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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…

The world is being dredged of its natural resources, with much of what we rely on for our livelihoods at risk from a new threat: environmental crime (UNEP-INTERPOL report, 2016). Environmental crimes are widely recognized…

Heba Al-Farra is the 2018 Young Champion of the Earth for West Asia. The Young Champions of the Earth Prize is powered by Covestro. She is founder of the Women in Energy and Environment Organization. She is a LEED Green…

Online data is helping water authorities collaborate across borders to fight the impacts of climate change It’s a cycle that is becoming all too common around the globe. A swing from flood to drought and back that costs…

While most people are familiar with the link between fossil fuel burning and the release of greenhouse gases, not so many are aware of the role land use management can play in mitigating climate change. Agriculture and…

If a scientist or a company collects biological specimens in another country, takes them back to their country, conducts research and later makes millions by creating products using those genetic resources – that’s stealing…