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UN Environment, in a bid to strengthen institutions and enhance the capacity of judges on matters concerning environmental law, has partnered with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to support the High Court of Bhutan to…
UN Environment in collaboration with the Global Environment Facility is supporting 10 member countries of the Central African Forests Commission, to carry out activities leading to the ratification and implementation of the…
For farming communities situated around the edge of both Kakum and Bia Conservation Areas in the Central and Western regions of Ghana, elephant crop raiding is a serious problem. The raids are caused by the expansion of…
UN Environment has been at the forefront of strengthening the capacities of institutions in Africa to mainstream environmental law in judicial training institutes. In August 2018, in Maputo, Mozambique, UN Environment held…
For Matilda Payne, founder of My Extreme Deco, waste is the new gold. Her small Ghana-based enterprise has found a way to valorize waste in an unexpected and creative way: by transforming it into jewelry, furniture and…
Desertification and land degradation are not new to the fragile Sahel ecosystem, a semi-arid strip of land south of the Sahara Desert. Climate change, which is expected to deeply modify the region’s climate, including by…
The people of Kerala are used to coping with heavy monsoon rains and flooding which strike the Indian subcontinent every summer. This year was catastrophically unlike any other. In August 2018, torrential rains led to major…
Indonesia’s mountainous Sulawesi Island is famed for its many active volcanoes and numerous lakes. It is also an area of high seismic activity. Agriculture plays a key role in supporting the local economy through the…
Nigeria’s central Middle Belt region is home to a diverse cultural population of semi-nomadic cattle herders and farming communities. For decades, the region has experienced increasingly violent attacks that have been…
Thanks to rapid changes in technology and falling prices, millions of tons of high-tech electronic devices are becoming obsolete in the developed nations every year, making e-waste one of the top environmental challenges of…
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Every dollar spent restoring degraded forests can result in $30 in economic benefits.
