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Local handicrafts and specialties are helping build a climate-resistant future for Madagascar’s coastal communities. “When I was younger, everything was normal, even the rain,” Vivienne Rakotoarisoa reminisces. “…
World Soil Day on 5 December reminds us why healthy soil is vital, how pollution affects it and what can be done. Did you know that a handful of soil can contain millions of bacteria and fungi as well as tiny…
On 30 October 2018, Indonesia and the Republic of Congo signed the first ever agreement on the protection and management of peatlands between an African and an Asian country. The five-year memorandum of…
When Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland invented Bakelite in 1907, it was hailed as “the material of a thousand uses”. The production of synthetic plastics took off over the coming decades but now that the environmental…
Climate change has hit Sudan hard. UN Environment and the European Union have jointly launched the second phase of a water catchment project. This project is expected to boost agricultural production and relieve…
A new report draws on the climate change mitigation experiences of a number of countries to highlight “win-win” options for Ethiopia and Kenya. The Nordic countries – Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden –…
You walk into a burger restaurant. What’s going through your mind? Double meat with extra bacon and cheese? Brown bun or added slice of avocado? Environmental degradation or ecological preservation? You probably…
The agriculture sector - considered by the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations to include crops and livestock, forestry, fisheries and land use—is one of the largest contributors to, and one of…
On the occasion of World Food Day, the World Future Council announced the 2018 Future Policy Award winners. The Future Policy Award is the only award which honours policies on an international level. UN Environment…
World Food Day on 16 October reminds us that 821 million people in the world are undernourished and that sustainable agriculture requires mainstreaming of biodiversity. Farmers across the world are facing difficult…
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