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Weak Punishments for Pangolin Smuggling in China Are ‘No Deterrent’
Earlier this month, a Hong Kong court handed down the city’s harshest penalty yet for smuggling pangolin scales, sentencing two men from...
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May 18, 20206 min read
The Mekong River Unrest: The Battle For Water
A study has found that China’s Mekong River dams held back large amounts of water during a damaging drought in downstream countries in...
Constant Tedder
May 15, 20203 min read
Tackling the Food Waste Crisis in China
With the largest population in the world, China has the most mouths to feed on the planet. Consequently, China generates more food waste...
Constant Tedder
Apr 29, 20204 min read
Asia’s Battle Against Plastic Waste
Efforts are being made in various places around Asia, including China, India, Singapore and Hong Kong, to combat the plastic waste...
Constant Tedder
Apr 23, 20206 min read
China Bans Wildlife Trade: Will it Work?
A positive side effect of the COVID-19 pandemic- besides reduced emissions– is the focus and response to the illegal wildlife trade,...
Constant Tedder
Apr 13, 20204 min read
Earth.Org Weekly News Roundup
Read the latest environmental news that made the headlines around the world this week on Earth.Org’s Weekly News Roundup. — Nearly one in...
Constant Tedder
Apr 9, 20203 min read
UN Biodiversity Chief Calls for a Permanent Ban on Wildlife Markets
The UN’s biodiversity chief has called for a global ban on wildlife markets- such as the one in Wuhan, China, believed to be the starting...
Constant Tedder
Apr 9, 20206 min read
COVID-19 Reveals Unexpected Benefit: Reduced Emissions
COVID-19 has spread rapidly from China to the rest of the world. Thousands of lives have been lost and the pandemic has all but crashed...
Constant Tedder
Mar 26, 20205 min read
The Coal Rush: How China is Undermining the Paris Agreement
China’s clean energy investments are plummeting, having decreased 39% in the first half of this year from the same period last year. At...
Constant Tedder
Dec 13, 20194 min read
What Satellite Imagery Tells Us About Vegetation in the Mu Us Desert
Earth.Org analysed satellite data to assess the changes in vegetation and land cover in the Mu Us desert in North-western China from 1985...
Constant Tedder
Dec 6, 20193 min read
How Urban Green Spaces are Impacting on China’s Environmental and Public Health
For the nearly 850 million citizens who live in Chinese cities, physical and mental health issues are the lived reality as a result of...
Constant Tedder
Nov 27, 20193 min read
How the World’s Largest Fintech Company is Greening China
Alibaba, the world’s largest fintech company, is using Alipay to tap into mobile games to fight desertification, greening China in the...
Constant Tedder
Aug 9, 20193 min read
Widespread Bamboo Flowering Poses Massive Threat to Dwindling Giant Panda Population
In the misty mountains of Sichuan Province, the arrow bamboo will act strangely, which is threatening China’s panda populations. They...
Constant Tedder
Jul 2, 20193 min read
Spy-Satellite Images Reveal How Himalayan Glaciers are Melting at an Alarming Rate
Cold War-era US reconnaissance satellites have gone out of orbit. But they have left images that reveal the horrifying realities of...
Constant Tedder
Jun 24, 20194 min read
Land Management: How China and India are Making Our Planet Greener
China and India, the two most populous countries in the world, are making our planet greener through land management, a recent study by...
Constant Tedder
Apr 26, 20193 min read
Valuing Nature: China Protects Areas for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
Following severe environmental degradation from rapid economic development, China is advancing policies to protect biodiversity and...
Constant Tedder
Jan 14, 20193 min read
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