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Climate change
Study points to doubled carbon losses from deforestation in tropics in early 2000s
According to a newly published study in the journal, Nature Sustainability, the acceleration of forest carbon loss highlights the urgent need to halt tropical...
Climate change
The new world wonder: a 100 million hectares wall to protect Africa
The ambition is to restore 100 million hectares of currently degraded land and sequester 250 million tons of carbon by 2030.
By Baher Kamal / ...
Environment
Environmental conflict threatens iconic Auroville
A midnight action on a contentious development plan rattled the residents of Auroville in December 2021. The community is divided on the master plan...
Climate change
Reviving Rajasthan’s desert ecosystem with native trees, seed bank and people
The Marwar region in western Rajasthan has been prone to desertification, groundwater salinity and soil nutrient loss. Now, a project on a plot of...
Environment
The ‘kidneys of the earth’ are disappearing
Wetlands, the earth’s most threatened ecosystem, are disappearing three times faster than forests. In just 50 years since 1970, the world has lost 35...
Animals and wildlife
Bangladesh’s Indigenous Forest Dwellers Fear Losing Ancestral Land as Officials Grapple with Land Grabs
Many indigenous families were evicted from the Madhupur Forest during the 2007 to 2008 period when a caretaker government was in office.
By Rafiqul Islam...
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Voluntary Corporate Emissions Targets Not Enough to Create Real Climate Action
Companies’ emissions reduction targets should not be the sole measure of corporate climate ambition, according to a new perspective...
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Bangladesh witnesses longest heat wave in 76 years
Meteorologists said that Bangladesh is experiencing its longest heat wave in recorded history this April with forecasts showing no...
Two Challenges Before Microfinance
The rate of interest charged by microfinance institutions is high enough not to allow microfinance to bring about any...
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Voluntary Corporate Emissions Targets Not Enough to Create Real Climate Action
Companies’ emissions reduction targets should not be the sole...
Bangladesh witnesses longest heat wave in 76 years
Meteorologists said that Bangladesh is experiencing its longest heat...
