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The cost of conservation without consent: Astrid Puentes on rights-based environmentalism
Mongabay
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June 30, 2025
Astrid Puentes’s journey from Bogotá to the UN is shaped by a deep awareness of how environmental harm often mirrors social injustice. Early in her legal career, she confronted cases where pollution and exclusion disproportionately affected...
Climate crisis and cash crunch: 10 countries at breaking point by 2050
Asianet Newsable
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June 29, 2025
A new index from Columbia Climate School reveals the 10 most climate-vulnerable countries by 2050. Many face rising disaster risks and shrinking access to finance, trapping them in a cycle of crisis and recovery. A new index called the Climate...
16 Newly Released Wildlife ImagesWinners Of BigPicture Photo Competition
Forbes
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Puddle Jumper, Aquatic Life Finalist. Mudskippers wrench themselves across mudflats, over rocks and ... More even up the trunks of mangrove trees; Goode Beach, AustraliaGeorgina Steytler, Australia - BigPicture Nature World Photography Competition...
Are Country-To-Country Deals The Future Of Climate Finance?
Forbes
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This aerial view shows a degraded area of the Amazon rainforest, near the Koatinemo indigenous land, ... More in Para state, Brazil, on June 12, 2025. (Photo by Carlos FABAL / AFP) (Photo by CARLOS FABAL/AFP via Getty Images)AFP via Getty Images...
Mike Yardley: New Town sights and delights in Quito
Newstalk ZB
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June 29, 2025
Beyond the storied charm and colonial trappings of Quito’s Old Town, there is plenty more to explore in the Ecuadorian capital. Given its dramatic topography, Metropolitan Quito spans 17 different ecosystems. Wedged in a valley between volcanoes,...
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The game that had everything: Chelsea batter 10-man Benfica after weather delay
Sports Mole
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Chelsea overcome a near two-hour weather delay and last-gasp penalty drama to thrash Benfica 4-1 and reach the quarter-finals of the Club World Cup. Chelsea overcame a near two-hour weather delay and last-gasp penalty drama to thrash Benfica 4-1...
Ecuador: Public Integrity Law Endangers Children
Human Rights Watch
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June 27, 2025
(New York) – Reforms passed by Ecuador’s National Assembly and signed by President Daniel Noboa severely threaten children’s rights and fail to protect children who are recruited or used by organized crime groups, Human Rights Watch said today. On...
Mike Yardley: Classic encounters in Quito’s Old Town, Ecuador
Newstalk ZB
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June 28, 2025
Second only to La Paz as the highest capital on earth, Ecuador’s high-altitude capital is a breath-taker. I’ve just enjoyed my first foray to captivating Quito with Viva Expeditions, and I cannot recommend it high enough. It is a tantaliser,...
UN chief slams US-led aid retreat as poverty, hunger, debt spiral in Global South
Malay Mail
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June 30, 2025
SEVILLE, June 30 — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged the world to “rev up the engine of development” at an aid conference in Spain today at a time when US-led cuts are jeopardising the fight against poverty and climate change. Dozens of...
The Rich Ecuadorian Gastronomy: A Journey Through Flavors and Traditions
teleSUR
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June 27, 2025 Hour: 1:09 pm Ecuador, a country located on the equator, is not only known for its biodiversity and stunning landscapes but also for its rich and varied gastronomy. Ecuadorian cuisine reflects the cultural and geographical diversity...
Perus Amazon communities accuse the state of failing to stop mercury pollution from illegal mining
Mint
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June 27, 2025
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Indigenous and rural communities along the Nanay River in Peru’s northern Amazon filed a complaint on Friday accusing the government of failing to stop illegal gold mining that is contaminating their water and food with...
Xi meets Ecuadorian president, Senegalese PM in Beijing
Global Times
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Top news Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa and Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko in Beijing on Friday. The two foreign leaders had just concluded their participation in the 2025 Summer Davos forum in...
Peru's Amazon communities accuse the state of failing to stop mercury pollution from illegal mining
AOL
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BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Indigenous and rural communities along the Nanay River in Peru’s northern Amazon filed a complaint on Friday accusing the government of failing to stop illegal gold mining that is contaminating their water and food with...
Ecuador’s Shift to a Narcotrafficking Hub Explained
Asume Tech
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June 26, 2025
As Ecuador grapples with increasing violence and instability, the recent escape of José Adolfo “Fito” Macías Villamar from prison in early 2024 has sent shockwaves through the nation. Once considered a relatively peaceful nation in the region,...
In Ecuador’s Amazon, Big Oil exploits Indigenous communities in the absence of the state
Mongabay
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June 26, 2025
Over the last 30 years, the three companies that have operated Block 10, an oil concession in the central Ecuadorian Amazon, have sought to divide local communities. They’ve also promoted practices intended to undermine residents’ autonomy,...
Poetry Of Nizami Ganjavi Highlights Environmental Harmony At London Gala
MENAFN
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June 26, 2025
(MENAFN- AzerNews) Akbar Novruz Read more A gala event held as part of London Climate Action Week 2025 featured a powerful reading of a poem by the legendary Azerbaijani poet Nizami Ganjavi, celebrating the harmony between humanity and nature,...
Global Climate Risk Index Ranks 188 Countries by Vulnerability and Access to Finance
State of the Planet
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June 25, 2025
The Climate Finance Vulnerability Index ranks 188 countries according to both their vulnerability to hazards and their financial resilience. Researchers at the Columbia Climate School, with support from the Rockefeller Foundation, have unveiled a...
Can the cruise industry navigate a sustainable future?
Geographical
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June 25, 2025
Small ship cruise lines such as Swan Hellenic are taking the lead on sustainability. Image: Swan Hellenic Over the years, there has been a notable trend in the cruise industry towards building ever-bigger boats. Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas...
New Index Ranks Vulnerabilities of 188 Nations to Climate Shocks
The Rockefeller Foundation
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June 25, 2025
Columbia Climate School identifies 65 ‘Red Zone’ nations across four separate climate scenarios. 43 nations in Sub-Saharan Africa, eight in Latin America and the Caribbean, six in Asia-Pacific, six in the Middle East, and two in Europe are most...
Weather Wrap: Thunderstorms, Light Showers, and a Summer Solstice Fun Fact or Two
The Graphic Leader
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Breadcrumb Trail Links Opinion Column Tornado touching down over farmer's field. PHOTO CREDIT GREG JOHNSON for unsplash Photo by PHOTO CREDIT GREG JOHNSON for unsplash If you felt like June didn’t deliver much in the way of rain—you’re not wrong....