News headlines for “Nature and Animal Conservation”, page 5
Norway’s Funding Cutoff Is a Wake-Up Call for the Plastics Treaty Negotiations
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, May 14 (IPS) - Norway’s reported decision to review and place on hold aspects of its funding to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) should be understood as more than a budgetary matter. It is a political signal. It is also a warning that the global plastics treaty negotiations may now be approaching the point at which governments must decide whether the present UNEP process can still deliver the treaty they promised, or whether a different pathway is required.
Ambitious Great Green Wall Shows Slow, Steady Progress in Strengthening Landscapes, Improving Livelihoods
- Inter Press Service
GARABADU VILLAGE, Nigeria, May 12 (IPS) - In 2021, Gadeja Shehu and about a hundred farmers in Garbadu village, Zamfara State in northwestern Nigeria, were invited by officials of the National Agency for the Great Green Wall to plant trees across a large stretch of land in their community.
Food Systems and Policies Undermining Food Security
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, May 12 (IPS) - Transnational agribusinesses increasingly shape food policies worldwide. Claiming to best address recent food security concerns, they seek to profit more from innovations in food production, processing, and distribution.
PHILIPPINES: ‘A Protest Is One Day, but Organising Is the Thousands of Conversations That Make That Day Possible’
- Inter Press Service
CIVICUS discusses Gen Z-led protests in the Philippines with Charles Zander, a 17-year-old climate justice activist from Bohol and youth campaigner for Greenpeace Philippines.
El Niño Likely to Return: the Case for Early Action
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Thailand, May 11 (IPS) - Climate models are converging: El Niño is likely to return by mid-2026 and could be strong. According to the World Meteorological Organization, it could emerge as early as May–July 2026, with several national hydrometeorological agencies in Asia and the Pacific already issuing alerts.
Before the Flood, Jannat Carried Books. After the Flood, She Carried Dirty Dishes
- Inter Press Service
SYLHET, Bangladesh, May 8 (IPS) - When catastrophic floods swept through the Haor wetlands of Sunamganj in 2022, they destroyed far more than homes and crops. They shattered childhoods.
Cleaning Up the Fields: Across Africa and Asia GEF is Helping Farmers Rewrite Their Pesticide Story
- Inter Press Service
LILONGWE & VIENTIANE, May 7 (IPS) - For decades, pesticides have been a quiet pillar of Malawi’s agriculture, guarding crops against pests, improving yields, and sustaining millions of livelihoods. But beneath this success story lay a troubling reality: weak regulation, unsafe handling practices, and growing threats to human health and the environment.
Why it is Time to Rewrite Africa’s Malaria Story
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, May 7 (IPS) - If you woke up with severe fever, would you stay home from work? What if the choice meant losing a week’s wages, or deciding if you could afford the trip to a doctor at all?
Breaking the Cycle Between Food Production and Environmental Decline
- Inter Press Service
URBANA, Illinois, US, May 6 (IPS) - A newly published review in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment has revealed disturbing statistics on the growing environmental threats posed by global food production. The global food system, designed to feed and nourish humanity, is now a major contributor to climate change via greenhouse gas emissions, and the largest driver of freshwater depletion, biodiversityloss, and nutrient pollution.
Strengthening Financial Integrity: Why It Matters and What Needs to Change
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC / OSLO, May 6 (IPS) - A conversation with Toril-Iren Pedersen, Director of the UNDP Global Policy Centre for Governance, and Michael Jarvis, Executive Director of the Trust, Accountability, and Inclusion (TAI) Collaborative
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