More: Environment

Although celebrating its fiftieth birthday, Earth Day (April 22) this week lacked the usual demonstrations around the world to publicize its purpose.  That is,...

Countries must not use the COVID-19 pandemic as an excuse to weaken environmental protection and enforcement, a UN independent human rights expert said on...

Authors: Dr. Arshad M. Khan and Meena Miriam Yust This quiet is a new phenomenon.  Bird calls no longer punctuated by the roar of a...

In recent decades, zoonotic diseases–those transferred from animals to humans–have gained international attention. Ebola, avian influenza (or bird flu), H1N1 flu virus (or swine...

Authors: Manini Syali and Alisha Syali* The article analyses whether International Environmental Law can be invoked for making China liable for the COVID-19 pandemic, which is...

Rising economic prosperity and poverty reduction may not tell the whole story of progress in Asia and the Pacific. Telling signs in the natural world recount...

Earth Hour 2020 on Saturday 28 March presents a unique opportunity this year: shining a light on biodiversity loss and climate change during the coronavirus outbreak. All of us will be able to share our voices and concern for nature by observing Earth Hour from...

This 2020 theme for the International Day of Forests on 21 March is Forests and Biodiversity. It's an often-quoted fact that forests are home to 80...

Most of us spend a large chunk of our lives in one building or another, but have you ever stopped to consider the greenhouse gases...

For hundreds of millions of years, the web of life on land has been dependent on, and determined by, day and night, light and dark....