Brazil: Indigenous Rights Under Serious Threat

mennessä CrNet Oy | elo 10, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

  The Brazilian government has adopted policies that seriously threaten the rights of Indigenous peoples, Human Rights Watch said today, the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. The administration of President Jair Bolsonaro has undermined the...

Hounslow Council launches campaign to prevent unsafe battery recycling

mennessä CrNet Oy | elo 5, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Hounslow Council has launched a campaign to discourage residents from throwing away their batteries, as part of a wider national campaign aiming to prevent waste fires. The initiative follows research from Material Focus’ Stop Battery Fires Campaign, which found that...

New Study Finds Global Forest Area per Capita Has Decreased by Over 60%

mennessä CrNet Oy | elo 5, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Over the past 60 years, the global forest area has declined by 81.7 million hectares, a loss that contributed to the more than 60% decline in global forest area per capita. This loss threatens the future of biodiversity and impacts the lives of 1.6 billion people...

EU guidelines promote greater reuse of water in agriculture

mennessä CrNet Oy | elo 5, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Facing droughts in several EU Member States, the Commission published guidelines Wednesday for applying rules on the safe reuse of treated urban waste water for agricultural irrigation. With several Member States increasingly suffering from droughts, reusing water...

Local approval for Fukushima water release facilities

mennessä CrNet Oy | elo 4, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

In December 2021, Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) submitted a request for prior consent to Fukushima Prefecture, Okuma Town and Futaba Town for the installation of facilities for the dilution and discharge of water that has been treated by the Advanced Liquid...

American west faces water and power shortages due to climate crisis: UN environment agency

mennessä CrNet Oy | elo 3, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Two of the largest reservoirs in the United States are at dangerously low levels due to the climate crisis and overconsumption of water, which could affect water and electricity supply for millions in six western states and Mexico, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP)...