Environment

New Indonesian fund promotes Indigenous role in climate change fight

Indonesian civil groups launched on Monday a multimillion-dollar fund aimed at empowering Indigenous and local communities across the Southeast Asian country in the fight against climate change.. The Nusantara Fund –- the first direct funding mechanism for indigenous and local communities in the country -– was launched by the environmental group Walhi, the Consortium for Agrarian Reform (KPA) and Indigenous people's NGO AMAN. It received $3 million in initial support from international philanthropic organisations such as the Ford Foundation and Packard Foundation.

Mon, May 8, 2023 1 mins read

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Slow-paced nature TV captivates Swedish audiences

Using dozens of cameras set up throughout Sweden's massive forests, weeks-long live broadcasts of elk and other wild animals, or just as often not much at all, have captured Swedish audiences' hearts. . Aired for a few weeks each spring by public broadcaster SVT on TV and online, "Den Stora Algvandringen" attracts a large community that watches and comments on the animals' every move.

Mon, May 8, 2023 2 mins read

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Thailand chokes on pollution but greens struggle to be heard in election

Trudging along Bangkok's hot and dusty streets, green candidates struggle to canvass support ahead of Thailand's election, with record-breaking pollution failing to spur anything more than political hot air.. Despite the region facing recent record-breaking heatwaves and worsening flooding due in part to rising sea levels, green movements have gained little traction with Thai voters.

Sun, May 7, 2023 3 mins read

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The 'water cops' of Las Vegas make city a model in drought-hit US

Known around the world as an oasis of overindulgence, the desert city of Las Vegas has emerged as a surprising model of austerity and prudence when it comes to water.. Now, at a time when federal officials are mulling mandatory cuts across the parched US West, Las Vegas "has become a water conservation rock star" and "a model for cities" across the region, said researcher Brian Richter.

Sun, May 7, 2023 4 mins read

Environment

Toll from DR Congo floods rises to nearly 400: official

The death toll from floods and landslides triggered by heavy rain in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to nearly 400, an official said on Sunday.. In all, several villages were submerged, many houses washed away, and fields devastated, when rivers in the region burst their banks due to the heavy rains.

Sun, May 7, 2023 2 mins read

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Boom and bust: Quakes define legacy of Turkey's 'Erdonomics'

The earthquake's frightening rumble came deep in the night.

Sun, May 7, 2023 4 mins read

Environment

Britain pledges $100 mn for Brazil's Amazon Fund

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pledged more than $100 million Friday for Brazil's fund to protect the Amazon rainforest, at a meeting with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva ahead of King Charles III's coronation.. And Germany pledged 200 million euros to protect the rainforest in January, including 35 million euros for the Amazon Fund.

Fri, May 5, 2023 1 mins read

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Colombia nabs over 300 tonnes of illegally caught fish in a decade

Colombia has seized more than 334 tonnes of illegally caught shark, rays and other species between 2012 and 2022, authorities said on Friday.. In rivers such as the Orinoco, whose basin Colombia shares with Venezuela, pink dolphins are also victims of illegal fishing.

Fri, May 5, 2023 0 mins read

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Covid no longer a global health emergency: WHO

The Covid-19 pandemic, which killed millions of people and wreaked economic and social havoc, no longer constitutes a global health emergency, the WHO said Friday, warning that the threat remained.. But the danger was not over, according to Tedros, who estimated Covid had killed "at least 20 million" people -- about three times the nearly seven million deaths officially recorded.

Fri, May 5, 2023 3 mins read

Environment

April heat in western Med 'almost impossible without climate change'

The extreme heat that engulfed the Iberian peninsula and parts of north Africa last week would have been "almost impossible without climate change," an international scientific study found Friday. . "While Europe and North Africa have experienced heatwaves increasingly frequently over the last years, the recent heat in the western Mediterranean has been so extreme that it is also a rare event in today’s warmer climate," it added.

Fri, May 5, 2023 2 mins read