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Nature Conservation Index 2025: Mapping the Frontiers of Global Conservation Success

In the vast, interconnected tapestry of life on Earth, every species, ecosystem, and biological process serves as a vital thread. For decades, humanity has viewed nature as a backdrop to progress—a resource to manage or a scenic view to preserve.…

EcoWaste Coalition Detects Mercury in Four More Pakistan-Made Skin Lightening Products, Bringing Total to 40 

14 May 2026, Quezon City.  The EcoWaste Coalition’s latest online sweep found mercury in four additional Pakistan-made skin lightening products, raising the total number of these dangerous imports from the South Asian country, as tracked by the group, to 40. …

Rodents and agricultural crops in Africa: a struggle between the poor and the search for a nonviolent solution

During the 10th International Conference on Wilflife Fertility Control, held in Barcelona at the end of April by the Botstiber Institute https://wildlifefertilitycontrol.org/ , many speakers focused on rodents. A presentation by Professor Steven Belmain, University of Greenwich (United Kingdom), Natural…

Environmental and Human Rights Advocates Join the Chorus in Asking Charges against Greenpeace Activists to be Scrapped

13 May 2026, Quezon City.  Advocates for environmental and human rights are demanding the immediate dropping of charges against the four Greenpeace Southeast Asia activists from the Philippines, who were arrested for a peaceful protest at the 48th ASEAN Summit…

EU deregulation drive hands industry permission to pollute

New report exposes how the EU is ripping up permitting rules and funding dirty infrastructure Just ahead of the informal meeting of EU energy ministers, where the ongoing energy crisis will be a key topic, a new report by Corporate…

Interview with Gustavo de Carvalho: Africa ‘Reawakening’ in Emerging Multipolar World

(Moscow Bureau) – In this interview, Gustavo de Carvalho, Programme Head (Acting): African Governance and Diplomacy, South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA), discusses at length aspects of Africa’s developments in the context of shifting geopolitics, its relationships with external…

It’s Finally Happening!

The Santa Marta Conference – Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels – An energetic multi-national, well-organized effort to get off fossil fuels with the underlying motto: “Make Science Great Again.” This article discusses this exciting new approach to hopefully mitigate climate…

EcoWaste Coalition to Police: Drop the Charges against Greenpeace Activists, Silence Not the People’s Voice

9 May 2026, Quezon City.  The EcoWaste Coalition has condemned the arrest and detention of four Filipino activists from Greenpeace Southeast Asia on May 8 after peaceably calling on the ASEAN leaders to end plastic pollution and the region’s dependence…

Transforming the Megacity: Dhaka on the Path to a Congestion-Free ‘People-Centric’ Urban Space

By Abu Hena Rasel (Dhaka Bureau) Dhaka, one of the most densely populated cities in the world, has long been synonymous with unbearable traffic congestion and a chaotic public transport system. However, the Bangladesh government has embarked on an ambitious…

CSOs challenge ADB’s energy pivot, citing safeguards failures and growing economic risks in Asia

SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan – NGO Forum on ADB and its allies has called on the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to steer away from risky energy development pathways that will deepen debt, fossil fuel dependence, nuclear risks and extractive harm, warning that…

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