By Thais Linhares-Juvenal, Senior Forestry Officer, and Malgorzata Buszko-Briggs, Team Leader on Outreach, Forestry Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Forests are not just the lungs of the planet: they have huge potential, if managed sustainably, to becom

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collected information on ways to positively impact the environment through reusable drinking bottles, straws, and shopping bags.<

Stormwater can lead to stream bank erosion, loss of flood control and health implications.

Unfortunately, the earth’s natural lands are shrinking. Many forests and streams have become parking lots and residential neighborhoods over time. As a result, pollution increases and eventua

BERLIN — Severe water scarcity events are expected to impact up to 60% of the world’s wheat-growing areas by the end of the 21st century, according to a recently released strategy paper from the Wheat Initiative, a group of public and private entities engaged in wheat research.

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India’s stock indices jumped to their highest in four months on Thursday, mirroring the overnight strength on Wall Street, as investors interpreted the US Federal Reserve’s commentary the previous night as an indication that slower interest rate hikes might be in the offing.

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The 11 best bike cities in Europe, in seven countries.

I am surprised that Ljubljana is not on the list. I read that they have the third highest bicycle mode share in Europe, after Amsterdam and Copenhagen. For all I know though, it might be that their infrastructure is not that good, an

As the UK suffered its hottest-ever temperatures only recently, Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now, interviewed Britain’s erudite environmental journalist George Monbiot July 21, 2022 about his most recent article in The Guardian: This Heatwave Has Eviscerated The Idea That Small Changes Can

Governor Gavin Newsom signed new legislation requiring all packaging in California to be recyclable or compostable by 2032 in an effort to reduce plastic waste.

"It's going to start reducing the amount of plastics that are used in everyday life around California," said Peter Cron, San Lu

Celebrity entitlement is not a thing of yore, and while there was a time when rich and famous people were untouchable by the masses, social media has turned the tables, at least to some angle. We don’t worship celebrities anymore, and especially not let them waltz around with no conseque

Bamboo groves in Anji county, Zhejiang province. (Photo/Xinhua)

To counter the widespread use and environmental damage caused by single-use plastics, a Chinese research institute has proposed developing new technologies by using a more eco-friendly substitute－bamboo.

The proposal