Thu 10 October 2024: Hurricane Milton has weakened further and is now a Category 1 hurricane, according to the US National Hurricane Center’s (NHC) latest advisory. The storm struck Florida as a Category 3 storm late on Wednesday after weakening from a Category 5 storm, leaving more than three million people without power and causing an unknown […]
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Thu 10 October 2024: Wildlife numbers plummet 73 percent over past half-century, report finds Wildlife populations across the globe have shrunk by more than 70 percent over the past half-century, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). The conservation charity published a stocktake on Thursday, assessing more than 5,000 species of mammals, birds, […]
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Tue 08 October 2024: Forests almost equivalent to the size of Ireland were destroyed in 2023, according to a new report that warns that the world is lagging behind targets aimed at ending deforestation. The Forest Declaration Assessment 2024, released on Tuesday, said that 6.37 million hectares (15.7 million acres) of forest were lost last […]
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Tue 08 October 2024: – Head of Biodiversity and Sustainability Center at Bethlehem University tells Anadolu that some of environmental damage in region is now irreversible ISTANBUL Since Oct. 7, 2023, thousands of civilians have lost their lives in Gaza, where Israel has continued its attacks, turning the destruction caused by these assaults into ecocide. […]
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Mon 07 October 2024: Severe flooding has impacted more than 30,000 families across Thailand, with rescue and relief operations currently in full swing. As of Sunday, local media reported that 20 northern and northeastern provinces, including Chiang Mai, Ayutthaya, and Ubon Ratchathani, remain overwhelmed by the devastation. According to the Department of Disaster Prevention and […]
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Sun 06 October 2024: In a bold move to improve human-wildlife coexistence and protect the fragile ecosystems of central Kenya, the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) embarked on an extensive elephant translocation operation on Thursday. The initiative aims to address the growing conflict between humans and elephants, while enhancing wildlife conservation in the region. The operation […]
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Fri 04 October 2024: Some 250 million containers cross the oceans every year, but not everything arrives as planned — more than 20,000 shipping containers have tumbled overboard in the last decade and a half, according to the World Shipping Council (WSC), an industry group. “Their varied contents have washed onto shorelines, poisoned fisheries and […]
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Thu 03 October 2024: Dozens of tigers, three lions and a panther have died in zoos in southern Vietnam, with subsequent tests detecting cases of bird flu. The country’s Ministry of Health said in a statement on Thursday that two samples taken from dead tigers at Mango Garden Resort in Dong Nai province tested positive for the H5N1 strain […]
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Thu 26 September 2024: Namibia’s wildlife is under significant strain as ongoing droughts dry up water sources across the country. Animals, including hippos, elephants, and antelopes, struggle to find water, leading to increased mortality rates and habitat displacement. Waterholes, essential for sustaining both wildlife and livestock, are drying up, forcing animals to move closer to […]
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Thu 19 September 2024: Peruvian President Dina Boluarte has declared a state of emergency in the regions of San Martín, Ucayali, and Amazonas, as rampant forest fires continue to devastate vast tracts of land. These fires, many of which are believed to have been sparked by traditional agricultural practices, have consumed over 5,000 hectares (12,355 […]
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