Carbon Sequestration and Community-Based Conservation: A Holistic Approach to Environmental Stewardship
This article discusses the role and relevance of community-based conservation in the context of carbon sequestration.
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World’s First Container Cargo Ship Using Methanol Propulsion
A.P. Møller – Mærsk introduced the world’s first container cargo ship using methanol propulsion in Copenhagen in September 2023. The container ship was constructed in South Korea. It has 172 … Read More
Mozambique Taps its Potential for the Carbon Market
Mozambique’s national parks and rich biodiversity are globally renowned. In 2021 Mozambique became the first country to be paid by the World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) for reducing emissions. FCPF … Read More
Africa’s Largest Wind Project
After commencing only in 2015, the Lake Turkana Wind Power Project (LTWP) in Kenya rapidly become the largest such initiative in Africa, and Kenya’s single largest investment in the country’s … Read More
The Kudumbashree Initiative
Agrobiodiversity is the sustained management of various biological resources including multi-cropping, trees, herbs, spices, livestock, fish species and non-domesticated resources within fields and forests. Mainstreaming agrobiodiversity initiatives can address complex … Read More
Shankar’s Initiative
Muthupet, located in Thiruvarur district in Tamil Nadu, India used to receive significant amounts of rainfall. However, in due course of time, as rainfall patterns changed, the quantity of fresh … Read More
The Rise of Solar and Wind Energy in the European Union
According to the think tank Ember wind and solar produced more electricity in the European Union than fossil fuels in May 2023, for the first full month on record. Almost a … Read More
From poaching to conservation
Coral reefs are crucial to coastal and marine ecosystems, and play an important role in preventing erosion and flooding. They are increasingly at risk of dying with oceans warming as … Read More
The decrease of deforestation in Brazil
Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest decreased by one-third during the first six months of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s administration, compared to the same period last year. The decrease of 33.6% was … Read More
The heat pumps of Europe
A record number of heat pumps have been sold in Europe. Data from the continent shows that 3 million units replaced around 4 billion cubic metres of natural gas in 2022 – … Read More