Ecology and Environment

Human Wrongs Watch The World Day to Combat Desertification (WDCD) is observed worldwide on 17 June every year. The focus this year is “attainment of food security for all through sustainable food systems.”* With the slogan, ‘No such thing as…

Free West Papua – a campaign A photo the Indonesian government does not want you to see, above, title: “The Recklessness of Extractive Mining Industries: the Sanctity and Beauty of this Sacred Mountain is gone forever… let us stand tall…

HiDef Aerial Surveying Limited’s (HiDef) Engineering Manager, Adam Whitehouse, has been chosen as the newest addition to the “Faces of Wind Energy” campaign being led by RenewableUK and Action for Renewables. The Faces of Wind Energy project was launched in…

PISAC, Peru , Dec 29 2014 (IPS) – In this town in Peru’s highlands over 3,000 metres above sea level, in the mountains surrounding the Sacred Valley of the Incas, the Quechua Indians who have lived here since time immemorial…

Human Wrongs Watch  Bonn, Germany – The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), which was created to provide policymakers with reliable, independent and credible information on the status of biodiversity, on 19 January 2015 agreed to initiate a set…

Human Wrongs Watch By Zhang Kai* 22 January, 2015, Greenpeace — “One thing that fascinated and shocked me the most was the fact that even on smoggy days, people still lived their lives as usual,” said Chinese film director Jia Zhangke…

Human Wrongs Watch 19 January 2015 — Tonight, an Aurora Borealis graced UNESCO’s Globe in Paris. The Northern Lights, a natural phenomenon only seen in much higher latitudes, were reproduced by artist Kari Kola on the UNESCO Headquarters in celebration…

Washington, 17 Jan (Prensa Latina) 2014 was the hottest year in 135 years of record-keeping, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA announced today. The year’s average combined global land and ocean surface temperature was 58.24 degrees Fahrenheit, according…

Renewable energy now cost advantageous, especially when accounting for the cost of pollution and ill health. The cost of generating power from renewable energy sources has reached parity or dropped below the cost of fossil fuels for many technologies in…

PRESS RELEASE MUMBAI: Over a thousand Dawoodi Bohra community members representing over 200 towns and cities across the nation today attended an environment seminar titled I LOVE CLEANLINESS organized by the community-run Burhani Foundation (India), an environment research and awareness institute…