OC Message from the moderator: why should we stop praising wealthy philanthropists ?
Wealthy people are often depicted as example for society, especially when they are financing good causes. Thy're not. Here are a few reasons why....
Wealthy people are often depicted as example for society, especially when they are financing good causes. Thy're not. Here are a few reasons why....
An article from Future Crunch explains very well why it is a bad idea to publish this kind of news as good news....
he Dutch Senate on Tuesday approved a law to permanently close the Groningen gas field, following the government's promise that production will never be resumed to limit seismic risks in the region.
The North Star State has officially banned book bans.
Amsterdam is experimenting with roofs that not only grow plants but capture water for a building’s residents. Welcome to the squeezable sponge city of tomorrow.
In the heart of this megacity, an industrial site has been turned into an oasis for residents (and birds, bats and mosquito-eating dragonflies).
Rewilding Europe is supporting the release of bearded vultures by the French NGO Vautours en Baronnies, which is working to restore populations of all four European vulture species in the Dauphiné…
An effort is underway to restore mangroves along Sri Lanka’s coast in a bid to create economic opportunities and buffer coastlines from storms linked to climate change.
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NPCA celebrates major wins for Alaska’s caribou, conservation of public lands and waterways, and protection of national parks from future oil and gas drilling.
The deal will help the tribe raise money for infrastructure and services for its members while the water could ease the drought in the Southwest.
More than half of the country’s forestry is in community and Indigenous hands – and from CO2 absorption to reducing poverty the results are impressive
Recently, the country also marked 50 years of Project Tiger and 30 years of Project Elephant, underscoring its commitment to species conservation and habitat protection. - Articles from The Weather Channel | weather.com
The Munywana Conservancy received 40 southern white rhino to bolster its current rhino population. This marks the first translocation under ‘Rhino Rewild’, an African Parks initiative to rewild 2,000 southern white rhino into secure protected areas in Africa.
WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity today secured court-ordered deadlines from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for final endangered species protections for 10 species, critical habitat designation for three, and decisions about whether protections are warranted for two. The species live across the U.S., from the...
A decade-long battle between a wealthy industrialist and a band of activists led to a surprising $63 million transaction.
The Rewilding Romania team have signed partnership agreements with Retezat and Domogled-Valea Cernei National Parks. This will support scaled-up rewilding efforts across more than 105,000…
14 years in the making and with support from the Australian Government, the bill paves the way for traditional owners to have greater control and benefits from conservation.
SPAIN and Portugal’s Iberian lynx population now stands at 2,000, a number that means the endangered species is gradually getting further away from the risk of extinction.
The common strand linking successful mental health projects from Guatemala to Zimbabwe and India
The World Bank Board of Directors approved a new investment to increase access to water and sanitation for about one million people in rural Pernambuco, in the northeast of Brazil: Pernambuco Rural Water and Sanitation Project (PROSAR).
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) vowed to strengthen its social protection programs to continue to improve the lives of Filipinos amid a recent OCTA Research survey showing a decline in self-rated poverty and hunger among families during the first quarter of 2024.
The survey was conducted with 1000 mothers in urban poor communities across Mumbai
Progress is attributed to legislative measures and ongoing initiatives such as the PACT Act and the new Women's Health Research Collaborative.
A project to recruit and train religious leaders to deliver information on vaccination has made strides, health workers say, among a population renowned for hesitancy.