Environment

Desertification affects 3 billion people worldwide

The desertification, as a result of prolonged droughts, affects 3000 million people worldwide. Poor and degraded lands, according to the UN, are estimated to "increase migration levels, stability, and insecurity among many communities". This was estimated by the newly elected...

Global Plastic Treaty: No Agreement Reached, Negotiations to Resume in 2025

This year does not end with a global plastic treaty. The countries that negotiated an internationally legally binding instrument on this contamination until Sunday suspended the sessions. As the fifth day of debate was still ongoing, no agreement was reached...

More than 100 years later: scientists make an astonishing rediscovery

The east of India became the stage of the rediscovery made by a group of researchers who found two frog species that had not been seen since 1919, more than 100 years ago. This discovery took place during expeditions carried...

Emission reduction by up to 67%: Brazil’s plan against climate change

Brazil presented its plan against climate change and surprised the global community with the ambitious figures it foresees for 2035. Looking ahead to the next decade, its goal is to reduce carbon emissions by up to 67%. During the United...

Volunteers initiated monitoring of pollution in the Ludueña stream.

Last week, citizen monitoring of the contamination of the Ludueña stream formally began. More than 40 volunteers from different locations in Santa Fe were trained to collaborate in the environmental diagnosis of the basin. The event took place at the...

Complaint about pollution at Petroquímica Bermúdez: Demanding provincial environmental justice

The Secretary of the Environmental Policy area of the **National University of Rosario** (UNR) and president of the Institute of Environmental Policy Law of the Bar Association, Matías De Bueno, has requested the creation of an **Environmental Justice** to...

Drought in Zimbabwe: Farmers’ Innovative Solution

The drought in Zimbabwe has become critical in recent months. The situation has led to complications for food production and, in the same vein, for crops. However, farmers have come up with an innovative and surprising solution. It involves the...

Peru reached a historic record of forest fires in 2024.

The Amazon region belonging to Peru has become the epicenter of the forest fires that have occurred in this region so far in 2024. This alarming data emerged from a recent report by the Mapbiomas Peru Initiative, led by...

Bahamas launches debt swap for ocean conservation with IDB support

The government of the Bahamas has decided to implement a **debt swap** that will not only save them around 124 million dollars, but will also allow them to **improve ocean conservation** and the management of their **Protected Areas System**. This...

Fires trigger the worst environmental crisis in Bolivia’s history

This year, the forest fires that affected millions of hectares left Bolivia with "the worst environmental crisis" in its history. Environmental specialists warn that the country "will not recover" what was lost in over four months of intense forest fires,...

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Ten defenders of the Earth in the fight against desertification

Ten young people under 35 have been chosen by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification to share their...