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7 August 2018
With refugees evicted, France’s ‘Calais Jungle’ is now a nature preserve
Was the project is motivated by a desire to protect the area’s wildlife or was it an attempt at 'greenwashing' the forced eviction of migrants from their living spaces?
3 August 2018
Is Western media biased against China? (Part Two)
China has claimed that Western media is biased against China. We tested that claim using two data analysis tools.
28 July 2018
Sharing a passion for permaculture in Suriname
An interview with Alex Yakaumo, a permaculturalist who spends his time lecturing and running workshops about self-sustaining agricultural ecosystems in his community in Commewijne.
27 July 2018
One of Europe's last primeval forests crumbles in the hands of the Polish government
Watchdog environmental organizations say at least 160,000-180,000 trees were felled since 2016, after the Polish government tripled the amount of wood to be harvested from Białowieża.
16 July 2018
Are these the last Dropka yak herders in Sikkim?
A community in the northern Indian state of Sikkim experiences challenges which threaten the existence of its traditional occupation of yak herding.
12 July 2018
Questions swirl over Japanese government's response to deadly, unprecedented rains
"As unusual weather becomes the new normal, how are we to protect ourselves?"
11 July 2018
Natural resources surrounded by terror: What is behind the attacks in northern Mozambique?
Since October 2017, Cabo Delgado Province -- a region rich with rubies, gas, oil, and wood -- has suffered violent attacks, the motives of which are unclear to local authorities.
9 July 2018
‘Apartheid couldn’t have happened without that spatial carving up of the landscape’
"In South Africa, certainly, architecture was always complicit in oppression. Apartheid might have been a political and social structure, but it was also a physical one," says architect Lesley Lokko.
5 July 2018
Months after the devastation of Hurricane Maria, Dominica launches a tree-planting campaign, but is it enough?
"The young farmers and even some of the older heads can't afford fertilizers and chemicals to treat our farms. Why can't the farmers be treated better in this little country?"
Wrongly labeled as ‘foreign agents’, Russian environmentalists face regulatory punishment — and violent threats
Instead of recognition as patriots striving to protect the nature of their homeland, Russian environmentalists get labelled as “foreign agents” by the state, experience pressure, and suffer physical attacks.
23 June 2018
The Nepali “sausage vine” evergreen plant is famous in the United Kingdom, yet remains unknown in Nepal
"We plant and eat fruits of foreign origin like avocado and kiwi...However, we don’t even know that foreigners are trading delicious fruits taken from our own jungles."
22 June 2018
Agitated debate revives over the destiny of Mexico's protected waters
The signing of 10 presidential decrees is the center of an agitated debate in the press and online.
A new generation picks up the struggle against coal in the Czech Republic
"With decision makers still jammed in the vicious cycle of coal and nuclear, building a strong climate movement that crosses borders seems more important than ever."
14 June 2018
Taiwanese and Vietnamese activists are working together to pursue justice for the victims of the Vietnam marine life disaster
"This is the pain of Taiwanese. If we experience this kind of pain, we should not then inflict it on Vietnam."
Port Harcourt: Nigeria's city of ‘soot so thick’
Soot causes cancer and lung disease, and long-term exposure to soot increases the risk of coronary artery disease.
13 June 2018
Plastic trash is a serious problem in Uganda
"You can do the same ...its a habit of travellers to litter along as they travel .Keep your trash and dump when you get to your destination"
8 June 2018
A fishing village and mangrove habitat in the Philippines faces threats of reclamation
"We will not leave our homes. We will fight so long as there are people supporting us and giving us the strength to fight."
5 June 2018
A social entrepreneur with ‘a pebble of an idea’ is taking on the Goliath of Jamaica's plastic pollution
"It's about being aware and ‘awake’ — becoming sensitive to environmental impacts. We are detached from nature; we are no longer a part of the ecosystem. It's a national problem."
26 May 2018
In India, 13 people are killed after police open fire on copper plant protesters
"My Constitution...ensures my right to protest. It ensures my right to life,livelihood,safe and healthy environment. #Thoothukkudi exposes the barbaric assault on these rights."
24 May 2018
Lebanon's historic Anfeh salt marshes threatened by yet another resort
"This is the last clean place where we can take our kids to swim"
