The global slowdown from the COVID-19 pandemic has not curbed rising levels of greenhouse gases, said the World Meteorological Organization in releasing its latest . Carbon dioxide levels have pushed passed another record threshold, after rising in 2019 at a rate faster than the average for the last 10 years.
What if mangroves could float? If so, their narrow range in the space between land and sea could be widened to include vast stretches of the surface of the ocean, bringing big benefits.
A pivotal figure in an indigenous community in the Amazon rainforest region of Ecuador shares his unique insights and perspective, drawn from a lifetime of spiritual experience.
Some one billion people globally under the age of 25 live in regions where they depend on the land and natural resources for jobs and livelihoods, but their future is increasingly under threat due to desertification and land degradation.