HOBART, Tasmania, Australia, June 25, 2024 (ENS) – Extreme wildfires have more than doubled in frequency and intensity over the past 21 years, according to a global study from the Fire Centre in the School of Natural Sciences at the University of Tasmania in Hobart. […]
BRUSSELS, Belgium, June 27, 2022 (ENS) – The European Commission has adopted proposals for its first Nature Restoration Law so that the damaged ecosystems across 80 percent of Europe can be revitalized – from forests to seas, agricultural lands to streams, and even city parks. […]
SANTA CRUZ DEL QUICHE, Guatemala, April 21, 2022 (ENS) – “Before, it wasted a lot of firewood and it’s very expensive. We don’t have jobs to get our wood,” a mother in the rural village of San Pedro II in the highlands of Guatemala explained to me. […]
BEIJING, China, February 12, 2022 (ENS) – The endangered animals and plants protected by the global treaty known as CITES, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, now have another layer of protection. It comes in the form of attention from the international police force Interpol, which is backing CITES in the enforcement of its regulations. […]
GLASGOW, Scotland, November 3, 2021 (ENS) – After two days of speeches and announcements from world leaders, the focus today at the UN climate summit COP26 shifted to raising the funding needed to accomplish the goals of the Paris Agreement on climate. But as the day unfolded, protests disrupted finance sessions… […]
NEW YORK, New York, January 27, 2021 (ENS) – “Urgent climate action has broad support amongst people around the globe, across nationalities, age, gender and education levels,” declared United Nations Development Programme Administrator Achim Steiner today as he released the results of the first Peoples’ Climate Vote. With 1.2 million respondents, it’s the largest survey of public opinion on climate ever conducted. […]
NAIROBI, Kenya, April 16, 2015 – Organized crime funded by illegal trade in natural resources is fueling the 20-year-long conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, DRC, that has cost the lives of several million people, the United Nations Environment Programme reports. […]
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