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Sheffield’s Cubs Ally With Worms to Solve Biodiversity Loss and Climate Change

Sheffield’s Cubs Ally With Worms to Solve Biodiversity Loss and Climate Change

Yazan, a Cubs leader in Sheffield, UK, organises a session about biodiversity loss and climate change. He brings a character named Bojo, who claims to have time-travelled from the future, to engage the cubs in creating a habitat for worms and bacteria. Through this fun activity, Yazan teaches the cubs about their responsibility to protect nature and act as role models in their communities.

Climate Latent Impacts

In Afghanistan, multiple crises are exacerbated by the deepening challenges of climate change. It is suffering its second drought in four years, along with an economic meltdown that is compounding the humanitarian situation. These near-term climate impacts, if left unaddressed, will only worsen the ongoing socioeconomic catastrophe, conflict, and violence, and also disadvantage the regional counties. So, we need to call upon UNFCCC to take Afghanistan seriously into consideration and help them shift to a better climate policy and circular economy. Regardless of our country, identity, race, and gender, we are all citizens of one planet. So, let's sustain it together.

Doctor of Nature!

Doctor of Nature!


Have you ever imagined growing food from waste? We did it! We were capable of turning waste into potential material for sustainable agriculture while empowering the local rural community to mitigate and adapt to climate change effects, preserving the local natural resources, and protecting the environment despite all the challenges our country is facing.

La Gouvernance de L’Aire Marine Protégée de Kayar

La gouvernance des AMP devrait se baser sur l’existence de rapport, d’accords ou même de sources vérifications de la conception à l’établissement des instances liés à la gouvernance, à la gestion et à la planification pour asseoir une bonne conservation et donc de leurs capacités à être éligible à la liste verte de l’UICN.


Lutte Contre la Dégradation : Cas du Parc National de Kahuzi Biega

Le Parc National de Kahuzi-Biega est menacé par le braconnage, l’abattage d’arbres et bien d’autres problèmes par les peuples autochtones riverains qui n’ont pas d’autres moyens d’existence/ subsistance. A cela s’ajoutent des activités minières qui se développent dans le Parc et ses environs.

Bird and Human Collaborations - Dreams of a Feasible Production System

Bird and Human Collaborations - Dreams of a Feasible Production System

In the middle of Europe, there is a small village where birds and farmers live peacefully side by side. Where sustainable and win-win farming has been proven to exist, and where humans and wildlife work together to heal ecosystem wounds.

Coffee Planting in a Place Where It Is Not a Drink

Coffee Planting in a Place Where It Is Not a Drink

This story is about coffee planting by a non-coffee-consuming community in Manghe Village, southwestern China. Whereas selling of dried coffee beans has yielded the majority of the income for the local farmers, and this area is said to be the future's largest Yunnan Arabica coffee source for the country, and serving the world's needs, drinking coffee seems a luxury to the locals. While climate change has switched much land use in the higher elevational areas into coffee fields, I wonder if this would also impact the current coffee farming in Manghe and the possible outcome related to deforestation and land conversion.

The Role of Communities in Conserving Protected Areas

The Role of Communities in Conserving Protected Areas

My story is on how I became and environmentalist. Human actions damage it, and how individuals can help. The essay focuses on individuals because while I and you may not be able to influence international commitments or government actions, we can change our attitudes toward our environment, which spreads to those around us, and I am confident that if over 7 billion people do the same, we will achieve our goal of saving the planet Earth.

My Journey as an Environmentalist

My story is on how I became and environmentalist. Human actions damage it, and how individuals can help. The essay focuses on individuals because while I and you may not be able to influence international commitments or government actions, we can change our attitudes toward our environment, which spreads to those around us, and I am confident that if over 7 billion people do the same, we will achieve our goal of saving the planet Earth.

Restoring the Lost Dominion

Restoring the Lost Dominion

As a young 11-year-old girl in primary school, I was denied a right. Human-wildlife conflict around my area led to us being fearful, with children seeking to drop out of school for the sake of their safety. My personal school experience, which I’m proud to discuss, stretched my mindset and belief systems, making me who I am today. I envision a world where every child has a safe place to learn and a child’s education is not compromised by environmental factors like human-wildlife conflict, especially with ongoing climate change.

Operation Plastics Free Campaign

Douala, the commercial capital of Cameroon, has recently been experiencing an upsurge in plastic waste pollution. This is mostly due to increased production from the brewery and water bottling companies and inadequate waste management infrastructures. In 2017 the city of Douala produced more than 20,000 tons of plastic waste daily, of which about 2% was collected and less than 1% recycled. Environment and Food Foundation (E2F) in Cameroon is bringing up a new collection, reusing and recycling systems for plastic waste, with a traceable social and environmental impact on global waste management. Our innovative approach seeks to strengthen the plastic supply and value chains, create new jobs, and relieve Douala from plastics pollution.

An Unveil of Linnaean Shortfall

As we know, the Indian Himalaya region (IHR) is the storehouse of many discovered and undiscovered novel plant species. To explore this repository, a plant exploration trip was planned far in the remote alpine zone (Royal Sar) of Overa-Aru wildlife sanctuary, Kashmir Himalaya. Along the trails of plant specimen collection, a fascinating population of plant species from genus Swertia struck my sight and became limelight to satisfy my curiosity about new plant species discovery.

Haven’t We Lost Half of Our Forest Cover in the Last Century? We Need Lose None No More

Let's not lose more than we stand to gain. Deforestation is causing extensive loss of our biodiversity, hunger and extreme poverty due to compromised rainfall patterns when trees that act as rainfall catchments in tropical forests are constantly cut down for commercial reasons. A bleak future awaits a generation which will not put in place accurate measures to denounce deforestation.

A Snapshot of the Experiences of a Young Environmental Defender: Seeking to Reconcile Human Needs and Sustainable Environmental Protection in a Least Developed Country (Ldc)

For more than three decades, the youth in Malawi have been marginalised, in actions that strengthen the climate agenda. Despite the growing awareness of the need for intergenerational equity, being a young environmental defender, especially from a marginalised background, has proven to be challenging. My personal experience is a brief snapshot of the realities of a young environmental defender, seeking to identify barriers and protection gaps in the existing frameworks. And the opportunities that exist within rapid response mechanisms, in providing immediate support to young activists.

Reusable Cloth Nappies for a Healthy Environment

Kenya has for a long time used reusable baby nappies on their young ones. We've a favourable weather throughout the year which makes it easy to use this product. Regardless, the recent years there's been a rise in use of disposable diaper alternative. The adverts project them as convenient and the best with many parents not questioning where they end up after use. This has led to another culture where consumers are comfortable disposing the diapers after a single use. Eventually, this has created a menace and we don't know how to deal with this waste; let alone waste management systems.

Change with Climate Change

Governed by laws of nature and the laws of man, the earth and all its splendor is dependent on each species for its survival. As one of the species here, we human beings have a role to play and are responsible for life of other creatures, albeit our responsibility is tied to power wielded. Talk can go on and on but action, regenerative action, must be taken to address climate change.

Eco-Taxi

Eco-Taxi

For those who sort garbage: how Ecotaxi works in Cherkasy. In Cherkasy, to teach people to sort garbage, created a project "Ecotaxi", says the initiator Alyona Ostapenko. The waste that Cherkasy will hand over in this way will then be recycled. "Taxi" collects sorted plastic, paper, glass and metal. It works as follows: you call, negotiate, come to you and pick up sorted waste for free.

Parler et Agir Pour Le Climat et la Paix / Speaking and Acting for the Climate and Peace

Indeed, my story shows the need to speak while acting for the climate and peace in the region plagued by armed conflicts. In the context of violent conflicts and humanitarian crises as here in eastern DRCongo, we cannot talk about climate action without integrating a dynamic of peaceful conflict management because, without peace, all the efforts made for development remain in vain and without success.