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French-Brazilian photographer Sebastiao Salgado dies aged 81: French Academy of Fine Arts
AFP, Published on 24/05/2025
» PARIS - French-Brazilian photographer Sebastiao Salgado, famed for his immense body of work depicting wildlife, landscapes and people around the world, died Friday aged 81, announced the French Academy of Fine Arts, of which he was a member.
Laos keen to cash in on ecotourism
News, Mongkol Bangprapa in Laos, Published on 03/02/2025
» Khammouane province in Central Laos is being highlighted as new attraction in the neighbouring country. It has invited tourists and investors from Thailand to explore its natural landscapes and business opportunities.
Post-cyclone Mayotte faces biodiversity crisis
AFP, Published on 27/12/2024
» DZAOUDZI, Mayotte - Mayotte has changed beyond recognition since a cyclone devastated the Indian Ocean territory, sparking an environment and biodiversity crisis that could last for a decade or more, scientists say.
Taxing farm animals’ farts and burps? Denmark gives it a try.
The New York TImes, Published on 02/12/2024
» COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Denmark, known for its inventive restaurants and elegant design studios, is about to become known for something more basic: the world’s first belch and manure tax.
To find out how wildlife is doing, scientists try listening
AFP, Published on 18/10/2023
» BANGKOK - A reedy pipe and a high-pitched trill duet against the backdrop of a low-pitched insect drone. Their symphony is the sound of a forest, and is monitored by scientists to gauge biodiversity.
In Brazil, a damaged city lives on edge of abyss
AFP, Published on 05/05/2023
» BURITICUPU (BRAZIL) - A few steps from a cliff-edge, Deusimar Batista is hanging clothes to dry in her yard. Near it, a neighbor's house used to stand on a residential street, but they have all collapsed into the abyss.
Subarctic boreal forest, vital for the planet, is at risk
Diane Desobeau and Marion Thibaut of AFP, Published on 14/11/2022
» FORT MCMURRAY, Canada: It burns, it drifts, it falls victim to insects. And it's shrinking.
Brazil will regain its climate 'leadership': ex-minister
AFP, Published on 13/11/2022
» SHARM EL SHEIKH (EGYPT) - Brazil will protect the Amazon "with its own efforts" without waiting for international funding, the former environment minister of incoming President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Saturday at UN climate talks.
Greece fires under control as reconstruction begins
AFP, Published on 13/08/2021
» ATHENS - Fires burning for over a week that caused Greece's worst ecological disaster in decades were finally placed under control Friday, the fire department said.
Huge force struggling to contain Greek fires
AFP, Published on 10/08/2021
» AVGARIA (GREECE) - Backed by a huge multinational force, Greek firefighters on Tuesday struggled for an eighth day to control wildfires on the island of Evia that have caused massive damage, prompting an apology from the prime minister.