By Carissa Alcantara Aside from playing notable characters on the screen, celebrities create a huge impact by using their platforms to raise awareness in saving and protecting Mother Earth. Besides appearing on the red carpet, posing with expensive cars, or holding unending parties, some celebrities also do great things forContinue Reading
MALAYSIA and Singapore are party to the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Unclos). Malaysia ratified it on October 14, 1996 and Singapore, on November 17, 1994. Unclos was adopted as a “constitution for the oceans,” in order to “settle all issues relating to the lawContinue Reading
Since the launch of Data privacy day back in 2007, the initiative has grown to the extent that it is now observed in 47 European countries plus the US, Canada, Nigeria and Israel. Although inextricably connected with data security, data privacy is quite distinct. That distinction is understood by CanadiansContinue Reading
Nearly 1,000 acres of tallgrass prairie will be preserved with Ørsted’s gift to The Nature Conservancy PARIS, Texas , Jan. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ – Today, Ørsted, a leading clean energy company, announced a collaboration with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) to protect almost 1,000 acres of native prairie in northeast Texas .Continue Reading
With the reality of climate change becoming more apparent in the form of extreme weather events such as heat waves, droughts and floods, it is clear that the future of all life on the planet is in peril. To stress the immediacy and seriousness of human-caused climate change and its effects,Continue Reading
Farmers will receive increased payments for protecting and enhancing nature and delivering sustainable food production under the Government’s Environmental Land Management schemes, Defra has announced today (Thursday 5 January 2023). Speaking at the Oxford Farming Conference, Farming Minister Mark Spencer announced more money for farmers and landowners through both theContinue Reading
Effective Jan. 2, Brazil’s President Lula issued six decrees revoking or altering anti-environment-and-Indigenous measures from his predecessor Jair Bolsonaro, acts highly celebrated by environmentalists and activists. One of the decrees annuls mining in Indigenous lands and protected areas, another resumes plans to combat deforestation in the Amazon and Cerrado biomes,Continue Reading
Following the adoption of a Resolution on Marine Plastic Pollution at the 68th International Whaling Commission conference (IWC68) in October, member countries will have to report on the status, reduction, recycling, and reuse efforts on marine plastic pollution. At IWC68, member nations adopted a resolution to support international negotiations onContinue Reading
Dar es Salaam. The Director General of Tanzania Electricity Supply Corporation (Tanesco), Maharage Chande, has said that in the implementation of the Mwalimu Julius Nyerere Hydropower Dam project (JNHPP), the government considered and continues to follow up on the conditions of international environmental protection. He made the statement Wednesday, DecemberContinue Reading
Brazil’s incoming president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has backed calls for rich nations to provide more money to protect Earth’s ecosystems at Cop15 as talks restarted in Montreal after a series of walkouts. More than 100 environment ministers have arrived at the biodiversity summit in Canada before a weekendContinue Reading
