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Opening session of the Council of Arab Ministers Responsible for Environment (CAMRE) 19 October 2017, Cairo In just 45 days, heads of state and government ministers, industrial and civic leaders, scientists and,…
18 OCTOBER 2017, Alicante – The Government of Spain officially announced its support to the UN Clean Seas campaign today at the Volvo Ocean Race Ocean Summit being held in Alicante. As the world’s 14th largest…
Geneva, 28 September 2017 – Outlining the many ways in which the world can move to a healthier, more sustainable way of living, UN Environment today launched “Towards a pollution-free planet”, a report that serves…
Healthy ecosystems, rich biodiversity and appropriate legal frameworks are essential for helping us preserve precious freshwater in a sustainable way. Access to water and sanitation have long been enshrined as…
Planting trees in drylands is tricky, but the Moroccan city of Ouarzazate (known as “the door to the desert”) has taken up the challenge – using wastewater. The city depends on the El Mansour Eddahbi dam for its…
Mangroves support coastal communities around the world, but pollution is threatening these important ecosystems. Vegetated coastal habitats – mangrove forests, salt-marshes and seagrass meadows – have much in…
The amount of farmland irrigated with untreated wastewater is much greater than previously thought, new research suggests. The findings of a study published in Environmental Research Letters have serious…
What is the first thing you think of when you hear the word pollution? Billowing dark clouds rising out of a smokestack at a local factory. Thousands of cars on a highway adding to the smog layer above. Or maybe…
It takes hundreds of millions of years to produce fossil fuels by natural processes but new scientific research is looking to short-cut that process by using waste carbon dioxide (CO2). To avoid the worst effects…
26 July 2017 – It is common knowledge that when plastic ends up in the ocean, it negatively impacts the livelihoods of fisherfolk and the tourism sector, especially for iconic locations such as Cartagena on …
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