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Staff of the Ministry of Forestry and Research have their morale raised with training on how to operate and fly drone as of yesterday. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

Hurricane Walaka, a monster storm that roared through the Pacific Ocean earlier this month, wiped out a tiny Hawaiian island known for harboring green sea turtles and endangered monk seals. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

A study of human excreta around the world confirms that plastic has entered the human food chain. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

Look around you and you will likely see cement in use. That is, unless you are reading this on a mobile device out in an entirely natural landscape – in which case, stop and enjoy your surroundings! Click on the link below to read the full article. 

 

Biodiversity is under siege, with greatly enhanced rates of local and global extinction and the decline of once-abundant species. Current rates of human-induced climate change and land use forecast the Anthropocene as one of the most devastating epochs for life on earth.

An international team of scientists has developed a global scenario called Low Energy Demand, arguing that humanity’s appetite for things like electric cars and cellphones, as well as the development of better building standards, can drive a revolution in efficiency that could help lower energy d

Despite ongoing social and environmental crises driven by human population increase, public concern has instead focused on demographic aging as the greater challenge, even suggesting that population growth should be rekindled to combat it. Click on the link below to access the full paper. 

A hopeful vision of the future is a world in which both people and nature thrive, but there is little evidence to support the feasibility of such a vision. Click on the link below to access the full paper. 

In Oceania, there is a resurgence of ocean management that incorporates customary local practices and governance.

In Tonga, no-take marine reserves designed with, and managed by, local communities are predicted to achieve a conservation impact... The result suggests that community-based marine management can be highly effective, in this case because reserves are located near villages that exert fishing press