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by Bhuvan Bagga © Agence France-Presse KANPUR, India (AFP) — Soot turned the white handkerchief around Abhash Kumar Sharma’s face to black as the police officer tried to direct gridlocked traffic in the Indian city with the world’s dirtiest air. It was all he had to ward off the pollution blamed for filling Kanpur’s hospital beds with growing numbers of chronic lung and cancer cases. “It is the same story for everyone who spends such […]
by Jenny Vaughan and Asia bureaus © Agence France-Presse THANH HOA, Vietnam (AFP) — A Vietnamese mangrove draped with polythene, a whale killed after swallowing waste bags in Thai seas and clouds of underwater trash near Indonesian “paradise” islands — grim images of the plastic crisis that has gripped Asia. About eight million tonnes of plastic waste are dumped into the world’s oceans every year, the equivalent of one garbage truck of plastic being tipped into […]
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — A whale has died in southern Thailand after swallowing more than 80 plastic bags, officials said, ending an attempted rescue that failed to nurse the mammal back to health. Thailand is one of the world’s largest consumers of plastic bags, which kill hundreds of marine creatures living near the country’s popular beaches each year. The small male pilot whale became the latest victim after it was found barely alive in a […]
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) — The world’s largest known freshwater pearl, which once belonged to Catherine the Great, was sold Thursday in the Netherlands for 320,000 euros ($374,000), auction house Venduehuis said. Known as the Sleeping Lion pearl due to its distinctive shape, the pearl was likely formed in the first half of the 18th century in Chinese waters, possibly even the Pearl River. The auctioneers said the jewel weighs some 120 grams (around 4.2 […]
(Eagle News) — Muling i-re-restore ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) ang ecosystem sa Boracay Island. Ayon kay Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu, i-re-recover nila ang nawawalang wetlands sa isla. Apat sa siyam na existing wetlands sa Boracay ang kabilang sa priority recovery list. Nakatayo aniya sa apat na wetlands ang mga residential structure at commercial building na nagdudulot ng polusyon sa tubig ng Boracay. “We have to find a place for them to […]
QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) — Six land iguanas, endemic to the Galapagos Islands, have been relocated within the Pacific archipelago due to food shortages and overpopulation on the islet where they lived, Ecuador’s Galapagos National Park said Tuesday. The reptiles were moved from the islet of Venice to Dragon Hill, on the neighboring island of Santa Cruz. “The shortage of rain, little food and the high number of land iguanas on the islet of Venice” forced […]
(AFP) — Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, under severe stress in a warmer, more acidic ocean, has returned from near-extinction five times in the past 30,000 years, researchers said Monday. And while this suggests the reef may be more resilient than once thought, it has likely never faced an onslaught quite as severe as today, they added. “I have grave concerns about the ability of the reef in its current form to survive the pace of […]
(Eagle News) — The schedule of the Boracay rehabilitation and clean up might be extended beyond six months. This came after Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu revealed that more than 40 illegal pipelines were discovered in a beachfront where tourists usually go swimming. The illegal pipelines were discovered after the Mines and Geosciences Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) conducted surveys using Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR). The agency also discovered that waters […]
(Eagle News) — Posibleng matagalan pa bago muling buksan sa mga turista ang Boracay Island. Ayon kay Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu, ito ay kung hindi tutulong ang mga establisyimento sa pag-aayos ng kanilang sewerage at drainage systems. Ang lebel aniya ng fecal coliform sa mga tubig ng Boracay ay nananatiling mataas sa accepted level para makonsidera na ang tubig sa isla ay ligtas sa tao. Paliwanag ni Cimatu, ang direktang pagpapakawala ng wastewater sa dagat […]
by Marlowe Hood Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Animal and plant species are vanishing at an accelerating pace around the world — sometimes even before we know that they exist — but conservationists are pushing back against the juggernaut of mass extinction. From captive breeding to satellite tracking; restoring habitats to removing predators; shaming multinationals to nursing baby pandas and orangutans — in all these ways, scientists and others have given a […]
MURMANSK, Russia (AFP) — Russia on Saturday unveiled the world’s first floating nuclear power station at a ceremony in the port of the far northern city of Murmansk where it will be loaded with nuclear fuel before heading to eastern Siberia. Built in Saint Petersburg, the Akademik Lomonosov arrived in Murmansk on Thursday where it was moored in the port and presented to the media on Saturday. Constructed by the state nuclear power firm […]
(Eagle News) – Hindi tatanggapin ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) ang anumang panukala upang mapagbigyan ang hiling na makapagtayo ng isang underwater park sa Palawan. Ayon kay Environment Undersecretary Jonas Leones, malabong aprubahan ng gobyerno ang planong pagtatayo ng Coral World Underwater Park. Bukod dito, napakarami aniyang mga papeles ang kanilang aayusin upang tuluyan silang payagan na matuloy ang proyekto. Pinagdiinan ito ni Leones kasunod ng pinaigting na kampanya ng pamahalaan na […]
