13/07/2017

200 green activists killed in 2016, record toll: watchdog

At least 200 environmental campaigners and protectors—40 percent from indigenous tribes—were murdered around the world in 2016, the deadliest year on record, the watchdog organisation Global Witness said Thursday.

Cambodia bans overseas exports of coastal sand

Cambodia has outlawed sand exports from a coastal region where it has been primarily funnelled in huge quantities to Singapore, a move met with scepticism from activists who said previous bans on the destructive industry ...

Japan flood death toll rises to 30

The death toll from heavy rains and flooding in Japan's south has risen to 30, officials said Thursday, while rescue workers continued their efforts to find survivors.

Chillier winters, smaller beaks

Although Charles Darwin lived and worked in the 19th century, modern evolutionary biologists are far from exhausting all avenues of inquiry regarding birds and evolution. For example, in the 1990s, researchers such as Russ ...

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