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Healthy ecosystems, healthy humans: ‘One Health’ …

WEBAt a conference in Berlin on Oct. 25, they issued 10 principles aimed at guiding this sort of meaningful collaboration. The Berlin Principles aim to broaden the …

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As nature declines, so does human quality of life, study finds

WEBThe past 50 years have seen a catastrophic decline in the planet’s ecosystems and natural environments. Every day at least 32,300 hectares (80,000 …

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One Health: A necessary blend of biodiversity and human …

WEBEnvironmental science and conservation news. This week, the German Federal Foreign Office & WCS will co-host “One Planet, One Health, One Future: …

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Aerosol pollution: Destabilizing Earth’s climate and a …

WEBBut human-caused aerosols — emitted from smokestacks, car exhausts, wildfires, and even clothes dryers — have increased rapidly, largely in step with …

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African health experts warn of climate change & rising …

WEBHealth experts are particularly concerned about the role of climate change in the rise of vector-borne diseases in Africa’s low- and middle-income countries, which …

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Top 10 environmental news stories of 2020

WEBIn Colombia alone, 300 environmental and human rights defenders were killed between Jan. 1 and Dec. 18, according to Indepaz. By contrast, a Global Witness …

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Why the health of the Amazon River matters to us all: An …

WEBWhy the health of the Amazon River matters to us all: An interview with Michael Goulding. by Rhett A. Butler on 9 September 2020. Like the rainforest which …

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To renew or not to renew

WEBSenegal now faces a decision it’s faced before. In the mid-2000s, small-scale fishers there mobilized in opposition to a fishing agreement with the European Union …

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On foot and by drone, radio tracking helps rehabilitate …

WEBConservation NGO Save Vietnam’s Wildlife is employing radio tracking to follow rehabilitated pangolins rescued from the illegal wildlife trade, even in difficult …

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Pollution poses big risks to global clean water supplies, study shows

WEBNitrogen pollution could intensify global water scarcity threefold by 2050, scientists warn in a recently published paper. In addition, “newly emerging pollutants,” …

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Plastic pollution talks end & Arctic peoples return home to a ‘sink’ …

WEBGlobal plastic pollution talks in Ottawa came to a close April 30, and with them a group of Indigenous leaders from the Arctic are on their way home. But the mood …

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New database unveils the role of Asian hornbills as forest seed …

WEBBiologists have long known hornbills are supreme long-distance seed dispersers. The iconic forest birds are capable of transporting tree seeds over vast …

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Scientists and doctors raise global alarm over hormone-disrupting …

WEBA new report strongly links endocrine disruptors to diseases, from the devastating, like infertility, to the deadly, like cancer and heart disease. The report calls …

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Study: Burning wood pellets for energy endangers local …

WEBby Justin Catanoso on 18 January 2024. A new peer-reviewed study quantifies broadly for the first time the air pollution and public health impacts across the United States from …

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Study confirms anti-inflammatory property of traditional Samoan …

WEBTaking a pill is what gets many people around the world through physical pain or other forms of ill health. Many others took to more traditional plant-based …

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The potential for tracking wildlife health & disease via bioacoustics

WEBThe potential for tracking wildlife health & disease via bioacoustics is great (commentary) by Jesse Turner on 10 April 2024. Bioacoustics is the passive, non …

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The thick of it: Delving into the neglected global impacts of …

WEBIt doesn’t get talked about much, but 7.8 billion humans make a lot of waste, and a lot of it is flowing into the planet’s rivers, estuaries and oceans, with major impacts …

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Shamans in the city: Brazil clinic offers traditional Amazonian …

WEBA large house in the historical district of the Brazilian Amazon city of Manaus is helping keep indigenous traditions alive through the practice of alternative health …

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Innovative sewage solutions: Tackling the global human waste …

WEBThe sum of human waste produced by 7.8 billion people is grossly impacting human health and the environment, with wastewater adding around 6.2 million tons of …

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‘Corals dying’ as yet more bleaching hits heat-stressed Great …

WEBThe southern section of the Great Barrier Reef is undergoing extensive coral bleaching, according to researchers who recently surveyed the region. The discovery …

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Canada oil sands air pollution 20-64 times worse than industry …

WEBAir pollution levels over Alberta’s tar sands are many times higher than industry-reported figures, according to researchers, raising questions over potential health risks …

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Photos confirm narcotraffickers operating in Peru’s Kakataibo

WEBA wide strip of land cuts through the dense Amazon canopy in Peru’s Kakataibo Indigenous Reserve as shown by a photograph taken during a flyover on …

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On a Borneo mountainside, Indigenous Dayak women hold fire …

WEBIndigenous women in Indonesian Borneo often have to combine domestic responsibilities with food cultivation, known as behuma in the dialect of the Dayak Pitap …

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CITES halts Ecuador’s shark trade; trafficking persists amid lack of

WEBIllegal trafficking of shark fins and bodies from Ecuador to Peru has gone on for years. On Feb. 6, Ecuador announced measures to restrict fishing of these animals. …

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