The world began to ripple to darkness on Saturday as countries globally dimmed their lights at 8:30 pm local time for Earth Hour – an event that, according to the UN, encourages individuals, communities, and businesses to turn off non-essential electric lights, for one hour. In his message to mark [...]
Damian Carrington Environment editor, @dpcarrington, The Guardian The average western consumer of coffee, chocolate, beef, palm oil and other commodities is responsible for the felling of four trees every year, many in wildlife-rich tropical forests, research has calculated. Destruction of forests is a major cause of both the climate crisis [...]
Suva, Jubi – Desakan masyarakat sipil di seluruh kawasan Kepulauan Pasifik agar ada larangan global atas aktivitas penambangan laut dalam telah diluncurkan. Aliansi itu, The Pacific Regional NGO Alliance, terdiri dari gereja-gereja dan kelompok masyarakat sipil, telah memulai kampanye mereka untuk memboikot penambangan laut dalam Kamis kemarin (25/3/2021) di Fiji. [...]
Jayapura, Jubi – Kepala Sub Bagian Tata Usaha Unit Pelaksana Teknis Museum Loka Budaya Universitas Cenderawasih, Soleman Soendemi mengatakan pemerintah daerah harus mempunyai program dan peraturan daerah tentang perlindungan benda dan situs budaya Papua. Hal itu dinyatakan Soendemi saat dihubungi di Jayapura, Senin (29/3/2021). Soendemi menyatakan kapasitas museum di Papua [...]
The embattled indigenous peoples of Latin America are by far the best guardians of the regions’ forests, according to a UN report, with deforestation rates up to 50% lower in their territories than elsewhere. Protecting the vast forests is vital to tackling the climate crisis and plummeting populations of wildlife, [...]
Damian Carrington Environment editor @dpcarrington Preserving Latin America’s forests is vital to fight the climate crisis and deforestation is lower in indigenous territories The embattled indigenous peoples of Latin America are by far the best guardians of the regions’ forests, according to a UN report, with deforestation rates up to 50% [...]
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Read Full Article HERE Indigenous peoples are critical guardians of biodiversity. Here’s what we can learn For thousands of years, Indigenous communities have been caretakers of the environment, protecting their lands, respecting wildlife and utilizing traditional knowledge passed down through generations. Today, they continue to safeguard some of the most [...]
By Sophie Stuber The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is approving the construction of 5G towers on what could be sacred Indigenous lands without tribal consent, VICE News has found. Muscogee (Creek) Nation works on projects in 12 states across the midwest and southern U.S., and is expected to inspect proposals for [...]
In a ruling today a coroner has made legal history by concluding that air pollution was a cause of the death of Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah. This is the first conclusion of its kind. The coroner also identified failures to bring air pollution below legal limits and failures to provide information about [...]