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Humans and animals will tussle over more than half of the land on Earth by 2070, according to a new study. As human populations grow over the next 50 years, people will push further into wildlife habitats. The increasing overlap will be driven by people settling in previously underdeveloped areas rather than climate change causing animals to have to move. Related ‘We cannot continue to shoot this many’: Campaigners hit back at Sweden’s controversial bear huntIf you go down to the woods today: Children warned to stay away from forest following wolf sightingsBy 2070, the overlap between humans a...
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616KW Solar Project Installed at Mahmood Textile Mill, Muzaffargarh. Screenshot from YouTube video by DSG Energy. Fair Use. Just a few years ago, Hasilwala, a rural area in Punjab, was a desolate landscape. Thanks to innovative solar technology, the community invested in irrigation and farming, breathing life into the dry soil. Now, that same technology threatens to displace them as the Pakistani government is looking to acquire over 2,500 acres of land to establish a solar power plant, a development that threatens to uproot families who have transformed their once barren land into flourishing...
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Representatives of various civil society organisations which participated in the recent SIDS4 Conference Civil Society Forum in Antigua and Barbuda. Photo by CANARI, courtesy Cari-Bois Environmental News Network, used with permission. By Stefanie Lauchman This story was first published on the Cari-Bois Environmental News Network. An edited version appears below as part of a content-sharing agreement. The fourth Small Island Developing States (SIDS4) Conference concluded nearly three months ago, on May 30 in Antigua and Barbuda. Ever since, stakeholders have been committed to their advocacy eff...
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Screenshot from the film ‘Panyard Universe’ courtesy Maria Nunes, used with permission. In a United Nations resolution adopted just last year, August 11 is officially World Steelpan Day. While citizens of Trinidad and Tobago, where the pan was born, have long regarded it as the country's national instrument, the country's parliament was a tad late in catching up, officially passing the Bill to do so on July 4, 2024. With presidential assent, the Bill becomes an Act, giving it legal legislative status. On July 11, a few days after the Bill passed, I attended the launch of “Panyard Universe,” a ...
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Image via Canva Pro. China controls over 75 percent of Tajikistan’s output of gold and for the last 30 years, it has remained the biggest foreign investor in the country’s struggling economy. There are currently 40 known gold deposits in the country with an estimated 500 tons of total gold resources — much of which has remained unexplored. The government of Tajikistan has strategically focused on increasing mining production for the three decades since its independence in 1991. This is because 93 percent of its territory consists of mountainous areas that contain more than 50 types of minerals...
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Hurricane Beryl's eye as it made landfall on Carriacou on July 1, 2024. Imagery, which contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024 (acquired by the Copernicus Sentinel 2 satellite), is regulated under EU law (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1159/2013 and Regulation (EU) No 377/2014). Via Wikimedia CommonsSentinel2.png). By Holly Bynoe On July 1, an early and “unprecedented” storm, Hurricane Beryl, swept through my home islands of the transboundary Grenadines. Mayreau, Canouan, Union Island, Petit St. Vincent, Palm Island/Prune Island, the Tobago Cays, Petite Martinique and Carriaco...
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Flood-affected women return to their makeshift shelters after receiving hygiene kits and other essential items. Image via Flickr by UN Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid. 2022. CC BY 2.0. In Pakistan, internally displaced women, who are already dealing with the loss of their homes and livelihoods, are facing unique pressures — particularly around women's health and maternity care. Pakistan is among the countries most vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Rising temperatures, sporadic monsoons, and severe droughts have become the new normal, displacing millions of people, particularly...
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A Nissan leaf electric vehicle operating as a taxi in Rio de Janeiro. Image from Wikipedia license CC BY-SA 3.0 Brazil has the sixth-highest greenhouse gas emissions worldwide, with transport alone responsible for around 16 percent of the country's total emissions. One of the main reasons for this is the significant consumption of diesel and gasoline. Research shows that electric vehicles (EVs), despite requiring more energy to manufacture due to their batteries, produce significantly less carbon emission over their lifetimes compared to gasoline-powered vehicles. Because of this difference in...
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Maloraneng village. Photo provided by The Colonist Report, used with permission. For eight months, Elfredah Kevin-Alerechi, Sechaba Mokhethi, and Cindy Sipula investigated years of outcry from residents living near a UK diamond mining company. Their investigation report was originally published by The Colonist Report, and a shorter version is republished on Global Voices as part of a content-sharing agreement.** Gem Diamonds Limited, a diamond mining company based in the United Kingdom that has won awards for improving local communities’ access to clean water, has been accused of polluting dri...
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The Gouda Wind Farm in Gouda in the Western Cape of South Africa. Image via Wikipedia license CC BY-SA 4.0 When touring some East African countries (EAC), like Burundi, Uganda, South Sudan, Somalia, and others, it is common to find village schools, town roads, hospitals, homes, and many more places without electricity. Students must revise their lessons by torchlight, some hospitals and clinics struggle to preserve temperature-sensitive medicines, including vaccines, and citizens navigate daily life without reliable electricity. This is a common issue across East Africa, where insufficient ele...
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