Showing posts with label human activities. Show all posts
Showing posts with label human activities. Show all posts
Friday, January 29, 2016
Thursday, January 14, 2016
Friday, January 01, 2016
Zimbabwe to relocate more elephants to China
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Africa,
China,
ecosystem,
elephants,
environment,
human activities,
relocation,
threats,
Wildlife,
Zimbabwe
Thursday, December 31, 2015
Wednesday, September 16, 2015
Monday, September 14, 2015
Thursday, September 03, 2015
Monday, June 08, 2015
On World Day, UN urges global resolve to 'appreciate, protect and restore' Earth's oceans
UN, 8 June 2015 – Although the world's oceans are vast, their capacity to withstand damage caused by human activity is limited, compromising their critical contribution to the future of sustainable development, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon declared today as the United Nations kicked-off its celebrations for the 2015 edition of World Oceans Day.
Tuesday, May 05, 2015
Robots attack labor shortage
An array of mechanical arms and complex machines are poised to replace
the human assembly line workers at the Everwin Precision Technology Co.,
which will become the first factory in Guangdong Province to become
fully automated under a new "replace human workers with robot workers"
policy, China Youth Daily reported.
Saturday, May 02, 2015
Saturday, March 21, 2015
Wednesday, March 04, 2015
Friday, February 13, 2015
Friday, February 06, 2015
Russian expert says no global warming over past fourteen years
There is been no global warming over the past fourteen years but scientists are divided in their assessments of the impact of human activity on the condition of climate, Dr. Robert Nigmatulin, the director of the Institute of Oceanic Studies reporting to the Russian Academy of Sciences said on Thursday...
Saturday, September 06, 2014
Le Groenland a commencé à se réchauffer il y a 19 000 ans
Une nouvelle étude publiée par la revue américaine Science pourrait répondre aux interrogations de nombreux scientifiques. Utilisant des procédés de mesures plus précis que ceux appliqués lors des analyses précédentes, elle affirme que le Groenland a commencé à se réchauffer il y a 19 000 ans.
L'évolution des températures sur cette immense île du nord de l'océan Atlantique provoquait la perplexité des climatologues : plusieurs études dataient le début de son réchauffement à il y a 12 000 ans, mais les diverses données recueillies contredisaient cette estimation.
L'évolution des températures sur cette immense île du nord de l'océan Atlantique provoquait la perplexité des climatologues : plusieurs études dataient le début de son réchauffement à il y a 12 000 ans, mais les diverses données recueillies contredisaient cette estimation.
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Double threat for Tibet (Climate change and human development are jeopardizing the plateau’s fragile environment.)
A comprehensive
environmental assessment of the Plateau of Tibet has found that the
region is getting hotter, wetter and more polluted, threatening its
fragile ecosystems and those who rely on them.
The plateau and its surrounding mountains cover 5 million square
kilometres and hold the largest stock of ice outside the Arctic and
Antarctic; the region is thus often referred to as the Third Pole. And
like the actual poles, it is increasingly feeling the effects of climate
change, but rapid development is putting it doubly at risk, the report
says.Friday, August 15, 2014
Farmer leaves wheat on field to bring wild birds back
A man living in a remote village of Turkey’s Black Sea region has been planting wheat in his fields and does not harvest it, in order to feed wild birds and thus keep them in the area.
Tahir Öztürk, 29, who runs a shop for door and window restorations in the town center of Gümüşhane, decided to plant wheat in his fields in the Boyluca village four years ago in order to “hear the sounds of wild birds once again.”
Öztürk said many villagers had moved out of Boyluca and ceased to plant their fields, meaning that many birds, particularly partridges, stopped returning to the village, as they were unable to find food anymore.
Tahir Öztürk, 29, who runs a shop for door and window restorations in the town center of Gümüşhane, decided to plant wheat in his fields in the Boyluca village four years ago in order to “hear the sounds of wild birds once again.”
Öztürk said many villagers had moved out of Boyluca and ceased to plant their fields, meaning that many birds, particularly partridges, stopped returning to the village, as they were unable to find food anymore.
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Poor outlook warned for Great Barrier Reef (five-yearly review to address UNESCO)
Australia's Great Barrier Reef remains under threat despite efforts to
rein in major sources of damage to the World Heritage-listed icon, the
government said on Tuesday.
Canberra released a five-yearly review of the reef and moves to protect it, to address concerns raised by UNESCO and persuade the world body not to put the key tourist attraction on its "in danger" list next year. "Even with the recent management initiatives to reduce threats and improve resilience, the overall outlook for the Great Barrier Reef is poor, has worsened since 2009 and is expected to further deteriorate," the government said in its outlook report.
Canberra released a five-yearly review of the reef and moves to protect it, to address concerns raised by UNESCO and persuade the world body not to put the key tourist attraction on its "in danger" list next year. "Even with the recent management initiatives to reduce threats and improve resilience, the overall outlook for the Great Barrier Reef is poor, has worsened since 2009 and is expected to further deteriorate," the government said in its outlook report.
Thursday, June 19, 2014
Australia hails Barrier Reef deferral. Environmentalists call UNESCO decision "final warning"
Australia Thursday called a decision by UNESCO to defer listing the
Great Barrier Reef as in danger "a win for logic," but environmentalists
said it was a final warning.
The UN cultural agency on Wednesday said the reef could be put on a list of endangered World Heritage Sites if more was not done to protect it.
It voiced alarm at a "serious decline in the condition" of the reef, and said "a business as usual approach to managing the property is not an option."
Australia was given until February 1 next year to submit a report on what it was doing to protect the natural wonder. The Queensland state government saw the deferral as "a tick of approval."
The UN cultural agency on Wednesday said the reef could be put on a list of endangered World Heritage Sites if more was not done to protect it.
It voiced alarm at a "serious decline in the condition" of the reef, and said "a business as usual approach to managing the property is not an option."
Australia was given until February 1 next year to submit a report on what it was doing to protect the natural wonder. The Queensland state government saw the deferral as "a tick of approval."
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
UNESCO to decide if Australia's Great Barrier Reef is in danger
The United Nations world heritage body UNESCO will decide on Wednesday
whether to list Australia's Great Barrier Reef as "in danger."
Concerns were raised in May over the decision to allow dredging near the reef, the ABC reported.
UNESCO recommended adding the reef to the World Heritage in Danger list in 2015, unless the Queensland Government took further action to protect it.
The committee is meeting this week in Doha and Queensland Environment Minister Andrew Powell is also there to convince UNESCO the reef is not in danger.
Concerns were raised in May over the decision to allow dredging near the reef, the ABC reported.
UNESCO recommended adding the reef to the World Heritage in Danger list in 2015, unless the Queensland Government took further action to protect it.
The committee is meeting this week in Doha and Queensland Environment Minister Andrew Powell is also there to convince UNESCO the reef is not in danger.
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