Plastic waste kills a Thai elephant in another wake-up call
14 Juli 2020 Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentIt is not as if any more proof was needed that plastic waste is a clear and present danger to wild animals large and small, but here it comes: a wild elephant has died in Thailand after ingesting large amounts of plastic litter. A male elephant weighing about 3.5 tons […]
Read MoreBefore the virus, Asia’s ecosystems were buckling under overtourism. When the tourists return, it has to be different
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentBefore the pandemic put a stop to most international travel, each year millions of people flocked to Southeast Asia’s white sandy beaches, ancient temples and diverse wildlife.
Read MoreAs more go hungry and malnutrition persists, achieving Zero Hunger by 2030 in doubt, UN report warns
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentMore people are going hungry, an annual study by the United Nations has found. Tens of millions have joined the ranks of the chronically undernourished over the past five years, and countries around the world continue to struggle with multiple forms of malnutrition. The latest edition of […]
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Electrification of Transport: A Challenge for Urbanised Latin America
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentIêda de Oliveira sits at the wheel of one of the buses manufactured by the company she heads, Eletra, a pioneer in electric and hybrid buses in Brazil. She regrets that Brazil, due to a lack of adequate public policies, has lost the foreign market for buses and part of […]
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Prediksi Presiden Jokowi: Puncak corona pada Agustus atau September
13 Juli 2020 Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentPresiden Jokowi memprediksikan, puncak penyebaran virus corona akan terjadi pada Agustus atau September
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Pemancing temukan bayi orangutan di pinggir Sungai Mentaya Kalteng
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentSeorang warga Desa Kandan Kecamatan Kota Besi Kabupaten Kotawaringin Timur, Kalimantan Tengah, bernama Misran, menemukan seekor bayi orangutan saat memancing di pinggir Sungai Mentaya. “Bayi orangutan ini berjenis kelamin …
Read MoreK&L Gates Asset Management and Investment Funds Practice Ranked in Three Categories, with 17 Lawyers Recommended, in The Legal 500 United States 2020 Guide
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World: Pandemic could push another 100 million people into hunger by end-2020
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentCountry: World Sources: World Health Organization, International Fund for Agricultural Development, World Food Programme, UN Children’s Fund, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Almost 690 million people around the world went hungry in 2019. As progress in fighting hunger stalls, the COVID-19 pandemic is intensifying the vulnerabilities and […]
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A bright energy future beckons many developing nations
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentAfrica is a vast and diverse continent with great untapped economic potential, yet extreme poverty continues to blight the lives of hundreds of millions of people. As many as 600 million Africans still lack access to electricity, according to the World Bank. That is more than the entire population of […]
Read MoreRock dust applied to soils may help capture 2B tons of CO2
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentRock dust spread over the planet’s farm fields may prove a climate solution with the potential to remove up to two billion tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere, according to British researchers. That’s more than the world’s aviation and shipping industries combined, or about half of the current […]
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