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Europe"s consumption of products such as beef, soy and palm oil could increase its contribution to global deforestation by more than a quarter by 2030, analysis shows.Click on the link below to read the full story.

The International Centre for Parliamentary Studies is delighted to invite you to join us on the Professional Certificate in Disaster Risk Reduction, which will take place in London, UK on November 20th - 24th, 2017.

The waters off the coast of Madagascar used to teem with life.

Expanding aquaculture in South-East Asia over the last two decades has been the main driver of mangrove loss in the world, says a study conducted by a team of scientists at Global Mangrove Watch (GMW) and published this month (June). Click on the link below to read the full article

Led by University of Queensland School of Biological Sciences PhD student Jasmine Lee, the study is the first to investigate how ice-free areas in Antarctica may be affected by climate change.Click on the link below to read the full article. 

Annual consumption of plastic bottles is set to top half a trillion by 2021, far outstripping recycling efforts and jeopardising oceans, coastlines and other environments.Click on thel link below to read the full story.

Raja Ampat " an island chain in Indonesia"s West Papua province " is world-renowned for its beautiful and unique marine biodiversity. But its marine mammals have not received much attention...Click on the link below to read the full story. 

 Sustainable agriculture practices must be widely implemented in order to stem an alarming loss of biodiversity and to protect endangered species.

Join the International Water Centre (IWC) for the upcoming Water Reform and Governance online training course.

A new report has valued the Great Barrier Reef at A$56bn and warns of vast economic consequences for Australia unless more is done to protect it...Deloitte Access Economics report says reef underpins 64,000 jobs and contributes A$6.4bn to economy each year.Click on the link below t