Quake strikes New Zealand, thousands flee homes as tsunami hits
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck central New Zealand just after midnight, the U.S. Geological Survey said, causing widespread damage and generating a tsunami.
Indonesia: land right activists killed for protesting illegal sand mining
Legal and illegal mining has become a serious concern over the past five years in Indonesia. Such exploitation of natural resources has contributed to a number of human rights violations in Indonesia, such as murder, torture, attacks, illegal detention, land grabbing and forced eviction.
The Last Wave, Andaman Islands
Environmentalist, freelance journalist, photographer and author Pankaj Sekhsaria has spent 20 years studying and fighting for the ecology of the Andaman and Nicobar islands. His first fiction novel ‘Last Wave’ about these islands, published in 2014, is getting released in Goa along with his photo exhibition.
Sand Storm: $750 Million Worth of The Material is Unaccounted For in Cambodia
Nearly 50 civil society organizations called for the Cambodian government to join some other Southeast Asian nations and ban or severely restrict exports of sand to Singapore after it was revealed that nearly $750 million worth of the building material has disappeared from the country.
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Despite Trump win: “Let’s fight united, for our environment, for our climate, and for our shared clean energy future — harder than we ever have fought before. If Trump does the things he said he would do on the campaign trail, “it would make his administration the dirtiest one since the first Earth Day in 1970…”
Study reveals huge acceleration in erosion of England’s white cliffs
The iconic white cliffs of southern England are eroding 10 times faster than they have over the past few thousand years, due to human management and changes in storm intensity…
After years of delay, climate talks face a new problem: speed
The rapid approval of the agreement – one of the fastest in the history of international deal-making – has happened in large part because a growing number of countries feel the urgency of taking swift action to deal with climate change. But many nations also have an anxious eye on this week’s U.S. elections, where presidential candidate Trump has promised to pull his country out of the climate agreement if elected, analysts said.
Mangrove protection key to survival for Senegalese community
Senegal has lost 40 percent of its mangroves since the 1970s. Mangroves are being eroded by a combination of factors, including global warming, deforestation, public works, salination of the fresh water river and drought. The establishment of a 174-square-kilometre protected area has had a positive effect on safeguarding the local environment.
Morris Island lighthouse could re-attach to beach
The signature landmark of the Lowcountry coast, the Morris Island Lighthouse, fascinates in no small way because it’s stranded out to sea. But it might just come back ashore.