Environmental degradation can adversely impact girls and women as increasing competition over diminishing natural resources can result in higher rates of gender-based violence and exploitation. This is especially the case in developing nations with already limited resources, according to a new study by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. “Rooted […]

Source: International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, R4V Country: Argentina, Aruba (The Netherlands), Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Curaçao (The Netherlands), Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guyana, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) A report aims to understand what […]

Many of the world’s largest and most biodiverse forests, from the Amazon to Borneo, are being cleared for timber and to make way for agricultural land. Yet not even these forests can withstand deforestation beyond a tipping point, scientists warn. Once forests have been cleared in bits and pieces down […]

Insects play a vital part in the life of plants by serving as pollinators. Yet insects can also wreak havoc with plants by feasting on them. And as temperatures worldwide continue to rise, plants may end up suffering more damage inflicted on them by creepy-crawlies. Increased temperatures speed up the […]