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Paperitalo Environmental News
( Last updated Sunday, September 22, 2019 6:33 pm EDT) | |
Forest Fun Run 2019 attracts 600 participants
(Front, from fifth left) Wong and Jack join the participants in a photo-call taken before the flag-off.
SIBU: Six-hundred people took part in ‘Forest Fun Run 2019’ at Bukit Lima Nature Reserve in Kampung Usahajaya Baru yesterday.
Forest Department Sarawak … Sunday, September 22, 2019 6:43 pm EDT
| | | Forest artwork festival with 1,400 messages from children hailed a success
PUBLISHED: 16:04 22 September 2019 | UPDATED: 16:12 22 September 2019
Simon Parkin
Families enjoyed the first Tales and Trails Festival at Brandon Country Park. Picture: Amy Wormald
Archant
A festival featuring artwork by regional artists and messages of … Sunday, September 22, 2019 6:43 pm EDT
| | | Kengo Kuma: Seeing the forest for the trees in Eskisehir
ESKISEHIR, TURKEY – Kengo Kuma & Associates’ design for the new Odunpazari Modern Museum (OMM) in Eskisehir, Turkey, is undoubtedly an arresting sight.
To see the 4,500-square-meter three-story contemporary building of wooden stacked structures nestled … Sunday, September 22, 2019 6:43 pm EDT
| | | Illegally tapping French Guiana's forest of gold
I am not sure which was more terrifying - the six-metre anaconda coiled beneath the floorboards of the research station or the Eurocopter pilot's extreme acrobatics over the dense rainforest.
Two days in French Guiana and that was not the half of it. … Sunday, September 22, 2019 6:43 pm EDT
| | | Amazon mining threat: Illegal work in French Guiana forest
Ninety-eight percent of French Guiana in Amazonia is covered by rainforest, but unlike Brazil, it’s remained relatively unaffected by deforestation.
But illegal gold mining is now threatening this spectacular environment.
Al Jazeera's Nick Clark … Sunday, September 22, 2019 6:43 pm EDT
| | | Life is Beautiful: New immersive experience brings forest to life
In the hyper-urban art and music event that is Life is Beautiful, a visitor might be surprised to wander into a forest.
Yet, for the first time, that’s exactly what that visitor will find.
In its seventh year, Life is Beautiful is home to a unique … Sunday, September 22, 2019 6:43 pm EDT
| | | How to lighten your impact on the New Zealand environment while travelling
OPINION: After decades of conservationists living on the fringes and fighting the good fight to protect our beautiful planet, sustainability has finally become the buzzword of 2019 and being eco is now trendy.
Only recently the world watched as young … Sunday, September 22, 2019 6:43 pm EDT
| | | Isoc reclaims protected forest land in Phuket
PHUKET: A team of officers led by the Phuket branch of the Internal Security Operations Command (Isoc) have reclaimed five rai of land in the Nakkerd Hills in Rawai after a court order confirming that the land was protected forest.
The officials from Isoc, … Sunday, September 22, 2019 6:43 pm EDT
| | | 60% plantation, forest fires in Sri Aman put out: Wan Azizah
KUALA LUMPUR: About 60% of the fire in 81ha of plantation land and forest area in Sri Aman, Sarawak, have been put out as of yesterday, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail. She said the Fire and Rescue Department, the Civil … Sunday, September 22, 2019 6:43 pm EDT
| | | Brazil plans 'bio-economic' development of the Amazon forest
Brazil has strict environmental laws on the books, but enforcement budgets and campaigns were slashed after Bolsonaro took office this year. Sometimes called "the Tropical Trump," Bolsonaro dubbed environmental enforcement an impediment to … Sunday, September 22, 2019 6:43 pm EDT
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