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Eco'literate children can be stewards of nature
2+ hour, 33+ min ago (912+ words) Most of my ecology and evolution undergraduates have never held a pair of binoculars or looked at a bug through a magnifying glass. They don't know how to use a key to identify a plant or insect, let alone why…...
Nepal farmers struggle as wildlife damage relief proves hard to access
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1162+ words) Dhruba Prasai, a farmer from Sarlahi district in Nepal's southern plains, says he's exhausted from lack of sleep. Every year, nilgai antelopes, wild boars, deer and Asian elephants raid his fields, and if left unguarded at night, they not only…...
UNESCO sites offer a lifeline to biodiversity, new report shows | Press Releases | Asia | Sustainable Business
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (586+ words) UNESCO sites offer a lifeline to biodiversity, new report shows'Eco-Business UNESCO sites offer a lifeline to biodiversity, new report shows UNESCO's latest report highlights the extraordinary contribution of its sites for both people and nature. While global wildlife populations have…...
China's bird tourism boom sparks calls for regulation
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (941+ words) In November 1989, Chinese farmer Hou Tiguo was hunting birds with a slingshot near his home in Baihualing, a remote village in subtropical Yunnan province, when a chance encounter changed his life. He met two tourists from Taiwan who offered to…...
Indonesia proposal to rezone elephant reserve for carbon trading draws backlash
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (1628+ words) Environmental experts and activists have slammed plans for carbon and tourism projects in an Indonesian park that's home to critically endangered tigers, rhinos and elephants. The government has framed the proposed rezoning of half of the core area of Way…...
South Korea launches desalination industry council to boost global expansion
3+ mon, 3+ day ago (682+ words) South Korea has launched a national public-private coalition aimed at strengthening its seawater desalination industry and expanding overseas projects, as governments worldwide seek new solutions to worsening water scarcity driven by climate change. The Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment…...
Australia spends US$18 billion more harming nature than protecting it, study finds
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (340+ words) The Australian government spends more money on activities that harm biodiversity than those that protect biodiversity, a new'study'suggests. Australia is a biodiversity hotspot, home to more than two-thirds of the world's marsupials and a high rate of'endemic species, but the…...
Inside Singapore's fish port, where experts say traceability gaps risk endangered species
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (1355+ words) It'is'2am at Jurong Fishery Port " the busiest time of the day for Singapore's last fishing terminal. Forklift trucks, some driven backwards, whizz about at alarming speeds, ferrying iced fish to and from the harbour, and around the edges of a…...
Life returns to a damaged seagrass meadow in Malaysia
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (1089+ words) In the shallow waters off Johor Bahru's rapidly urbanising shoreline in Peninsular Malaysia, a busy assemblage of crabs, marine worms and mollusks are a sign of recovery. Just over a decade ago, the wafting seagrass meadow they now inhabit had…...
Harmful investments outpace nature protection by 30 to 1: UNEP
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (282+ words) For every US$1 the world invests in protecting nature, it spends US$30 on destroying it. This stark imbalance is the central finding of a new UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report released today. It calls for a major shift in global…...