquie van der Waals Charcoal rot is caused by a fungus that invades various agricultural crops and gives them a charred appearance. The disease is becoming more widespread in South Africa – which is worrying, since it can dramatically affect crop yields which drives

Environment , Forests , Videos / 08/14/2016

50,000 years old forest discovered under water

Rafal Chudy Near the coast of Alabama, scuba divers discovered a primeval underwater forest. The cypress forest was protected in an oxygen-free environment for more than 50 thousands years. Most likely, the forest was uncovered from ocean sediments by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Ben Raines, one of

Corruption , Environment , Food , Forests , Human Rights / 08/11/2016

Botswana: Helicopter crashes after shooting at Bushmen

Survival has documented dozens of human rights abuses against Bushmen by wildlife officials in the Kalahari A group of Bushmen who were hunting antelope to feed their families have been shot at from a police helicopter – which later crashed injuring six officers – while it was enforcing Botswana

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