Once a familiar sight in wetlands across the archipelago, the iconic duck known as ‘mentok rimba’ is disappearing fast, driven largely by habitat loss and hunting.
2 days ago"Today... rainfall is high. It's okay for planting, but it's uncertain for harvesting. It's often unpredictable," farmer Jauhar Mahmud, 61, told AFP.
3 days ago"Last summer's average temperature in Lapland, or northern Fennoscandia, was the highest in both direct observations which we have from the late 1800s onwards and so-called indirect tree ring observations, of which the longest time series extends to 2,000 years ago," Mika Rantanen, researcher at the Finnish Meteorological Institute, told AFP.
6 days agoA fleet of 14 trains provided by French industrial giant Alstom to the German state Lower Saxony will replace the diesel locomotives on the 100 kilometers of track connecting the cities of Cuxhaven, Bremerhaven, Bremervoerde and Buxtehude near Hamburg.
2 years agoCoal will still become one of Indonesia’s key growth drivers in years to come, despite a steady shift to renewable energy, as the ‘black gold’ commodity prices are poised to remain elevated due to robust demand amid supply disruptions.
2 years agoThree years ago, Kenya's Lake Turkana started rising dramatically, lapping at the El Molo's dome-shaped huts draped in dry fish, then pushing inland, forcing villagers to higher ground.
2 years agoThe women of North Sulawesi’s Sangihe Island stand on the frontlines in battles against corporations aiming to exploit their homeland.
2 years agoAs Widuchowa's residents searched for tools to remove the lifeless bodies from the the river, the government began crisis response that many scientists say came too late.
2 years agoEco-friendly building materials can be a solution to minimize plastic waste, but challenges, including costly production, persist.
2 years agoThe reputed home of the biblical Garden of Eden, Iraq's swamplands have been battered by three years of drought and low rainfall, as well as reduced water flows along rivers and tributaries originating in neighbouring Turkey and Iran.
2 years agoFrom the bottom up, the architecture should include security modules of different layers, so that companies can build trustworthy data security solutions on the cloud layer by layer.
2 years agoIncorporating a comprehensive framework on climate resilience, including instruments for adaptation and risk mitigation, can drive public-private partnerships in developing climate-resilient infrastructure so we get it right the first time.
2 years agoAccording to Article 9 of the OST 1967, state parties shall avoid any harmful contamination of the Earth's environment.
2 years agoFootprints laid down by Ice Age hunter-gatherers and recently discovered in a United States desert are shedding new light on North America's earliest human inhabitants.
2 years agoKurdish Iraqi farmer Azad Muhamad has become a social media star by sharing tips on growing fresh fruit and vegetables in the sun-parched country that is highly vulnerable to climate change.
2 years agoHopes of saving a malnourished beluga whale that had swum up the Seine River were fading on Sunday as rescuers said they were in a race against the clock to find a solution.
2 years agoThe recovery in the central and northern stretches of the UNESCO world heritage-listed reef contrasted with the southern region, where there was a loss of coral cover due to crown-of-thorns starfish outbreaks, the Australian Institute of Marine Sciences (AIMS) said in its annual report.
2 years agoThe melodic songs from families of endangered monkeys ring out over the jungle near Cambodia's Angkor Wat temple complex -- a sign of ecological rejuvenation decades after hunting decimated wildlife at the site.
2 years agoA land iguana that disappeared more than a century ago from one of the Galapagos Islands is reproducing naturally following its reintroduction there, Ecuador's environment ministry announced Monday.
2 years agoAs this year’s dry season starts to approach its peak, the government is preparing prevention measures to keep land and forest fires under control in a bid to prevent massive fires that could cause trans-boundary haze.
2 years agoCommunities across France are struggling with a severe drought that has seen an unprecedented number of regions affected by water restrictions this summer.
2 years agoSolving Jakarta’s waste problem will require the identification of new technology partners and funding sources, as well as a legal and political climate that is conducive to international investments.
2 years agoUNESCO has warned of the potential hazard of mass tourism as the government planned to bring in 500,000 visitors inside the Komodo National Park once pandemic restrictions are loosened.
2 years agoSun lotion, insect repellant, and the Sharktivity app are this summer's must-have beach accessories along the US East Coast as human-shark encounters increase.
2 years agoThere are 40 percent more tigers in the wild than previously thought, but with a maximum of 5,578 on the prowl, they remain an endangered species, conservationists said Thursday.
2 years agoAustralia's unique wildlife is being devastated by bushfires, drought, habitat loss and global warming, a government report said Tuesday.
2 years agoCross-disciplinary integration, such as in the "Merdeka Belajar" initiative, is vital for Indonesia to present a solid position on the environment at the international negotiating table.
2 years agoThe energy transition road map should take a comprehensive, holistic approach by including the whole of the green technology value chain.
2 years agoIn a remote part of the Brazilian Amazon, a scientific expedition is cataloging species. Time is of the essence.
2 years agoImplementing sustainable tourism, especially a strict policy on tourism carrying capacity, at super priority tourist destinations will protect and preserve their cultural and natural attractions for generations to come.
2 years agoWhen French environmental campaigners halted the Tour de France on Tuesday, they hooked into a global audience with sport becoming an increasingly popular medium for viral stunts by protestors.
2 years agoWithout this shift, universally accepted goals of sustainable development and greater equity will remain out-of-reach, the science advisory panel for biodiversity, known as IPBES, found.
2 years agoThe regulation no longer singles out palm oil as the main villain in deforestation.
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