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#1344342022-05-13
Birds, beavers and microparks: experts plan to rewild London
London will be “rewilded” with new nature reserves, pocket parks and a mass community movement to bring nature back to the capital, the Guardian can reveal.
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#1344362022-05-13
Sewage dumps into English rivers widespread, criminal inquiry suspects
A criminal investigation into water companies in England has uncovered suspected widespread illegal sewage discharges from treatment plants, the Environment Agency has revealed.
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#1343902022-05-12
Environment tipping points fast approaching in UK, says watchdog
Environmental tipping points are fast approaching in the UK, the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) has said.
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#1343972022-05-12
Africa Finance Corporation: Three steps for Africa to combat climate change
With hopes for countering global warming pinned on progress at the upcoming COP27 UN Climate Change Conference in Egypt, a new report from the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), Africa’s leading infrastructure solutions provider, sets out the continent’s stance by balancing the need for emissions ...
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#1343672022-05-11
Vanuatu’s push for legal protection from climate change wins crucial support
Vanuatu’s push for the international court of justice to protect vulnerable nations from climate change has received the backing of 1,500 civil society organisations from more than 130 countries, as it heads toward a crucial vote at the UN General Assembly later this year.
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#1343692022-05-11
Biodiversity Amendments Will Further Isolate India’s Agri, Environment Ministries
The proposed Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill 2021 encourages a conducive environment for investments and to simplify the patent application process.
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#1343062022-05-05
Our Ocean Conference Closes with USD 16.35 Billion in Pledges
The seventh Our Ocean Conference generated 410 commitments worth USD 16.35 billion across the issue areas of climate change, sustainable fisheries, sustainable blue economies, marine protected areas, maritime security, and marine pollution.
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#1343092022-05-05
Ecuador promises more openness of fisheries information under new initiative
Ecuador has become the first Latin American country to join a growing international effort aimed at bringing greater transparency to the fishing industry and making it more sustainable.
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#1343142022-05-05
California declares unprecedented water restrictions amid drought
Amid a once-in-a-millennium prolonged drought fuelled by the climate crisis, one of the largest water distribution agencies in the United States is warning six million California residents to cut back their water usage this summer, or risk dire shortages.
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#1343162022-05-05
Don’t leave biodiversity by the wayside
Later this year, UN Member States will come together to agree on global goals for biodiversity and nature protection. At the heart of discussions is a call for countries to protect and conserve 30% of their territories by 2030.
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#1342352022-04-28
100 EU cities commit to going climate neutral by 2030
For a city to slash its emissions to zero may seem like a pipe dream, but 100 EU cities have committed to doing just that by the end of the decade.
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#1341912022-04-27
New Zealand unveils plan to tackle climate crisis by adapting cities to survive rising seas
The New Zealand government has released new plans to try to prepare the country for the catastrophic effects of the climate crisis: sea level rise, floods, massive storms and wildfires.
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#1341922022-04-27
Parched southern California takes unprecedented step of restricting outdoor watering
Southern California officials declared a water shortage emergency Tuesday, and adopted new unprecedented restrictions on outdoor watering that will impact millions of people living in Los Angeles, Ventura and San Bernardino counties.
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#1341602022-04-25
‘Worst it’s ever been’: a threatened species alarm sounds during the election campaign – and is ignored
Gregory Andrews was Australia’s first threatened species commissioner, appointed in 2013 by the then incoming Coalition environment minister Greg Hunt.
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#1341812022-04-25
Crabs and lobsters may get similar rights to mammals in UK experiments
Scientific experiments on crabs and lobsters could be curbed when the animal sentience bill becomes law, the Guardian has learned.
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#1341832022-04-25
With ban on palm oil exports, Indonesia reaps condemnation and praise
Indonesia, the world’s biggest producer of crude palm oil, has ordered a ban on the export of the commodity starting April 28 to address an ongoing shortage of cooking oil in the country.
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#1341292022-04-20
COP 15: Governments Roll Up Sleeves on Biodiversity
Big uncertainties hung over when the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity would be held. It had been rescheduled several times because of the pandemic. Now, it is expected to be held in August this year in the Chinese city of Kunming.
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#1341312022-04-20
Global shipping firm will no longer transport any plastic waste aboard its ships.
During the One Ocean Summit, Chairman and CEO of the CMA CGM Group announced the decision had been made in an effort to demonstrate its commitment to “protecting the environment and conserving biodiversity”.
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#1341522022-04-20
Saving Mangroves
Bio-diversity, a contraction of biological diversity, refers to the large variety of living species on earth that include plants, animals, bacteria, and fungi. Communities of plants and animals, called ecosystems, thrive on bio-diversity. Human life depends on these ecosystems.
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#1341022022-04-18
India can help other countries achieve their climate change goals: UN representative
India not only has the potential to become a net-zero carbon emission country by 2070 but can also support others in achieving their climate change goals, said Rachel Kyte, a member of the UN Secretary General's high-level advisory group on climate action.
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#1340862022-04-14
UK’s largest sandbank given protection from bottom trawling
The UK’s largest sandbank has been protected from bottom trawling, an environmentally destructive fishing technique. Activists have been calling on the government for years to stop bottom trawling at Dogger Bank, an important site off the east coast of England for species including sand eels, he ...
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#1340882022-04-14
Connecting health, pollution and fairness: That's environmental justice
In the beginning, the idea of environmental justice didn't have a name. It didn't have much support, either. A few years after the first Earth Day, a young sociologist named Robert Bullard gathered data for a 1979 lawsuit, filed by his then-wife, about a landfill planned for a middle-class Black ...
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#1340892022-04-14
Satellites improve national reporting of greenhouse gases
With the climate crisis continuing to tighten its grip, nations around the world are making efforts to reduce emissions of climate warming gases. To track action, countries report their greenhouse gas emissions to the UNFCCC—the body responsible for driving global action to combat climate change.
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#1340262022-04-13
Koroilavesau speaks on behalf of the AG in the Ocean Conference in Palau
Minister for Fisheries Semi Koroilavesau says Fiji is using our reopening to the world as a reset for a highly sustainable and resilient tourism sector.
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#1340272022-04-13
Prince Charles urges shoppers to save the world's oceans
Prince Charles wants shoppers to help save the planet's oceans. The 73-year-old royal will warn consumers that they should make "ocean and land-friendly choices" by buying certain products when at the shops.
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#1340382022-04-13
Nature groups support mitigation measures for Keppel Club site but concerned over biodiversity
Nature groups have lauded proposed measures to minimise the environmental impact of developing the Keppel Club site, although they remain concerned about the protection of biodiversity in the area.
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#1340242022-04-12
Why the UN’s latest stand on the right to a healthy environment is monumental
'Recognizing this human right as universal is one thing; enforcing the needed laws and policies to protect it is another' “The highest human right is the right to life.”
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#1340222022-04-12
Why the UN’s latest stand on the right to a healthy environment is monumental
'Recognizing this human right as universal is one thing; enforcing the needed laws and policies to protect it is another' “The highest human right is the right to life.”
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#1340002022-04-12
In Gabon, a community’s plea against logging paves the way for a new reserve
Gabon’s environment minister has announced an immediate end to the logging of the Massaha ancestral forest in the country’s northeast, setting his administration a two-month deadline to finalize technical questions for permanent protection of the site.
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#1340062022-04-12
Wildlife Protection Amendment Bill 2021 misses the target despite good intentions
The Wildlife Protection Amendment Bill, 2021 introduces a regulatory framework for ‘invasive alien species’ in the Indian environmental legislative regime. However, despite being a well-intended step, the scope of the provision remains narrow and inadequate for managing the menace of invasive sp ...
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#1340202022-04-12
Science-based policy-making: New recommendations for forest pests and diseases management
Over the last century, emerging diseases have progressively been recognized by the scientific community as the main threat to forest ecosystems. With increasing international trade and globalization, the introduction of non-native species into new environments has exacerbated the problems of eme ...
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#1338562022-03-31
10 Ways To Shape a Positive Future for Forests
Anna Begemann is a researcher in the Governance Program at the European Forest Institute. From deforestation largely caused by agricultural encroachment in the Amazon, to devastating forest fires in Canada,
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#1338582022-03-31
Getting paid to let the forest stand – it´s true, it´s here
Swedish forest owners struggle with their profitability. Low timber prices, the lowest in Europe, are not only annoying the forest owners, but it has also made them think of alternatives to selling the timber through the traditional channels.
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#1338632022-03-31
Chile poised to grant rights to Nature; could become 2nd such country besides Ecuador
Chile is poised to grant rights to nature in its constitution and could become the second such country in the world besides Ecuador in the next few days, according to a statement.
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#1338702022-03-31
Fast fashion: European Union reveals fast fashion crackdown
Clothes, furniture and smartphones sold in Europe must be longer-lasting and easier to repair under new rules proposed by the European Union.
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#1338722022-03-31
Third of all compost sold in UK is climate-damaging peat
More than a third of all compost sold in the UK in 2021 was peat dug from carbon-rich habitats, new data has revealed. The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA), which opposes a ban on peat sales, provided the figures in its response to a government consultation.
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#1338822022-03-31
Improving biodiversity monitoring in Europe
The European data landscape is highly fragmented in the area of biodiversity. A variety of different methods for data collection and analysis often makes it impossible to compare across countries the information that has been obtained.
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#1337822022-03-08
Fears for bees as US set to extend use of toxic pesticides that paralyse insects
The US Environmental Protection Agency is poised to allow the use of four of the most devastating chemicals to bees, butterflies and other insects to continue in America for the next 15 years, despite moves by the European Union to ban the use of toxins that have been blamed for widespread insec ...
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#1337212022-03-07
In plan for African wildlife corridors, there’s more than one elephant in the room
An international conservation group is pushing forward with ambitious plans for extended elephant corridors in Africa that would allow the animals room to move more freely — not just across adjacent borders but across the length and breadth of nearly half the continent.
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#1337232022-03-07
Globally acclaimed community forest groups in Nepal say new rules threaten their autonomy
Nepalis whose livelihoods rely on access to the country’s community forests have suspended planned protests against a new law they say will threaten their autonomy and force their groups to work under various bureaucratic mechanisms.
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#1337272022-03-07
Deep-sea mining could begin next year. Here’s why ocean experts are calling for a moratorium.
A troupe of environmental activists descended on Rotterdam, Netherlands, last month for an evocative demonstration. Dressed as jellyfish, sea anemones, and “fisher folk,” protestors from the advocacy group Ocean Rebellion sang songs and projected messages onto the hull of a 750-foot-long drillin ...
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#1337462022-03-07
Combating climate change is no longer the responsibility of governments exclusively: Egypt's FM
As appointed president of COP27, Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shokry attended Sunday the event organized by the British Egyptian Business Association (BEBA) to discuss the upcoming summit to be hosted in Sharm El Sheikh in November.
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#1336712022-03-03
Feature: Nature-based solutions to improve climate change and air quality
Stephen Cirell, an independent consultant on climate change, low carbon and renewable energy, advises how local authorities and policy makers can incorporate nature-based solutions into their climate, biodiversity and air quality plans.
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#1336872022-03-03
Protecting the ocean, from the land
There is an expanse of wetland where the Yellow River flows into the sea in Dongying, Shandong province, where birds gather and seawater laps over the grasses and shrubs. Here, in October last year, the National Park Administration approved the creation of China’s first “integrated land–sea” nat ...
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#1336932022-03-03
California wants to eradicate microplastics. Will a new strategy be enough?
Microplastics can be found everywhere, from waterways to fish to inside the human body’s soft tissues. And it’s only getting worse – 11m metric tons of plastic enter the planet’s oceans each year, an amount that is expected to triple by 2040.
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#1336082022-03-01
California debates naming heatwaves to underscore deadly risk of extreme heat
Climate scientists from around the world issued dire warnings on Monday, in the latest IPCC report on the dangers posed in the unfolding climate crisis. Among them is extreme heat, a crisis that on average already claims more American lives than hurricanes and tornadoes combined.
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#1336182022-03-01
Feature: Nature-based solutions to improve climate change and air quality
Stephen Cirell, an independent consultant on climate change, low carbon and renewable energy, advises how local authorities and policy makers can incorporate nature-based solutions into their climate, biodiversity and air quality plans.
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#1335872022-02-28
Climate change won’t wait for future innovation — we need action now
Reading national climate plans feels like perusing corporate advertising brochures. There is an ever-increasing focus on the promise of innovation: hydrogen fuel, new nuclear technologies and carbon capture and storage, the plans claim, will close the gap between what the world needs and what re ...
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#1335972022-02-28
UN urged to tackle plastic trash 'epidemic' with treaty
The UN on Monday launched a global effort to forge a landmark treaty curbing plastic pollution—an "epidemic" with escalating costs for the environment and human health.
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#1336042022-02-28
Poorer nations need $60 bn a year to protect nature: NGOs
Wealthy countries should provide at least $60 billion every year to the world's poorest nations to combat biodiversity loss, an alliance of environment groups said Tuesday.