UAE fishermen prepared to change their tune in face of falling stocks
As witnesses to the gradual decline in marine populations, fishermen in the UAE for years thought they had nothing to do with it. The narrative, fishermen believed, was that habitat destruction as a...
PwC report sees ‘signs of life’ in Canada’s junior mining sector
A rebound in the financial performance of junior mining stocks on the TSX Venture Exchange has the accounting and consulting firm PwC anticipating “signs of life” in the mineral exploration sector....
Hope for deal to scrap super greenhouse gases
Hopes were high Friday that world envoys meeting in Rwanda will agree to phase out potent gases used in refrigerators and air conditioners that are among the biggest contributors to global warming....
People’s tribunal accuses Monsanto of ‘ecocide’
Global activists Friday launched a people’s tribunal, accusing giant US seeds firm Monsanto of violating human rights and committing the crime of “ecocide”, by posing a...
Reprieve for Australian sub-Antarctic island station
Australia’s permanent sub-Antarctic research base at World Heritage-listed Macquarie Island has won a reprieve from closure and will instead get a multi-million dollar revamp, the government...
Guinea struggles to reel in foreign boats’ illegal fishing
Idrissa Kallo’s expert eyes dart across the waters off Guinea’s port capital, Conakry, looking for fish that always seem fewer and far between his nets. As African governments gather for...
Sen. Bernie Sanders asking President Obama to halt North Dakota pipeline for full review
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and four other Democratic senators are asking President Barack Obama to halt construction of the four-state Dakota Access pipeline until a full environmental review can...
Book outlines UAE’s efforts at conservation
The UAE’s environmental priorities that were spelt out by the late Shaikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan and President Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan are yielding rich results, said an environmental...
