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Hope springs eternal
Life, Noko, Published on 18/06/2021
» For more than a half-century, ocean exploration pioneer Sylvia Earle has seen the beauty under the sea as well as alarming changes that call for marine conservation.
Garnier teams with Watsons to recycle
Life, Noko, Published on 15/06/2021
» Walking the talk on Green Beauty, Garnier has taken further actions to help save the planet.
Endangered antelope's numbers rebound in Kazakhstan
AFP, Published on 08/06/2021
» AMANGELDI, Kazakhstan: Dropping to his knees to weigh a spindly-legged newborn saiga antelope, conservationist Albert Salemgareyev finds himself in the midst of the Kazakh steppe's most important baby boom.
Controlling future pandemics focus of online talk
Life, Published on 03/06/2021
» To mark World Environment Day on Saturday, Alliance Francaise is presenting an online discussion on "The Importance Of Biodiversity To Human Health" conducted via Zoom and streamed live on Facebook on Alliance Française Bangkok's page on the same day at 6pm.
Humanity might have been born to live in cities
Oped, Published on 29/04/2021
» The spread of cities over the last 6,000 years is a global phenomenon -- not because cities originated in one place and spread out over the planet, but because people invented cities, out of nothing, so many times.
Beavers introduced by humans threaten Patagonian forest
AFP, Published on 23/04/2021
» TIERRA DEL FUEGO, Chile: The Karukinka natural park on Chile's side of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago guards a treasure trove of ancient beech trees saved from the chainsaws of loggers.
With giant swabs and grumpy camels, Kenya hunts for next deadly virus
AFP, Published on 15/04/2021
» MACHAKOS (KENYA) - Kicking and grunting under the restraint of three men, the camel makes its displeasure known as Kenyan veterinarian Nelson Kipchirchir swirls a giant swab in the nostril of the grumpy dromedary.
Biodiversity 'hot spots' devastated in warming world
AFP, Published on 09/04/2021
» PARIS - Unless nations dramatically improve on carbon cutting pledges made under the 2015 Paris climate treaty, the planet's richest concentrations of animal and plant life will be irreversibly ravaged by global warming, scientists warned Friday.
Environmental degradation poses triple threat to humans: UN
AFP, Published on 18/02/2021
» PARIS - Climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution pose a triple threat to human health and prosperity that may be averted only by transforming how we power our economies and feed ourselves, the United Nations said Thursday.
World's tiniest reptile found in Madagascar
AFP, Published on 06/02/2021
» PARIS: Scientists have identified Earth's smallest known reptile, warning at the same time that sustained destruction of forests in northern Madagascar threatens its survival.