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Tuesday, November 17, 2009 By Ali Raza LAHORE: Situated at a distance of some 113 km from Karachi and about 20 km from Thatta, Keenjhar Lake, a freshwater lake, having an area of about 145 km, is facing serious environmental...
Kyrgyzstan’s melting glaciers could lead to increased desertification and land degradation BISHKEK, 16 November 2009 (IRIN) - Rapidly melting glaciers in mountainous regions of Kyrgyzstan over the next few decades could lead...
With the approach of global climate talks in Copenhagen, activists are hoping to draw world attention to their fight to save the last tropical forests on Indonesia's Sumatra island. In the complicated argot of climate...
AFP – A fisherman (back C) paddles his boat through devastated peatlands forest in Indonesia's Pangkalan … by Jérôme Rivet Jérôme Rivet – 4 mins ago TELUK MERANTI, Indonesia (AFP) – With the approach of global climate talks in...
A team of National Association of Professional Environmentalists (NAPE) staff recently set off from Kampala to Kalangala. The mission was to study the status of cultural forests in the district following massive deforestation...
by Louise Boronyak, Cosmos Online Source: http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/features/online/3086/oil-or-orangutans Illegal logging and palm oil plantations are destroying forest habitat and food sources for the orangutans of Borneo...
A team of National Association of Professional Environmentalists (NAPE) staff recently set off from Kampala to Kalangala. The mission was to study the status of cultural forests in the district following massive deforestation...
A ‘Blue Carbon’ fund able to invest in the maintenance and rehabilitation of key marine ecosystems should be considered by governments keen to combat climate change. A new Rapid Response Report released today estimates that...
A major development threatens the health of Wakulla Springs and will be coming soon before the Leon County Board of County Commissioners. This development, called the "Chason Woods Conservation Subdivision," will put 300-500...
Carbon cycle. Credit: Riccardo Pravettoni, UNEP/GRID-Arendal . Click to enlarge. A ?Blue Carbon? fund able to invest in the maintenance and rehabilitation of key marine ecosystems should be considered by governments to combat...
