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Analysis: How Costa Rica reversed deforestation and raised millions for conservation

A Greener Life

During last November’s COP26 climate change conference, the president of Costa Rica, Carlos Alvarado, signed an agreement that will see US$20 million flow towards the conservation of the country’s forests, funds earmarked to increase protection and help avoid deforestation. million tonnes of CO2 between 2014 and 2015.

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Nestlé faces US lawsuit for allegedly false advertising pet food as ‘natural’

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USA: Nestle bottled water operations spark protests amid California drought Rose Hackman | The Guardian | May 20, 2015 Hundreds of protesters gathered in front of two Nestle bottling plants in California on Wednesday to deliver petitions demanding the company stop bottling operations in the drought-stricken state.

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Nestlé, Mars among chocolate makers criticised in cocoa-sourcing report

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USA: Nestle bottled water operations spark protests amid California drought Rose Hackman | The Guardian | May 20, 2015 Hundreds of protesters gathered in front of two Nestle bottling plants in California on Wednesday to deliver petitions demanding the company stop bottling operations in the drought-stricken state.

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Analysis: New coal mines add question mark to India’s climate commitments

A Greener Life

Enhanced coal production Despite the landmark 2015 Paris Agreement, which committed the countries of the world to lower carbon emissions, India has seen no need to reduce coal use. From 2013 to 2014, Indian coal production was 565 million tonnes; from 2022 to 2023, that had increased by 58% to 893 million.

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An encroaching desert intensifies Nigeria’s farmer-herder crisis

Circle of Blue

The Sahara, which is the world’s largest hot desert, grew 10% bigger between 1920 and 2013. In 2015, the environment ministry acknowledged that the plant was “causing flooding, loss of farmlands and conflict among farmers, herdsmen and fishermen.”

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James Michener’s Chesapeake Bay Was A+

Vermont Law

1600s, but since then humans deforested the land, fished indiscriminately, farmed intensively, and the population grew. As of October 2013, lawn fertilizer containing phosphorus is banned. In September 2013, District Court Judge Sylvia Rambo. in Animal Law at Lewis and Clark Law School (2015). The Bay was at its best in.

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The fertilisation of the Amazon rainforest by Saharan dust

Our Environment

Brazil’s Amazon: Deforestation ‘surges to 12-year high’ Retrieved from [link]. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116(33), 16216-16221. Shukman, D. Sanchez, P. Villachica, J. H., & Nicholaides, J. Amazon Basin soils: management for continuous crop production. O’Shea, N.