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Visualizing Patterns of Land Cover Change in Indonesia For decades, Indonesia has been one of the fastest growing countries in the world. The scale of this growth is actually quite easy to analyze and visualize with data from the European Space Agency’s CCI  Global Land Cover product that was recently updated in ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World to extend from 1992-2019.   So how was this map made? Unlike most cooking recipe blogs, I’ll cut right to the chase (instead of 8 paragraphs of in...

Christians in Nepal persecuted by religious and political decree Using a new anti-conversion law that contravenes the secular constitution, politicians and police are harassing Christians Nepal has one of the worlds fastest-growing Christian communities. (Photo: United Mission to Nepal) Christians in Nepal, the Himalayan Hindu-majority nation where believers of Christ have a long history of persecution, are facing fresh attempts to defame them and their faith. In early April, Hindu nationalists...

I wish to thank Dr. Katherine Trebeck and Dr. Dirk Philipsen for their response to our lead essay. It is a pleasure to discuss important ideas with scholars who are searching for the truth and human betterment. Trebeck and Philipsen question “the human ability to invent itself out of the basic laws of physics” and call for “A Wellbeing Economy [that] positions the economy in service of human flourishing and true freedom; less precariousness and more dignity; fewer dirty industries and mor...

Right now, in the conservation movement, a lot of people are fixated on a single number: 30. The US and more than 50 other countries have pledged to conserve 30 percent of their land and water by 2030 as a means to help thwart the biodiversity crisis. Biodiversity tends to increase with the area of land or water conserved, yet just 16 percent of global land is in protected areas today (in the US, it’s closer to 12 percent), according to the World Database on Protected Areas. Intact ecosystem...

Offshore wind turbines could meet all of South Africa’s energy needs – eight times over: research Subscribe South Africa should tap into its abundant offshore wind energy resources to help address future electricity shortages, say researchers at Stellenbosch University. In a study published in the Journal of Energy in Southern Africa, Gordon Rae and Dr Gareth Erfort from the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering at Stellenbosch University said that wind turbines strategicall...

News Author: Corporate Communication & Marketing / Korporatiewe Kommunikasie & Bemarking [Alec Basson] Published: 10/03/2021 We still rely heavily on coal to generate electricity, but with an ageing fleet of coal-fired power plants we should perhaps start to tap into our abundant offshore wind energy resources to help address future electricity shortages. “If we were to install wind turbines at different depths off the KwaZulu-Natal and Western Cape coast, they could potentially supply approx...

Protected areas see continued deforestation but at a reduced rate, OSU research shows Published: - Feb 18, 2021 A survey of more than 18,000 land parcels spanning 2 million square miles across 63 countries shows that a "protected area" designation reduces the rate of deforestation but does not prevent it. The findings are important because most terrestrial species live in forests and because the study suggests that just 6.5% of the Earths woodlands are truly protected. Photo: Oregon...

A survey of more than 18,000 land parcels spanning 2 million square miles across 63 countries shows that a protected area designation reduces the rate of deforestation but does not prevent it.

India Cities Happiness Report 2020: City happiness rankings, impact of COVID-19 and thought leaders insights ANI | Updated: Dec 30, 2020 18:06 IST Gurugram (Haryana) [India] December 30 (ANI/BusinessWire India): First India Cities Happiness Report covering thirty-four major cities measuring happiness across the country, the contributing factors to peoples happiness, the impact of COVID-19 on happiness, and insights from global thought leaders. The study is ...

Happiness Diary: My Experiments with Happiness logo A unique, practical and effective way of bringing happiness to our daily life with Happiness Diary: My Experiments with Happiness ANI | Updated: Dec 16, 2020 20:29 IST Gurugram (Haryana) [India], December 16 (ANI/BusinessWire India): The world is going through unprecedented times of COVID-19. COVID-19 has impacted people both economically and healthwise, including mental health. The need for Happiness is n...