Monthly Archives: December 2021
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Banned decades ago, PCBs still pose a threat to wildlife
HOLDERNESS, NH (AP) – While cruising her boat to a driftwood platform in an idyllic New Hampshire lake where “On Golden Pond” was filmed, biologist Tiffany ... -
The best of science in 2021 – Editor’s choice
In 2021, the pandemic continued under new avatars, presenting us with different challenges. Intrepid researchers have delved into distant fields of science, and we, at Research ... -
New fishing regulations for Lake Nipissing
Content of the article Fishing rules are changing on Lake Nipissing. Content of the article Anglers can expect to find a number of changes in the ... -
Stay or go: villagers against big coal
Reporting December 30, 2021 Germany may have pledged to phase out coal, but that hasn’t stopped energy giant RWE from expanding a mine and wiping out ... -
Take a look back at some of the biggest successes you helped us achieve in 2021
6. Your support of the BirdLife partnership means we can share our expertise globally, helping Korean shorebird sanctuaries achieve World Heritage status. This year, four major ... -
Human anatomy and decaying flora unveil surreal mix of dreams and feelings in Rafael Silveira’s portraits
Art #anatomy #oil painting #painting #plants #portraits # surreal December 29, 2021 Grace Ebert All images © Rafael Silveira, shared with permission In Rafael Silveira‘s Deportations, ... -
Newly Listed Homes For Sale in the Missoula and Western Montana Area | Local news
This beautiful 3,660 m². pi. The house spans just under 4 acres and was built with energy efficiency in mind, from the windows to the heating ... -
China’s first law to protect wetlands aims to save fragile ecosystem
China passed its first wetland protection law more than a decade after the legislation was proposed, marking a major step in saving the country’s altered ecosystem, ... -
Polish court relaunches ‘highly imperfect’ hydroelectric dam project for the Vistula | Rivers
The construction of a ⬠1 billion (£ 850 million) dam on the Vistula is one more step towards getting the green light in Poland, despite ... -
Harvest Days Preview: Low Poly Open World Farming
Harvest Days is a pre-alpha indie farming game that uses open world exploration and low-poly graphics to create a unique simulation adventure. Harvest days is an ... -
Fishing near the red line
Fishermen fear their thousands of years of tradition may slowly fade away due to overfishing and China’s illegal maritime expansion in the Spratly Islands. This rough ... -
How do birds make their nests?
The first thing to know is not that all birds make nests. For example, Emperor Penguin Fathers carry their precious egg on their feet (to keep ... -
Discovering Kon Ha Nung, a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve | To travel
Kon Ha Nung Biosphere Reserve (Photo: VNA) Gia Lai (VNA) – Kon Ha Nung Plateau in the Central Highlands Province Gia Lai, recognized as a World ... -
Awareness created to ensure a safe nesting season for turtles
Chennai: Wildlife authorities and marine conservationists have launched annual outreach programs to welcome nesting olive ridley turtles along the coast of Tamil Nadu. Videos of entangled ... -
China adopts new law to protect wetlands
Chinese lawmakers voted on Friday to pass a new wetland protection law, establishing the country’s first specialized law on the issue. Lawmakers approved the law, which ... -
Sir Bob urges citizens to take stock of their lives
BY JEFFREY ELAPA GOVERNOR-General Sir Bob Dadae said he called on all citizens of the country to take stock of their actions and chart a way ... -
Lynx hunting prohibited this season / Article
Such a decision is linked to the change in the status of the lynx in the hunt, said the VMD, considering that there are plans to ... -
Biden administration calls for “solar power zones” in Colorado
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) – U.S. officials on Tuesday announced approval of two large-scale solar projects in California and decided to open up public lands in other ... -
Middlesex County Adds 19 Acres to Wildlife Preserve
METUCHEN – The Peter J. Barnes III Wildlife Sanctuary is about to expand. Middlesex County said on the site on Wednesday that it intends to acquire ... -
Animal testing halved in Ireland since EU directive, but campaigners say numbers remain too high
THE NUMBER of animals used in testing in Ireland has halved since a European Union directive came into force in 2013, new figures show. Animal rights ... -
About 30 percent of one of Kampong Thom’s community forests destroyed
The fight against illegal loggers and land grabbers continues in the country, with community members from Kampong Thom villages calling on authorities to act to crack ... -
Citizens oppose the de-booking of green spaces for the Thane-Borivali bi-tunnel | Bombay News
Mumbai On two occasions in the past week, citizens have written to the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) to oppose the de-booking of 25 hectares of parks ... -
Taipei’s Guandu Natural Park changes status to wetlands for enhanced protection | Taiwan News
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Guandu Nature Park in Beitou District of Taipei City will change its status from protected nature reserve to wetland in order to ... -
Commission advises on how to select sites and finance the removal of obsolete barriers
As announced in the EU’s 2030 Biodiversity Strategy, the Commission has developed a guidance document to help Member States identify and prioritize barriers that could be ... -
High Court challenges allowed against two subdivisions
The High Court has cleared the advancement of two separate legal challenges brought by environmentalists over Strategic Infrastructure Developments (SIDs) in Dublin and Waterford. Environmental activist ... -
Under BJP’s shrinking umbrella in UP, smooth sailing for Sanjay Nishad
THE BJP is a difficult partner when it comes to allies. However, as the elections in Uttar Pradesh heat up, the party has done everything possible ... -
RWE works on 1.6 GW offshore wind project in Sweden
RWE Renewables has carried out geophysical and environmental studies for the Södra Midsjöbanken offshore wind project in the Swedish part of the Baltic Sea, for which ... -
ncz: Large parts of the NCR outside the conservation area in the new plan: The whole hill of Aravali will lose its protective cover? | India News
NEW DELHI: The final “2041 Regional Plan Draft” for the National Capital Region proposed to replace the “Natural Conservation Area” (NCZ) provision with “Natural Area (NZ)” ... -
Why the coast of Kāpiti is one for birds
Provided The train derailed off the coast of KÄpiti on Thursday evening, according to a commuter. If you had asked me if he was a bird ... -
The Fram Museum Oslo — The story of a ship that was loved, abandoned, then saved
– By Shazia Anwer Cheema The story of the “Fram Ship” is like a play about the life of a beautiful but unlucky woman – A ... -
Grow your own Christmas trees
Posted on December 17, 2021. Ranger Steve By Ranger Steve Mueller When I was a child it was an exciting and major event when our family ... -
Reserve Bank of India: 10-year bond yield remains stable, but traders expect peak soon
Mumbai: The hawkish comment from the US Federal Reserve and a roadmap for rate hikes next year has drawn local market attention to the action of ... -
Conservation projects supported by government funding
Improving wetlands, restoring mana from a famous natural spring, maintaining a native plant nursery, and protecting native species by reducing predators are all in a tranche ... -
Chongming forges ahead, reaffirming ecology as a priority
Ti Gong Shanghai Chongming Smart Ecological Garden Located at the mouth of the Yangtze River which empties into the East China Sea, Chongming has become the ... -
European Union plans tougher penalties for environmental crimes
Courts in European Union countries should have the power to impose fines on companies that commit serious environmental crimes up to at least 5% of their ... -
Draft Ministerial Declaration Highlights Environmentally Sustainable Trade | News | SDG Knowledge Center
A large group of members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) released a draft ministerial declaration on trade and sustainability on December 15. The text is ... -
Coastal counties seek state help to create jobs and improve lives
The general manager of Jumuiya ya Kaunti za Pwani (JKP) Emmanuel Nzai. [Standard] Jumuiya Ya Kaunti Za Pwani (JKP) has asked the national government for financial ... -
Birds slaughtered with air pistols, government says appropriate action by states
Birds are being killed with air pistols in different parts of the country, the government told parliament while calling the problem “serious” and appropriate action being ... -
Nervousness is high | The star
The project to build a cable car network from Tapah, Perak to Cameron Highlands, Pahang, worries some residents of Tapah. They consider the proposal inappropriate as ... -
Macron torn for using Brexit fishing dispute to create environmental disaster | Sciences | News
After Britain handed France 23 additional licenses to French vessels on Friday after claiming the UK was violating the EU-UK trade and cooperation agreement, the move ... -
The 10 characteristics of the hallway of Kashi Vishwanath temple that make it a spiritual and ergonomic wonder
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in his constituency of Varanasi to inaugurate the historic hallway of Kashi Vishwanath Temple, his favorite project since 2019. The Shri ... -
Dike planned for Utqiagvik will help protect Alaskan arctic town from increasingly extreme storms
Utqiagvik, on the edge of the Arctic Ocean and unprotected by barrier islands, is increasingly threatened by flooding and erosion. (Loren Holmes / DNA) The ocean ... -
Emissions exceeding legal limits
Environmental association Zero has warned that pollution caused by cars on Avenida da Liberdade in Lisbon has skyrocketed in recent months, once again exceeding legal limits. ... -
Brazil forgets COP26 and opens the door to illegal mining in the Amazon | International
View of the Uaupés river region, in São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, in March 2021.UESLEI MARCELINO (Reuters) “Unacceptable,” said Brazilian Environment Minister Joaquim Leite, commenting on ... -
Critically endangered white-shouldered ibis take a look back at the scene
White-shouldered ibis recorded in wildlife reserves in Cambodia. Minister of the Environment The Environment Ministry and partner NGOs working in wildlife protection said they recorded 754 ... -
Non-discrimination, the first condition for absolute respect for human dignity, according to President Kovind
ANI | Update: Dec 10 2021 20:21 STI New Delhi [India], Dec. 10 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind said on Friday that non-discrimination is the first ... -
Gerrymandering lawsuit triggers hiatus, restart and new hiatus in nominations statewide
Lawsuits claiming the new North Carolina electoral maps have been gerrymandered have led to all primary elections being postponed to next year. (Port City Daily / ... -
Concern over impact of Norfolk Boreas offshore wind farm on seabirds | Wind power
A major new wind farm project that will power millions of homes is expected to be approved on Friday, but environmentalists fear for the safety of ... -
San Francisco publishes new climate action plan
As by 2019, San Francisco reduced its carbon emissions by 41% from 1990 levels. CleanPowerSF, which is already largely greenhouse gas-free, is also poised to provide ... -
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol may have to significantly reduce the number of flights for environmental reasons
Schiphol runway 04-22 © Schiphol It may be necessary to take drastic measures to secure Schiphol’s future. Government legal advisers are advising draconian measures because the ... -
Pahang MB Defends Coercive Measures Against King Musang’s Illegal Durian Orchards in Raub Forest Reserve | Malaysia
Pahang Chief Minister Datuk Seri Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail stressed that the operation was not intended to persecute any party, including farmers, but rather was part ... -
Will the new “Bird Sanctuary” status help the Kazhuveli wetland in Tamil Nadu?
A cuckoo, one of the many birds of the Kazhuveli wetland. Photo: Elavarasan M./iNaturalist, CC BY-NC Tamil Nadu has declared the Kazhuveli wetland, the second largest ... -
4,000 bags of garbage removed from the highlands
Some of the garbage bags collected in the Dublin highlands (Image: Pure Project) MORE than 4,000 bags full of garbage and illegal landfills were removed from ... -
13th Annual Hawaii Nei Art Show at Wailoa Center
The Wailoa Center currently hosts the 13th annual Hawaii Nei Art Exhibition. The artwork will be on display from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through ... -
Pressures on coral reefs must be reversed before it’s too late (commentary)
In a letter to heads of state, local governments and business leaders in the Western Indian Ocean, David Obura and Melita Samoilys call for action to ... -
New bird flu epidemic in northern France, two other suspects
PARIS, December 6 (Reuters) – Local authorities in northern France said on Monday that a new cluster of bird flu was detected in the region over ... -
Calls to make Glasgow parks safer with lighting in front of the council
CALLS to make Glasgow’s parks safer with lighting and to end ‘no-go zones’ for women and children at night will be presented to council next week. ... -
Storm Barra will cause coastal flooding and disruption in Galway – Connacht Tribune – Galway City Tribune:
By Ann Healy An anti-vaccination campaigner was convicted and fined a total of ⬠450 last week for violating Covid-19 regulations after driving more than three ... -
Authorities hope tiger numbers increase amid new and emerging threats
Nepal is leading the national tiger census from Sunday, with authorities hoping to see an increase in the number of big cats, continuing the trend of ... -
Globe Business supports the protection of sea turtle eggs and reforestation
Globe Business has supported sea turtle egg poaching initiatives and reforestation efforts in Zambales. He contributed P500,000 to the Mead Foundation’s campaign to combat sea turtle ... -
Keeping It Local: This is museum-quality art – only it’s for the kitchen
This week Wallace Baine, my colleague on Rhythm Arts & Entertainment, and I posted lists of gift ideas that focus on local artisans. Our suggestions cover ... -
Restoring ecosystems: the answer to Indonesia’s dilemma
Pressure for the Indonesian government to actively participate in climate change mitigation has intensified in recent times. Since 2016, Indonesia has been part of the Paris ... -
NMC bans the sale and purchase of nylon manja | Nagpur News
Nagpur: The Nagpur Municipal Corporation has banned the sale and purchase of nylon manja, and anyone found in possession will be fined 1,000 rupees. “On Thursday, ... -
What is bottom trawling? Destructive fishing practices are rife in Spain, new report says
A deeply destructive fishing practice is rife in Spanish waters, according to a new report from Oceana. Activists of the NGO for the conservation of the ... -
Irish Country Sports Antrim fans unite to launch new book
Irish Country Sports – A Heritage is the first major publication to identify and examine the traditions, history and development of country sports throughout Ireland. Filled ... -
Pets of the Week: Lady Bird is a cancer survivor. Roco has unique brands
JACKSON, MI – Roco and Lady Bird are just two of the many animals in the Cascades Humane Society who seek a loving home forever. Roco ...