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Paperitalo Environmental News
( Last updated Friday, April 3, 2020 12:56 pm EDT) | |
Forest & Bird Celebrates Trans-Tasman Resources Decision
Forest & Bird is celebrating a Court of Appeal
decision this afternoon that the Environmental Protection
Authority (EPA) was wrong to rubber-stamp a proposal to mine
the sea floor off the Taranaki Coast.
"Forest &
Bird and many others have … Friday, April 3, 2020 1:10 pm EDT
| | | Prey Lang forest promoted
The USAID Greening Prey Lang Project recently presented its three month report for the year detailing how it has been supporting the government to promote community livelihoods, developing strategic plans for forests, recruiting community groups and … Friday, April 3, 2020 1:10 pm EDT
| | | Human impact on environment raises risk of pandemics
By Jeff Berardelli
April 2, 2020 / 9:56 AM
/ CBS News
About two-thirds of all infectious diseases in humans have their origins in animals. Scientists say the ability of a virus to mutate and adapt from animals to the human system is very rare, but … Friday, April 3, 2020 1:10 pm EDT
| | | Bangladesh Refugee Emergency - Factsheet: Energy & Environment (as of 29 February 2020)
ENERGY & ENV. OBJECTIVES
116,217 refugee & host community households were reached with Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) and cooking kits provide cheaper,safer,andamore efficient and cleaner sourceof energy
UNHCRis working to create a better … Friday, April 3, 2020 1:10 pm EDT
| | | Chiang Mai launches measures to control forest fires
Stringent measures are being put in place to control forest fires in several parts of Chiang Mai with the aim of easing air pollution.
Chiang Mai’s deputy governor Komsan Suwan-Ampha met with representatives from the Natural Resources and Environment … Friday, April 3, 2020 1:10 pm EDT
| | | There are more than 1,000 empty homes in Bracknell Forest
There are more than 1,000 homes sitting empty across Bracknell Forest — with some vacant for 21 years. Hundreds of families are currently waiting for a place to live on Bracknell Forest’s housing register. Of the 1,153 homes empty as of February 2020, 650 … Friday, April 3, 2020 1:10 pm EDT
| | | Land grab 'factor' in forest reserve blaze
MAE HONG SON: A forest reserve in the northern province of Mae Hong Son was destroyed in a bushfire believed to have been started as part of a land encroachment ploy, the local forest protection authorities said on Wednesday.
A total of eight rai of forest … Friday, April 3, 2020 1:10 pm EDT
| | | Uganda Refugee Response Plan (RRP) 2019-2020, Environment & Energy Dashboard - Quarter 4, January - December 2019
Environment Overview
Objective 1: Environment and natural resources protected and restored and green livelihoods promoted using a catchment-based approach
The Office of the Prime Minister and partners have declared environmental protection and restoration … Friday, April 3, 2020 1:10 pm EDT
| | | NJ state parks and forest trails remain open during emergency
For everyone hunkered down in their homes during the COVID-19 pandemic, there is some good news for those wanting a breath of fresh air and a different environment. New Jersey state parks and forest trails are still open for passive recreation. Just make … Friday, April 3, 2020 1:10 pm EDT
| | | COVID-19: Ban on eating wild meat deprives some forest communities
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Mar 31 2020
As efforts to curb the COVID-19 pandemic accelerate around the world, wildlife conservationists have welcomed a move by the Chinese government to outlaw the hunting and consumption of all terrestrial wild … Friday, April 3, 2020 1:10 pm EDT
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