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Climate change
Unchecked Constructions on River Beds Exacerbated Pakistan Floods
Officials and politicians are now waking up the rampant, illegal encroachments and constructions on the beds of the Swat river and other watercourses. They...
Green business
Can AI-Designed Super Enzyme End Plastic Pollution Crisis?
The latest developments in plastics research offer hope. Researchers at the University of Texas have developed a super enzyme termed as hydrolase that can...
Clean tech
World’s nations commit to ending plastic waste
The UN’s draft resolution on ending plastic pollution has been described as the most important international environmental deal since the Paris Agreement.
By Emma Bryce
The...
Environment
Beginning to gather data on plastics, for a start
Research is on to estimate the quantity of marine plastic litter. There is no creditable nor dependable data to drive informed decision on handling...
Clean tech
MIT team creates new plant-derived composite replacement for plastics
A new woody composite, engineered by a team at MIT, is tough as bone and hard as aluminum, and it could pave the way...
India
High quantities of marine litter noticed during monsoon, minister tells Rajya Sabha
Research by the National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR) has established the spread of marine litter along entire water column and sediment.
Scientists at the...
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Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Face of Climate Change, Poverty and Hunger in the Asia Pacific Region
Innovation and entrepreneurship can fast-track the spread of more effective and sustainable solutions that combat climate change whilst equally...
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Sri Lankan Economy Shifting to a New Growth Path: Finance Minister Shehan Semasinghe
Minister Shehan Semasinghe said that the government has adopted other reform programmes aside from the debt restructuring process to...
How Social Forestry and Private Investments Can Save Indonesia’s Forests
Throughout Indonesia, traditional customs like Ri’i that belong to the country’s myriad ethnic groups and local communities are deeply...
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Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Face of Climate Change, Poverty and Hunger in the Asia Pacific Region
Innovation and entrepreneurship can fast-track the spread of more...
Sri Lankan Economy Shifting to a New Growth Path: Finance Minister Shehan Semasinghe
Minister Shehan Semasinghe said that the government has adopted...