Environmental Protection
A shift in financing can make our fisheries more sustainable
Over a third of the world’s fisheries have been overexploited and the health of marine ecosystems is in decline.
Indigenous people in Borneo seek to save their forests
“Enough is enough,” a villager living in an area where logging has been rampant. “We want the trees to grow back.”
Nitrous oxide is a far more powerful greenhouse gas than CO2
Each year, more than 100 million tons of nitrogen are spread on crops in the form of synthetic fertilizer.
Biodiversity loss will be ‘driving future pandemics’
Pandemics could happen more often in future, kill more people and wreak even worse damage on the global economy.
Floating gardens improve water quality, scientists show
Even a small garden makes a difference, a researcher says.
We can learn sustainability from traditional communities
Many indigenous people have had a close relationship with nature which is antithetical to unsustainable exploitation.