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29 06 2020 | 07:32

Covid-19, UK tax policy and climate change.

With business leaders calling on the UK government for a 'green recovery' from Covid-19, it is time to rethink our tax system to make it green at its core. Rather than layering the tax code with…

29 06 2020 | 07:20

'My land is now owned by lions': Maasai farmers offer Kenya's wildlife a lifeline.

Kenya has lost 70% of its wildlife in 30 years, but conservancy schemes could halt the decline – and benefit local communities. Parsaloi Kupai’s home, situated on the edge of Ol Kinyei conservancy…

29 06 2020 | 07:18

How an Environmental Justice Documentary Is Building Solidarity in the Midst of the Racial and Health Crisis

A soon-to-be-released feature film exemplifies how independent media initiatives can be powerful tools for social and environmental justice organizing.

29 06 2020 | 07:07

Avoiding single-use plastic was becoming normal. Here’s how we can return to good habits.

Pre-pandemic, Australians made great progress on phasing them out – it is possible for the good work to continue. As Covid-19 restrictions start to ease, we’re unlikely to return to our previous…

29 06 2020 | 07:07

Funds With $3.7 Trillion Warn Brazil of Investor Backlash.

Institutional investors managing about $3.7 trillion in assets want Brazil to abandon a proposal they say will add to deforestation and violate the rights of indigenous groups in the Amazon.

26 06 2020 | 07:13

How did wildlife groups start collaborating in the destruction of nature?

We need strong campaigns to confront environmental collapse. Instead, we get weakness and complicity. Out of this horror comes hope. In the backwash of the pandemic’s first wave, we see the shingled…

25 06 2020 | 10:34

Mercury Pollution Found in Deepest Part of Ocean.

Plastic isn't the only human pollutant infiltrating the deepest corners of the ocean. Two separate studies presented at the Goldschmidt geochemistry conference this week found mercury in fish and…

22 06 2020 | 08:39

Black Environmentalists Are Organizing to Save the Planet From Injustice.

"I can't breathe." These were among the final words that George Floyd and Eric Garner gasped before their deaths at the hands of white police officers. That plea has become part of the current…

22 06 2020 | 08:36

Climate crisis poses serious risks for pregnancy, investigation finds.

Air pollution and heat exposure linked to negative outcomes Researchers discover ‘pretty scary health burdens’ More than a decade of overwhelming evidence links air pollution and heat exposure…

22 06 2020 | 08:33

Four Poachers Arrested After Killing of Rare Silverback Gorilla in Uganda.

Four poachers were arrested this week in connection with the killing of a rare silverback gorilla in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, a lush preserve of mist-shrouded hillsides and thick…

22 06 2020 | 08:33

How to Recognize Desertification and Drought Day.

More than 2 billion hectares of previously productive land is degraded. For Desertification and Drought Day on June 17, DW spoke with Ibrahim Thiaw, Executive Secretary of the United Nations…

22 06 2020 | 08:15

Amazing Drone Footage Captures Thousands of Turtles Migrating Near Great Barrier Reef.

Australian researchers captured a stunning scene that looks like something out of Finding Nemo. The drone the scientists used recorded approximately 64,000 green turtles migrating near Australia's …

22 06 2020 | 07:53

There is no tomorrow for me': Rwanda's teen mothers – in pictures.

Young unmarried mothers are often forced to live in poverty, unable to find work and shunned by their families and communities.

22 06 2020 | 07:51

Worst outbreak ever': Nearly a million pigs culled in Nigeria due to swine fever.

Farmers report devastating losses as poor control measures are blamed for spread of infection across the country Hundreds of thousands of pigs have been culled by Nigerian farmers in response to an…

22 06 2020 | 07:35

How Simple Math Can Help Predict the Melting of Sea Ice.

To better predict climate change, scientists need accurate models which predict the behavior of many natural processes. One of these is the melting of Arctic sea ice, which requires expensive and…

22 06 2020 | 07:34

Unilever to invest €1bn in green projects.

Unilever has set out new actions to fight climate change, and protect and regenerate nature, to preserve resources for future generations. Unilever has announced a new set of sustainability…

21 06 2020 | 09:18

Destruction of Nature Is Triggering Pandemics, Say Leaders of WWF, UN and WHO.

Leaders from three international NGOs — the United Nations, the World Health Organization and WWF International — teamed up to issue a stark warning that pandemics like the coronavirus are a direct…

21 06 2020 | 08:46

'Vatican's call for divestment is a breath of hope in times when faith is more needed than ever'

Global -- In an unprecedented move, today the Vati

18 06 2020 | 07:23

Jobs gone, investments wasted: Africa's deserted safaris leave mounting toll.

MABARHULE, South Africa - When Khimbini Hlongwane spent most of his small safari tour company’s savings on the deposit for a new minibus in February, it seemed like a safe bet. His revenues had…

18 06 2020 | 07:20

The vultures aren't hovering over Africa – and that's bad news.

Unlovely and unloved, vultures play a vital role as nature’s clean-up squad but are now one of the most threatened groups of birds on the planet. It’s hard to love vultures. Their bare-headed…