MEDIA ADVISORY/INVITE – GLF AFRICA DIGITAL CONFERENCE 15TH SEP 2022
Transforming food systems in crises: How Africa can build a resilient food future
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Q&A with Burungnesia’s Swiss Winasis
Swiss Winasis launched the bird-spotting app Burungnesia in 2016, aiming to engage the wider public in reporting bird sightings and to raise awareness about...
Mongabay’s What-To-Watch list for September 2022
In August, Mongabay covered a mangrove restoration project in the Philippines and an Indigenous community’s effort to domesticate a rare flower. We also released...
Report lists Indigenous territories under greatest pressure in the Amazon
Apyterewa, the territory of the Parakanã people, continues to be the main target of deforestation by land grabbers among the Indigenous territories of the...
Chinese companies criticized for mercury pollution in Cameroon
Civil society groups have raised the alarm over pollution of rivers in eastern and northern Cameroon by gold mining companies.The Centre for Environment and...
Seaweed is high in vitamins and minerals, but there’s another reason...
Seaweeds are a highly versatile and nutritious food source that can benefit our diet. Consuming them also benefit the planet.
Edible seaweeds and algae —...
Illegal fishing, worker abuse claims leave a bad taste for Bumble...
A new report published by Greenpeace East Asia has found that Bumble Bee Seafoods and its parent company, Fong Chun Formosa Fishery Company (FCF)...
Weak waste management leaves Dhaka communities at risk from landfill sites
The four major waste landfills in Dhaka have left a serious environmental impact on the soil and groundwater of surrounding areas through leachate pollution,...
In Nepal, endangered tiger kills critically endangered gharial. What does it...
A tiger entered the Kasara gharial breeding center in Chitwan National Park and killed three critically endangered gharials.The incident raised concerns that as the...
Blazing start to Amazon’s ‘fire season’ as burning hits August record
Fires in the Brazilian Amazon surged in August to the highest for the month since 2010, surpassing the blazes in August 2019 that drew...
Corporate social responsibility can help companies go green
With climate change becoming a more urgent issue, the environment has become CSR’s primary focus.
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is an umbrella term for corporations’...
Small conservation areas provide large benefits for biodiversity (commentary)
Small conservation areas are disproportionately important to maintaining biodiversity, according to a recent study.Many small patches, with the same total area as a few...
