Environment
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Pope says Amazon suffers with blind and destructive mentality
According to the pontiff, "man cannot remain an indifferent spectator in the face of this destruction, nor should the Church…
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Stop soil erosion now or face starvation soon, scientists warn
The world's food production is in jeopardy because the fertile layer of soil that people depend on to plant crops…
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Major donor Norway frets over Brazil deforestation
The Nordic country has made the lion's share of contributions to Brazil's Amazon Fund
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Scientists urge climate protesters to save planet by planting trees
Environmentalists say looking after existing forests and restoring damaged ones prevents flooding, stores carbon, limits climate change and protects biodiversity
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Brazil deforestation exceeds 88% in the last year
Brazil is home to 60% of the Amazon, which is the world's largest tropical rainforest and is seen as vital…
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In “climate apartheid”, rich will save themselves while poor suffer
The world is on course for "climate apartheid", where the rich buy their way out of the worst effects of…
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An Argentinian and an American biologist win Princess of Asturias Research Award
The works that both biologists develop would have opened new lines of research to mitigate the effects of climate change
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As sales boom, Chile’s avocado ‘green gold’ is blamed for water shortages
Its abundant produce helps make Chile the world's third largest exporter of the popular fruit. But the bounty has come…
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Baby wipes, tents and private jets: festivals vow to go green
Less than one-third of the 23,500 tonnes of waste produced by Britain's 3 million music festival-goers each year is recycled
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In an impoverished Chilean suburb, a recycling drive flourishes
The municipality of La Pintana now collects 140 tons of plant waste from homes every week
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