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  • China to introduce death penalty for environmental polluters

    Beijing, June 19 (Xinhua-ANI): A new judicial explanation took effect on Wednesday guaranteeing the enforcement of environment-related laws and regulations, which has long been lax and superficial in China. The country's Supreme Court and procuratorate jointly issued the new judicial explanation on Tuesday that imposes harsher punishments on polluters. In the most serious cases the death ...

  • UAEs efforts to preserve environment exemplary says daily

    Environment related authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have not been resting on their laurels since receiving an acknowledgment from the World Wildlife Fund in 2010, a UAE daily has reported. The UAE authorities in charge of tacking environmental issues were recognised as number one in the world in terms of having the biggest ecological footprint. "Proactivity has been their ...

  • Community radio reporters acting as climate change communication agents in Central India

    Climate change is real. For an emerging economy like India with a large population directly dependent on natural resources for their sustenance, the changing climate is causing severe economic, environmental and social challenges. Bundelkhand, a semi - arid region comprising of 13 districts in the states of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh is one of the most climate sensitive areas in ...

  • Back gardens are full of incredible wildlife activity | Miranda Krestovnikoff

    Forget soap operas - your own doorstep is where the drama is really happening and the wild characters are far more exciting than any of those on TV.It doesn't matter how tiny your garden is - with minimum effort you can have an eclectic bunch of visitors and their daily business is an extraordinary affair. With a little effort we've managed to encourage a lot of species to my garden ...

  • Top tips for making your garden wildlife-friendly | Adrian Thomas

    gardens also have an important role to play for a whole host of threatened wildlife, from hedgehogs to house sparrows to toads. It means we can all play an active role in giving nature a home.In case you think this is about letting your garden become weed-strewn and "wild" - think again. A neat, tended garden can - with care and thought - be just as good for wildlife. Nor is it about ...


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That Thing You Do!

"That Thing You Do!" is a movie that remembers with sharp clarity a time in America when cars had fins, pea green and orange were stylish colors, a mop top was the haircut to have, clock radios were the size of small TVs, sunglasses were a new innovation, and kisses still meant something. In his first stint in the director's chair, actor Tom Hanks has made a snappy little ode to a time when Americ ... ...

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  • RSPB urges British public to create 1m homes for nature

    wildlife in May which revealed that 60% of all species are in decline."Nature in the UK is in trouble and some of our more familiar garden species are amongst those suffering serious declines," said the RSPB chief executive, Mike Clarke. ...

  • Two Canadian sites in running for World Heritage status

    A Basque whaling station that dates to the 1500s and a largely unspoiled expanse of boreal forest where five First Nations have existed for six millenniums are among the international sites being considered this week for coveted World Heritage designation.Canadian officials are in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, hoping to convince UNESCO's World Heritage Committee that the Red Bay National Historic ...

  • UNESCO world heritage Historic Areas of Istanbul

    Photo taken on March 22, 2013 shows the Muslims praying in the Suleymaniye Mosque in the Historic Areas of Istanbul. Istanbul served as the capital of the Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire, the Latin Empire, the Ottoman Empire and former capital of the Republic of Turkey. The Historic Areas of Istanbul were added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1985. (Xinhua/Ma ...

  • Polluting to death China introduces execution for environmental offenders

    Politics China has introduced "harsher punishments" for breaking the nation's environmental protection laws: reckless violators of pollution standards in the world's biggest and fastest-growing economy now face execution. A new judicial interpretation taking effect on Wednesday has tightened Chinese "lax and superficial" enforcement of environmental protection ...

  • Environment Secretary Owen Paterson urges UK to adopt use of GM crop technology

    Environment Secretary, Owen Paterson, will officially kick off his campaign to bring genetically modified crops to the UK today by calling on the government, industry and scientists to join forces to convert the public in the face of widespread fear and ...

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