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Beef, soybeans’ production destroying biodiversity

28 Nov, 2018

(MENAFN – Daily News Egypt) Following a discussion held last week at the ongoing 14th Conference of Parties (COP14), under the UN Convention on Biodiversity in Egypt, the outcome highlighted the importance of achieving the third target of the Aichi targets of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). It stated that subsidies and incentives which are harmful to biodiversity must be phased out or reformed by 2020. Read the original article here.

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NGOs Call for Disinvestments in Biodiversity Destruction

21 Nov, 2018

SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt, Nov 21 2018 (IPS) – A discussion held earlier this week at the ongoing Convention of Biodiversity’s (CBD) Conference of Parties in Egypt highlighted that grants…

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‘Greenwash’: oil giant under fire over plan to protect tropical forests

20 Nov, 2018

Campaigners say move by Norway’s Equinor is an excuse to keep drilling for fossil fuels. Read the original article here.

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Safeguard women against development -led disasters – Withanage

17 Oct, 2018

In Sri Lanka and in most other parts of the world, when massive development projects fail and lead to disaster, it is the women who are most vulnerable to the…

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Do We Really Have the Time and the Tools to Fix Climate Change?

11 Oct, 2018

As part of the Paris agreement, the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was asked “to provide a special report in 2018 on the impacts of global warming of 1.5…

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How Harvard’s investments exacerbate global land and water conflicts

9 Oct, 2018

A similar letter appeared in 2014, this time written by an international group of leaders from civil society organizations, like the Croatan Institute and the Global Forest Coalition. “Four decades…

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Cerrado towns terrorized to provide toilet paper for the world, say critics

2 Oct, 2018

A Mongabay investigation has found that global consumers who buy brand name toilet paper and tissues may unwittingly be fuelling land conflicts, environmental crimes and the loss of native vegetation…

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Fire and Plantations in Portugal

13 Sep, 2018

By Oliver Munnion A case study on the risks of using tree plantations to remove carbon from the atmosphere. Devastating wildfires are increasingly a feature of summers across the globe,…

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The rights of Indigenous Peoples are key to saving our global ecosystems

4 Sep, 2018

Indigenous Peoples have been protecting biodiversity on Earth for thousands of years. Yet their rights are increasingly being eroded and they face multiple threats. This photo-essay gives you a glimpse…

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Saving tigers, killing people

6 Jul, 2018

By Souparna Lahiri States are evicting and murdering Indigenous people in the guise of biodiversity conservation. From forced eviction to restrictions on access to resources, conservation practices have long been…

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Assessing SDGs implementation in Nigeria

5 Jul, 2018

The Sustainable Development Goals are a collection of 17 global goals set by the United Nations in 2015; otherwise known as Global Goals for Sustainable Development or Agenda 2030because the…

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Worldwide environmental leaders tackle conservation threats at Montreal conference

5 Jul, 2018

More than 100 environmental leaders from around the world are in Montreal this week to showcase global conservation efforts and pressure their governments to adopt better practices. Danielle Rochette has…

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Fostering community conservation II conference – conservation with a social emphasis

5 Jul, 2018

Fostering community conservation II conference – Protection of the environment in light of threats such as climate change had become a significant issue for communities and governments around the world.…

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So schützt du den Wald vor deiner Haustür

25 Jun, 2018

Die gute Nachricht ist: Der deutsche Wald wird größer. Die schlechte Nachricht ist: Weltweit wird immer noch viel zu viel abgeholzt. Aber du kannst etwas tun – in deiner Nachbarschaft,…

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Central banks can lead in disclosure of climate risks

6 Jun, 2018

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Negative emissions: Scientists meet in Sweden for first international conference

25 May, 2018

This week, Gothenburg in Sweden played host to the first international conference on “negative emissions”. The three-day event brought together around 250 researchers at Chalmers University of Technology to discuss…

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Thousands fear for their livelihoods as Hidroituango dam crisis intensifies

21 May, 2018

The Hidroituango dam crisis has been declared an emergency. Problems intensified last weekend after multiple blocked tunnels caused upstream flooding leading to the evacuation of communities and municipalities that lay…

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