Nigeria, the Battle of the Decade Since the 1930s, the first oil companies like Shell and BP have been developing their business in West Africa. In Nigeria, Chima Williams is fighting to preserve nature. The Degradation of Nigeria Nigeria is one of the largest oil producers in the world, with an export rate of 90%.…
Cerro Arenal: A Family History In Costa Rica, the land is passed down from generation to generation, with all the love it requires. Discover the Mistico Park in Cerro Arenal! A Story of Love and Nature It begins with a love story between Doña Landelina Rodríguez and Don Adrián Castillo. They live and work the…
COP15, historic commitments! After several days of debates and discussions, COP15 ends with agreements. What can we learn from the conclusions of the Montreal COP15 on biodiversity? Four years of dialogue come to an end Because of the covid-19 crisis, the 15th global biodiversity conference had to wait patiently for its time to come. Considered…
Quebec universities get involved The University of Oxford and the United Nations Environment Programme have decided to set up a new global initiative. This program will help lead the education sector toward a greener future. A joint initiative The next generations are ready to face the challenges of biodiversity. On the second day of COP…
COP 15: looking for solutions COP 15 brings together delegates from around the world to find solutions for preserving oceans, forests, and endangered species, but also to achieve a “peace deal with nature”. The first findings COP 15 has shown that biodiversity is continuing to deteriorate. The figures speak for themselves: 2,028 threatened species have…
Clean water from waste Currently, 1 in 4 people in the world lacks clean drinking water. A Ugandan chemist may have a solution. Uganda People in Uganda rely on water supplied by the state, even though this may not mean it is clean. Some people develop typhoid from the tap water, resulting from chlorine being…
Paris: Parking Spaces Replaced by Vegetable Gardens Paris is becoming more and more congested. There is a lack of green spaces, which makes the capital less and less welcoming, but also more and more polluted. An Environmental Project Replace 50% of parking spaces with gardens? This is Anne Hidalgo’s environmental challenge. Called “10 m2 en…
Paris : A hotel without single-use plastic. The Ubiquity of Plastic in Hotels Plastic is everywhere in hotels, at the reception, in the restaurant, and also in the rooms. Indeed, people coming to stay at the hotel most often stay on site for a short time, therefore at each change of customers the toiletries are…
The dog that saves orcas Eba, an adopted mixed breed dog, has joined part of a research program to save killer whales. What is his role? To sniff and locate the feces of this endangered species. Endangered killer whales Orcas are endangered. According to a study published in the journal Science, half of the species…
DNA technology helps catch poachers Looking into DNA records for ivory seizures, scientists can track down their poachers. Ivory smuggling Ivory is smuggled under many different ruses. It may be covered in coffee, wood, or even plastic waste. Now, DNA tests can be done on the ivory to determine where and who were the ones…