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May 22nd marks the International Day for Biological Diversity and this year's theme along with full-day events at UN...
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Opening the High-level Interactive Dialogue of the General Assembly, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Prime...
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In many developing countries of the global south, poor waste management systems create major problems, as garbage...
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Floods are becoming an all too common phenomenon and Indonesia is no exception. The UN reports that Indonesia...
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Celebrity doctors and health enthusiasts have been singing the praises of palm oil, a vegetable oil common in Africa...
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The water that devastated the Philippines when Typhoon Bopha washed over its shores may have receded, but that the...
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The US experienced the hottest year in 2012 warned a top UN climate change expert on Wednesday, adding that...
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The United Nations has marked 2013 as the International Year of Quinoa, the highly nutritious grain-like food crop,...
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When it made landfall on Mindanao on November 25, Typhoon Bopha, also known as Pablo, was a category 5 super typhoon,...
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First tropical storm Isaac hits Haiti in August, then hurricane Sandy in late October and now heavy rains and floods...