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COVID-19, SARS, and Ebola were transmitted to humans from wild animals living in tropical forests. Destroying their habitats is killing us. As scientists continue to research the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic, one fact has become clear: Deforestation ...

UN (United Nations), New York, 17 September - The Māori King, together with other leaders of Aotearoa (New Zealand) and the Pacific, have supported a resolution for the adoption of the whale as Ocean Ambassador to the United Nations, calling it a ...

New York,18th September:- Health professionals from around the world called on governments to commit to an accelerated, just and equitable phase-out of fossil fuels as a decisive path to health for all ahead of this week’s Climate Ambition Summit on September ...

Hydrolakes in Aotearoa/New Zealand have had many years of low rainfall, but it is now happening more frequently. In dry years we revert to coal generation, making the transition to renewables harder. When New Zealand hydroelectricpower stations ...

Bonn, Germany, 18 September 2023 – Starting today, young people taking bold leadership on climate change can nominate their work for the 2023 United Nations Global Climate Action Awards. The awards programme, run by UN Climate Change since 2011, recognizes ...

Insufficient progress towards climate goals is slowing down the global fight against poverty, hunger and deadly diseases, according to a report released on Thursday by the UN World Meteorological Organization ( WMO ). UN Secretary-General António Guterres ...

The Sacred Place Where Life Begins. That’s what the Gwich’in people call the coastal plain of Alaska where they live. The Porcupine Caribou on who the Gwich’in have relied for tens of thousands of years for their subsistence way of life migrate ...

The Green Party will protect 30% of the ocean by 2030, create an independent Ocean Commission to advise the government, and put a Green Minister for Oceans and Fisheries in charge of making it happen. “The Green Party has a rescue plan for the ocean ...

Neptune Pacific Direct Line (NPDL), the leading South-Pacific container shipping company, has announced it has joined Eyesea, a non-profit organization focused on oceanic pollution monitoring and mapping. This collaboration is expected to benefit ...

Tanzania has prevented a delegation of MEPs from visiting the country, despite previously agreeing to allow them in to investigate human rights abuses against the Maasai in the name of conservation. The Greens/European Free Alliance group of MEPs has called ...