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World Antimicrobial Awareness Week
By Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) continues to pose a significant challenge to global public health, with devastating effects on the efficacy of essential medicines and the ability to effectively treat infectious diseases. Several factors, including a high population density, limited access to healthcare services, and the…
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Tuya Roots for Sustainable Conservation as 118 Trainees Graduate From Kenya Forestry College
Communiqué officiel de TUYA INC. Environment, Climate Change and Forestry Cabinet Secretary Soipan Tuya on Wednesday presided over the 46th graduation ceremony of the Kenya Forestry College in Londiani, Kericho County during which 118 trainees graduated with diploma and certificate qualifications in forest-related courses. The Cabinet Secretary, who was accompanied by Forestry Principal Secretary Gitonga…
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2024 Environmental Stewardship Award Program Nominations Now Open
2024 Environmental Stewardship Award Program Nominations Now Open Russell Nemetz Nominations are now open for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Environmental Stewardship Award. Established in 1991, the Environmental Stewardship Award Program (ESAP) annually recognizes outstanding stewardship practices and conservation achievements of cattle producers across the nation. “Cattle producers across the country are committed to conserving…
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Can Farmers Save the Great Salt Lake?
Waterline is an ongoing series of stories exploring the intersection of water, climate and food, told through the eyes of the people impacted by these issues. It is funded by a grant from the Walton Family Foundation. The Bear River flows out of Wyoming’s Uinta Mountains, winding 350 miles through sagebrush meadows and agricultural fields…
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Leonardo DiCaprio’s film on Amazon rainforest, We Are Guardians, set to make India premiere
Leonardo DiCaprio is known for his endeavours that are focused on the impacts of climate change and has often been associated with many causes to help bring awareness to the urgent effects of climate change on our planet. His latest film on the Amazon rainforest titled We Are Guardians will see its Indian premiere at the…
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Conservation advocates worry for the future of Kohler-Andrae State Park
MADISON (WKOW) — A conservation group made its way to the Capitol from Sheboygan Thursday afternoon to bring attention to a Walker-era land swap agreement. Members of Friends of the Black River Forest (FBRF) say they hope to get the governor and the state to heed their warnings that a dangerous precedent could be set…
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Water clarity: The murky management of Rakaia River
Fish & Game, Environmental Defence Society and several other parties have been engaged with ECan for about two years over who is responsible for monitoring and managing the Rakaia Water Conservation Order. Photo: Fish & Game NZ / Supplied It was hoped withdrawing a court case trying to work out who is responsible for looking…
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Southern California’s largest pristine environment preserved and protected by new partnership
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. – The Land Trust for Santa Barbara County and The Nature Conservancy have partnered with Vandenberg Space Force Base to execute a $15 million conservation easement over the Jack and Laura Dangermond Preserve. The Jack and Laura Dangermond Preserve, a 24,341-acre nature preserve located along the Gaviota Coast, is the largest…
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Social media helping to protect biodiversity
image: Red-base jezebel (Delias pasithoe). view more Credit: Dr Shawan Chowdhury Nature photographers posting to social media are helping improve biodiversity conservation mapping in South Asia, and the method could go global. Dr Shawan Chowdhury from UQ’s School of the Environment led an international team which scoured images on Facebook nature photography groups in Bangladesh, to add to…
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Fresh critical water
Rebecca Flitcroft is on a quest. And she wants you to join her. As a research fish biologist with the USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, she cares about water a lot. Specifically, she wants to shine a light on the need for freshwater protection because biodiversity in freshwater is declining at an alarming rate.…
