A dog trained under Africa Wildlife Foundation’s Canines for Conservation programme looks content with its handlers. Sniffer and tracker dogs deployed in six African countries have contributed to the arrests of over 500 suspects in the long-running fight against poachers and traffickers. Credit: Paul Joynson-Hicks By Guy DinmoreLondon, Dec 9 […]
Read MorePhoto: Pixabay/eliasfalla The world has changed significantly since people began cultivating food. In many ways, we’ve become more connected as humans — we know what’s happening in other parts of the world and have more access to information than ever. However, we’ve become more disconnected in other ways since people […]
Read MoreInternational travelers have been flocking back to the popular resort island of Bali as the Covid pandemic subsides, prompting hopes that Indonesia’s battered tourism industry is on the road to recovery.
Read MoreTracy Lawless, government affairs counselor in the Pittsburgh and Harrisburg offices of K&L Gates, has been appointed to the Transition Advisory Committee for Health and Human Services assembled by Pennsylvania Governor-Elect Josh Shapiro and Lieutenant Governor-Elect Austin Davis. Lawless will serve the health care section of the Committee for Health […]
Read MoreThe Japanese city of Aomori is billed as the snowiest in the world, with an average of eight meters each year and tunnels carved into the snow so that travelers can use the roads. So it’s no wonder that Aomori is hoping to find a way to convert all that […]
Read MoreWar and adverse weather set to keep food prices high (Financial Times) pfowlkes Wed, 12/07/2022 – 15:16 War and adverse weather set to keep food prices high (Financial Times) In the News Dec 4, 2022
Read MoreUnited Kingdom Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Issues Position Paper Addressing the Climate, Environment, and Biodiversity Crises In and Through Girls’ Education. The Position Paper calls for continued support to ‘strengthen Education Cannot Wait’s role in ensuring continuity of education for all in the face of increasing extreme weather […]
Read MoreCountries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo Sources: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, UN Children’s Fund, World Food Programme Food insecurity and malnutrition are spreading from the Sahel towards coastal countries due to persistent insecurity, […]
Read MoreSydney – Global law firm K&L Gates has further bolstered its corporate and asset management and investment funds practices with the addition of James Lonie, Natalya Hards and Lisa Lautier as partners, based in Sydney. Lonie, Hards and Lautier join K&L Gates from HWL Ebsworth. James Lonie is one of […]
Read MorePhoto: Pixabay/GregMontani Community-based wildlife conservation is often promoted as a win-win solution. The idea behind this approach is that the people who live close to wildlife can be involved in protecting it and have an interest in doing so. This results in wildlife being protected (a win for global biodiversity) and […]
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