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Online data is helping water authorities collaborate across borders to fight the impacts of climate change It’s a cycle that is becoming all too common around the globe. A swing from flood to drought and back that…

If a scientist or a company collects biological specimens in another country, takes them back to their country, conducts research and later makes millions by creating products using those genetic resources – that’s…

Every day humanitarian aid workers help millions of people around the world, regardless of who they are and where they are. World Humanitarian Day, marked on 19 August, offers the United Nations and other…

The eastern highlands of the Democratic Republic of the Congo make up the country’s highest and most rugged region. It is home to a series of mountains 80 to 560 km wide, extending from the Rwenzori Mountain in…

Things are looking up in a swath of forest in southern Germany, thanks to innovative funding from the European Union for a project that aims to help policymakers better understand how the forest’s ecosystems work…

“It is a priority for me to participate in meetings such as the National Environment Forum and remind people that environmental concerns are, above all, people’s concerns. It is critical that our society considers…

Today, 9 August, is the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. This year's theme is “Indigenous Peoples' Migration and Movement.” We spoke to thirty-four-year old Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, an indigenous…

The country’s forests are under immense pressure from charcoal and fuel wood production and consumption. South Sudan, the world’s youngest country, is endowed with extensive grasslands, wetlands, wildlife, and…

Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region is an area with a fairly favourable climate, home to high plant biodiversity. In spring, several species of feather, sheep fescue and blue grass as well as forget-me-nots, and yellow…

The world urgently needs to restore its degraded forests and landscapes in order to preserve a productive and healthy environment in which humans can flourish. Over 3 billion of the world’s 7.6 billion people are…