Research ABSTRACT Fisheries regulators have increasingly incorporated video monitoring systems, also known as electronic monitoring, into programs for fisheries data collection and documentation of bycatch. Electronic monitoring has recently emerged as one potential solution for fisheries monitoring and catch accounting in the Northeast United States, where fisheries regulators will soon require all commercial groundfish trips
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16 August 2022
Refugees Face Often Neglected Mental Health Challenges – Report
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Refugee tents in a camp in Greece. UN report shows refugees may be affected by poor health outcomes. CREDIT: Julie Ricard/Unsplash) By Juliet MorrisonUnited Nations, Aug 16 2022 (IPS) While refugees globally face insecurity and uncertainty, a new World Health Organization (WHO) report highlights that they also face poorer health outcomes. The World report on
16 August 2022
Grenadian minister Simon Stiell to be next UN climate chief
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Grenada’s environment minister faces task of getting countries back on track to meet climate goals ahead of Cop27 The next UN climate chief will be Simon Stiell, the environment minister of Grenada, in a surprise appointment that will cement the importance of holding global temperature rises to 1.5C. Stiell will face the task of putting
15 August 2022
Secondary forests in Peru: differential provision of ecosystem services compared to other post-deforestation forest transitions
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Synthesis ABSTRACT While tropical forests are undergoing rapid transformation as a result of direct human impacts, many deforested areas are reverting to forest through natural or human-assisted regeneration. This situation provides a window of opportunity to implement forest management strategies to achieve environmental objectives while promoting social development and contributing to local livelihoods. Successful forest
15 August 2022
Afghan Refugees, Medical Visitors Bemoan Treatment in Pakistan
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Action taken against stall-owners at the Refugees Bazaar in Peshawar. Afghan refugees say they are unfairly targeted by the authorities. Credit: Ashfaq Yusufzai/IPS By Ashfaq YusufzaiPESHAWAR, Aug 15 2022 (IPS) Afghan refugees living in Pakistan face a host of problems, ranging from seeking medical treatment to shelter, business, police harassment and violence. Many of those
15 August 2022
Greens propose shutting down all Victorian coal-fired power plants by 2030
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Exclusive: New bill also increases the state’s legislated renewable energy target to 100% by decade’s end Get our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcast Victoria’s three remaining coal-fired power plants would be progressively shut down over the next eight years, under a Greens bill to be introduced to parliament this week.
13 August 2022
Bottled water stations opened in Surrey after issues at treatment works
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Residents of Cranleigh faced with empty taps and low pressure as country braved another heatwave Bottled water stations have been opened in Surrey as residents were left without water due to a technical issue on one of the hottest days of the year. Many residents woke up to a diminished water supply or low pressure
13 August 2022
Education Cannot Wait Proud to Participate in Global Citizen Festival 2022: Calling on World Leaders and Donors to Empower Girls and End Extreme Poverty Now
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Metallica, Mariah Carey, Jonas Brothers, Charlie Puth, Måneskin, Mickey Guyton and Rosalía set to perform at Global Citizen Festival in New York’s Central Park on 24 September 2022 – Hosted by Global Citizen Ambassador Priyanka Chopra Jonas By External SourceNEW YORK, Aug 12 2022 (IPS-Partners) Education Cannot Wait (ECW) – the United Nations global fund
11 August 2022
Woody plant encroachment pervasive across three socially and ecologically diverse ecoregions
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Research ABSTRACT Woody plant encroachment in grasslands represents one of the greatest challenges for global biodiversity conservation. Furthermore, this is a social-ecological problem, where human activity and behavior have resulted in significant changes in ecological processes that control woody plants, and failure to fully recognize the role of human activity has led to continued loss
11 August 2022
Record Death Valley flooding ‘a once-in-1,000-year event’
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Hundreds were marooned in the downpour as the climate crisis increases the likelihood of extreme weather Recent severe rains in Death Valley that flushed debris across roadways, damaged infrastructure and carried away cars are being described by meteorologists and park officials as a once-in 1,000-year event. The arid valley was pelted with roughly an inch