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Paris climate talks: Russia will use its huge forests as a bargaining chip

Marianna Poberezhskaya, Nottingham Trent University Russia’s strategy at the talks-It will want strong recognition of the role forests play in the climate with 640 billion trees in a good position to negotiate emissions reductions. Russia has a reputation as one of the more difficult states involv

Indigenous activist’s life in danger after opposing destruction of Peruvian Amazon

Washington Bolivar, an indigenous activist in Peru has been receiving death threats as he challenges the destruction of Amazon rainforest for timber extraction and conversion to oil palm. According to a press release by Forest Peoples Programme, in the course of the last month, human rights defen

How the environmental justice movement is gathering momentum in South Africa

  Jacklyn Cock, University of the Witwatersrand Environmental justice is a travelling discourse which has taken on distinctive meanings in different parts of the world. South Africa is no exception. As a mobilising force the concept emerged from the US where it was developed 50 years ago in opp

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

We are entering a new era of migration – and not just for people

Jessica Hellmann, University of Minnesota and David Ackerly, University of California, Berkeley “As ecologists, we know one thing for sure: when the climate changes, organisms move”. The world is watching as refugees flood into a Europe unprepared for the new arrivals. Conflict and socia

Every year, 5-7 trillion US$ or Japan’s entire GDP is needed for fulfilling SDGs

Developing and emerging economies are leading a quiet revolution to forge robust and sustainable financial systems for 21st century needs but who will foot the SDG bill? The first ever report on sustainable financial systems The Financial System we Need  was released by the United Nations Envi

Hollywood style promos for Sustainable Development Goals

Here are ads produced for the likes of IMAX theatres, Hollywood and Bollywood on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) The animated Animal Kingdom in the UN is one spoof ad where animals in the general assembly of the UN agree that greed by everyone is the solution for SDGs. The Ad is scree

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Overfishing, change in climate cause dip in catch, Maharashtra, India

Ankita Sengupta Marine fish experts claim that overfishing, habit degradation and climate change have resulted in the decline Orignially posted at The Asian Age. Republished by SixDegrees on arrangement with author. Fishermen in Maharashtra may have resumed their activities after the monsoon break,

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