Environment

UNESCO Creates World's First Three-Nation World Heritage Site to Protect Heart Of Congo Basin Rainforest

A Central African protected area that straddles three countries and teems with gorillas, elephants, and chimpanzees has been named a World Heritage Site by the United Nations Education, Science, and Cultural Organization, UNESCO. World Wildlife Fund (...

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UN food agency steps up efforts to stop tomato-eating moth threat to crops in Near East

Tomato is the most economically important crop in the Near East region.

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Shriveling US Crops Could Shrink Food Aid

Drought in the United States may make delivering food aid more expensive, according to experts and aid groups, and it could mean less will be given at a time when more people might need it.

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Locust threat to croplands in Mali and Niger continues to grow, warns UN agency

Desert locusts eating vegetation.