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AMSTERDAM — The Western Peat Meadows of the Netherlands look like classic Dutch countryside (cows, windmills and green fields), but the views mask a significant loss of biodiversity, caused by intensive farming methods.As the UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration begins, a local organization is planning to restore 100 million of hectares of land, across the world.The not-for-profit organization, Commonland, an official partner of the UN Decade, which began in June, plans to transform tracts of land, equivalent to the size of Spain, into thriving ecosystems by 2040.The projects range from the Western Peat Meadows, to the Maasai Mara in Kenya.The former is affected by climate change, and is seeing rising sea waters and the gradual sinking of the soil; many farmers are struggling to make ends...
June 21, 2021
Restoring Dutch ‘green deserts’
June 21, 2021
Iran's Bushehr N-plant temporarily shut down for ‘technical overhaul’
June 21, 2021
Qatar to require fans at 2022 World Cup to be vaccinated
June 21, 2021
UK ahead of 'miserable winter' due to new respiratory viruses, scientists warn
June 20, 2021
UNSC reviews obstacles to peace deal in South Sudan
NEW DELHI — India reported 58,419 new COVID-19 infections over the past 24 hours on Sunday, the lowest daily number in nearly three months, data from the Health Ministry showed.The total number of cases of COVID-19 in India have risen to 29.9 million and so far 386,713 people have died. Deaths rose by 1,576 overnight — the lowest in 63 days.India's COVID chart continued to show improvement Sunday, with the country hitting the lowest number of cases in 81 days. Active cases now comprise 2.44% of the total infections.Active cases have decreased by 30,776 in the last 24 hours to take the tally to 7,29,243. The daily recoveries have been outnumbering the fresh infections for 38 consecutive days now. About 87,619 patients recovered in the last 24 hours.Over 27 crores people have been...
June 20, 2021
India posts lowest daily rise in coronavirus cases in nearly 3 months
SARAJEVO — Activists briefly blocked the Croatia-Bosnian border on Saturday in a protest to highlight the European Union's migration policies.About 100 people from different human rights organizations across Europe gathered near the border in Maljevac, Croatia, and held up traffic for about two hours.Police attended the protest but no incidents were reported. The demonstrators, who hailed mostly from Italy but also came from Germany, Austria, Spain and Slovenia, demanded an end to deportations and the dissolution of EU border agency Frontex.Francesco Cibati, from a rights group based in Trieste, Italy, said the group wanted to highlight that everyone should be granted the right to seek asylum.“The European Union is violently pushing people back," he said, "and Croatian...
June 20, 2021
Activists protest treatment of migrants on Bosnia-Croatia border
June 20, 2021
Bitter election in Armenia amid shadow of a lost war
June 20, 2021
Sustainability solution or climate calamity? The dangers and promise of cryptocurrency technology
June 20, 2021
Yemeni Army Spokesman: 75% of combat capabilities of Houthi rebels at Marib outskirts destroyed
