The European Union has passed its first legislation to combat violence against women. The law requires all EU countries to criminalize female genital mutilation, forced marriage and online harassment.
Let's be honest, i hesitated for a long time to publish this one because even if the bill is a good news, the fact that it took so long and that not all states did the same can clearly downlift it. What do you think ?
Berlin's first drug-checking service launched last year, and demand is high. Now the data is being shared with the KnowDrugs app, which informs users about the latest drug-checking results in Germany and beyond.
A big pink truck cruised the streets of the Southwest this spring with stops in New Mexico, distributing over 10,000 books to the Navajo Nation to help improve literacy and support Indigenous writers.
A group of friends, dismayed about climate change, bought the most degraded piece of farmland they could find. Not to live on, or to make money from, but to transform into the bushland it once was.
Helped by a bold rewilding project, storks are migrating between Britain and North Africa again for the first time in 600 years. How can we make their journey safer?
Illegal gold mining has ravaged the Peruvian Amazon, leaving behind pollution and denuded landscapes. A group of miners are working with a U.S. charity to restore the forest.
An alliance announced at the 2021 U.N. climate summit in Scotland has already allocated $240 million for projects that align increased agricultural productivity with environmental preservation in Brazil. The IFACC, or Financial Innovation for Amazonia, the Cerrado and Chaco, is led by the Tropical Forest Alliance (TFA), The...
A recent study published in the journal Nature on 10 April 2024 provides encouraging news for biodiversity conservation in the Congo Basin. Led by Utrecht University in the Netherlands, with the support of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), the research highlights the positive impact of...
South Africa’s cabinet approved a phased end to the captive breeding of lions and rhinos as the country seeks to end practices that have sullied its reputation as a custodian of some of the world’s biggest wildlife populations.
Promising antibody drug provides hope for those with type 1 diabetes (www.optimistdaily.com)
Discover the most recent developments in diabetes therapy that have the potential to alter people's lives.
Beavers Are Back in London — and They're Thriving (reasonstobecheerful.world)
Usually known for their work in more rural places, nature’s best engineers have brought their ecosystem management skills to the big city.
EU adopts first law tackling violence against women (www.dw.com)
The European Union has passed its first legislation to combat violence against women. The law requires all EU countries to criminalize female genital mutilation, forced marriage and online harassment.
‘Urination equality’: Amsterdam women win fight for more public toilets (www.theguardian.com)
Years of pressure by those fined for urinating in street due to lack of facilities pays off with €4m plans
Dutch city pilots radical debt cancellation scheme for poor families (www.theguardian.com)
Councillor in Arnhem says existing system to resolve issues caused by debt costs billions and isn’t working
A crisis call line run by Native youth, for Native youth - The Hechinger Report (hechingerreport.org)
Historic Agreement with the Federal Government and Arizona Gives Colorado River Indian Tribes Control Over Use of Their Water off Tribal Land - Inside Climate News (insideclimatenews.org)
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.
Map shows which states allow child marriage as New Hampshire bill passes (www.newsweek.com)
New Hampshire could become the thirteenth state to ban child marriage in the United States.
Planting Trees and Equity in the Arizona Desert (reasonstobecheerful.world)
As Tucson gets hotter and hotter, creating more shade in its most vulnerable neighborhoods is making a vital difference.
Drug-checking app alerts users to potentially lethal pills (www.dw.com)
Berlin's first drug-checking service launched last year, and demand is high. Now the data is being shared with the KnowDrugs app, which informs users about the latest drug-checking results in Germany and beyond.
Big pink truck delivers books, love of Native literature (ictnews.org)
A big pink truck cruised the streets of the Southwest this spring with stops in New Mexico, distributing over 10,000 books to the Navajo Nation to help improve literacy and support Indigenous writers.
This Tribe Is Reclaiming Its Land — And It Starts With 1 Animal (www.huffpost.com)
A legacy of land theft thwarts most tribes' efforts to restore wild buffalo. Wind River Indian Reservation has crafted a unique solution.
They pooled their money to buy an 'ugly' hill. Twenty years later, they're calling it 'paradise' (www.abc.net.au)
A group of friends, dismayed about climate change, bought the most degraded piece of farmland they could find. Not to live on, or to make money from, but to transform into the bushland it once was.
How an English castle became a stork magnet (www.bbc.com)
Helped by a bold rewilding project, storks are migrating between Britain and North Africa again for the first time in 600 years. How can we make their journey safer?
Gold mining reduced this Amazon rainforest to a moonscape. Now miners are restoring it (www.npr.org)
Illegal gold mining has ravaged the Peruvian Amazon, leaving behind pollution and denuded landscapes. A group of miners are working with a U.S. charity to restore the forest.
Brazil’s Cerrado is main beneficiary of 2021 pledge to end deforestation (news.mongabay.com)
An alliance announced at the 2021 U.N. climate summit in Scotland has already allocated $240 million for projects that align increased agricultural productivity with environmental preservation in Brazil. The IFACC, or Financial Innovation for Amazonia, the Cerrado and Chaco, is led by the Tropical Forest Alliance (TFA), The...
Brazil and France 'Join Forces' With $1.1 Billion Green Investment Plan for Amazon Rainforest - EcoWatch (www.ecowatch.com)
French President Macron and Brazilian President Lula da Silva will launch a $1.1 billion green investment plan for the Amazon rainforest.
Congo Basin: certified forests, a refuge for wildlife | Afrik 21 (www.afrik21.africa)
A recent study published in the journal Nature on 10 April 2024 provides encouraging news for biodiversity conservation in the Congo Basin. Led by Utrecht University in the Netherlands, with the support of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), the research highlights the positive impact of...
A Tidal Wetland Restoration of Epic Proportions (reasonstobecheerful.world)
Salt ponds form a vast mosaic spanning thousands of acres in California's South Bay. But a 50-year transformation is underway.
Lion and Rhino Breeding Ban Approved by South African Cabinet (www.bloomberg.com)
South Africa’s cabinet approved a phased end to the captive breeding of lions and rhinos as the country seeks to end practices that have sullied its reputation as a custodian of some of the world’s biggest wildlife populations.
New Conservation Area Protects Yaguas National Park Buffer Zone (www.andesamazonfund.org)
Cotuhé: Peru’s largest conservation concession protects nearly half a million acres in Yaguas National Park buffer zone
In a first, EPA sets limit for ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water (www.washingtonpost.com)
New limits on forever chemicals in water should reduce PFAS exposure for about 100 million Americans, according to the Environmental Protection Agency
To Cut Cancer Risks, E.P.A. Limits Pollution From Chemical Plants (www.nytimes.com)
The new regulation is aimed at reducing the risk of cancer for people who live close to plants emitting toxic chemicals.
French Revolution: Cyclists Now Outnumber Motorists In Paris (www.forbes.com)
Official measurements have found that Paris is rapidly becoming a city of cyclists.