FAO and GEF team up in new project to make forest data more transparent, accessible and available 11 November 2019, Rome – FAO today launched a new $7.1 million project supported by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to make forest data more accessible, transparent and available, and, in particular, help developing countries to meet the Paris Climate Agreement's enhanced […]
Nov 25 2019 | Posted in
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Restaurants offering fixed-price three-course menús have been a cornerstone of the country’s urban life for decades, but tourism, shorter lunch breaks and gentrification have put them under threat. What will it take to fight back? Food is at the heart of Spanish culture. From social life to business deals, everything revolves around food – above […]
Nov 25 2019 | Posted in
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ঢাকা শহরে দূষণ যেমন বাড়ছে, তেমনি তা মোকাবিলার রক্ষাকবচ সবুজ গাছপালাও কমে আসছে। এবার কোনোরকমে টিকে থাকা সেই সবুজের জন্য নতুন বিপদের কথা শোনালেন বিজ্ঞানীরা। তাঁরা বলছেন, যানবাহনের ক্ষতিকর গ্যাস ও অতিক্ষুদ্র বস্তুকণার দূষণের মাত্রা এতটাই যে ঢাকা শহরের গাছপালা টিকে থাকার ক্ষমতা হারাচ্ছে। যতটুক সবুজ টিকে আছে, তা–ও এ দূষণে কত দিন বেঁচে থাকবে, […]
Nov 25 2019 | Posted in
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Students and staff of over 700 Belgian schools are to take part on Thursday in a zero-waste day by taking actions such as avoiding plastic wrappings, the GoodPlanet association, which is the behind the initiative, said on Wednesday. This awareness-building day is part of the European Week for Waste Reduction. GoodPlanet, whose aim is a […]
Nov 25 2019 | Posted in
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Noise produced by human activities should be better regulated to protect wildlife, say the authors of a study exposing how sound pollution affects myriad creatures from fish to birds. Road traffic, aircraft, ships, factories and oil drilling are all human activities that produce noise, most – but not all – of which is typically below 4kHz. […]
Nov 25 2019 | Posted in
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While tourism benefits local economies, there are some definite drawbacks. Many of the world’s most popular tourist destinations are dealing with overtourism, which is disruptive to the local way of life as well as to natural habitats. A recent example of this is the Mona Lisa painting in Paris. Eighty percent of visitors to the Louvre, […]
Nov 25 2019 | Posted in
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The health effects of climate change will be unevenly distributed and children will be among those especially harmed, according to a new report from the medical journal The Lancet. The report compared human health consequences under two scenarios: one in which the world meets the commitments laid out in the Paris Agreement and reins in emissions so that increases […]
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