Solar empowers the future for South African educational institutions
The future of green energy in education looks promising, with a growing number of educational institutions adopting sustainable energy practices. Solar power, one such...
Massive 6m Sculpture on N3 Southbound is Stirring Intrigue and Speculation
A mysterious new sixt-meter sculpture has appeared along the N3 southbound, just past Nottingham Road, capturing the attention of passersby and sparking a flurry...
Latest Peruvian oil spill cuts Indigenous communities from life-giving river
On March 5, a collision between two oil barges in the Peruvian Amazon led to an oil spill in the Puinahua River, near Pacaya-Samiria...
EU law to reduce deforestation is on a knife’s edge, will...
Etelle Higonnet
Article by: Etelle Higonnet
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South Africa Today - Environment
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Navigating the rise in conflicts between humans and fishing cats in...
In Bangladesh, rapid village expansion shrinks wetlands, forcing fishing cats (Prionailurus viverrinus) closer to humans. This triggers human-cat conflicts occurring every two weeks, with...
IKEA blamed for Romanian forest destruction
IKEA is facing scrutiny over its wood sourcing practices after two damning reports linked the furniture giant to destructive logging in some of Europe’s...
Outdated infrastructure and oil spills: the cases of Colombia, Peru and...
Outdated oil pipelines built by foreign companies in the Andean Amazon have repeatedly put at risk ecosystems and Indigenous communities in Colombia, Peru and...
Human rights allegations prompt World Bank to freeze project’s funds in...
Nine months after its Inspection Panel registered allegations of gross human rights violations linked to a $150 million project in southern Tanzania, the World...
Liberia puts a wartime logger in charge of its forests
In February, Liberia’s newly inaugurated president, Joseph Boakai, appointed timber lobbyist Rudolph Merab to head the country’s Forestry Development Authority.Merab has been a fixture...
Indigenous community fights to save its lands on Indonesia’s historic tin...
Moh. Tamimi
Article by: Moh. Tamimi
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South Africa Today - Environment
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U.S. East Coast adopts ‘living shorelines’ approach to keep rising seas...
Along the U.S. East Coast, communities are grappling with the dual destructive forces of rising sea levels and stronger storms pushed by climate change,...
Deforestation haunts top Peruvian reserve and its Indigenous communities
Peru’s Amarakaeri Communal Reserve, considered one of the best-protected nature reserves in the world, has seen a spike in deforestation on its fringes from...
