Environment

Ethiopia: Forced Relocations Bring Hunger, Hardship

Donor Funds Should Not Facilitate Abuse of Indigenous Groups

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The new village of Bildak in Ethiopia's Gambella region, which the semi-nomadic Nuer who were forcibly transferred there quickly abandoned in May 2011 because there was no water source for their cattle.

COTE D'IVOIRE: Loss of relief aid could threaten fragile peace

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Displaced girl at the Catholic mission, Duékoué

UN calls for combining energy access with anti-poverty projects in Asia

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Services that combine access to modern energy for heating, cooking and electricity, with measures that generate cash, supplement incomes and improve health and education would be the most effective energy solutions in Asia and the Pacific, according to United Nations analysis released today.

New plant discovered in Fiji

A new flowering plant belonging to the Medinilla plant group has been discovered in the highlands of Matasawalevu village, on the island of Kadavu in Fiji. The plant was found during a biodiversity assessment of the Nakasaleka district carried out as part of IUCN’s Water and Nature Initiative (WANI).

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The newly discovered flower system

Google maps help find predator that existed before dinosaurs

A fanged reptile that lived about 265 million years ago - before the age of the dinosaurs - has been dug up in southern Brazil by scientists.

FEMA Working to Increase Assistance for Wildfire Survivors

More than $1 million in additional disaster assistance is getting to wildfire survivors as a result of a new initiative launched by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in Texas.

Industrial energy efficiency vital for sustainable development – UN report

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A UNEP solar energy system, the largest of its type in Africa

To Slow Climate Change, Cut Down On Soot, Ozone

Politically, climate change is off this year's campaign agenda. Jobs, the economy and social issues are front and center.

IUCN and Sakhalin Energy continue joint efforts to protect whales

IUCN, whale experts and Sakhalin Energy Investment Company (Sakhalin Energy) are starting a second 5-year phase (2012-2016) of joint collaboration to protect the endangered population of western gray whales. Through this collaboration, a credible mechanism has been created in the last 5 years to reduce impacts of oil and gas development in the vicinity of Sakhalin Island, in northeastern Russia.

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Photo: Sakhalin Energy Investment Company LTD.

Fukushima fallout led Japan to limit nuclear reactors' life to 40 years

The Japanese government announced it plans to introduce a new law, when enforced, would limit the life of a nuclear reactor to 40 years, and requires operators to plan for worst-case scenarios.