In a controversial move, in December 2024 the Bern Convention’s Standing Committee has voted to lower the protection status of wolves. The reclassification shifts wolves from ‘Strictly Protected’ to ‘Protected’ status, permitting them to be hunted if deemed a threat to livestock, public health...
In light of the above, the need to analyse the potential moderating effect of institutional quality on the relationships between FDI, industrialisation, and environmental quality for the SSA region is compelling and pertinent. First, FDI inflows into SSA have increased substantially even since the cor...
December 27, 2024 Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance Cummins’ progress on 2030 environmental sustainability goals Sustainability is not new to Cummins Inc. In the past two decades, we have accelerated our efforts and set public-facing goals to drive progress. Cummins’ environmental ...
For instance, Nigeria emphasised ‘strengthening rural infrastructure and the availability of jobs to discourage out-migration’68. The NAPs submitted by states under the Cancun Adaptation Framework (CAF) increasingly integrate human mobility within adaptation plans and strategies. The Plans include ...
Since the industrial revolution, the demand for jobs has been an over-riding one. As society observes the damage which has accrued through this approach, with the disadvantage of that approach not always falling on its beneficiaries, there is a strong demand for accountability and cleaner manufactu...
and locals in Zambia refrain from felling trees around some wetlands and river systems (Makondo and Thomas2018), and avoid building piggeries near water sources in Vanuatu (Granderson2017; Shaffril et al.2020). The use of IK in the conservation of water resources form effective adaptation ...
Filmed in Zambia over the course of four years,Kingdom(6 x 60 min., pictured) will chronicle the real-life sagas of four African animal families, depicting how the lives and fates of leopards, hyenas, wild dogs and lions are inextricably linked as they battle for supremacy. The project is...
the literature still lacks more in-depth analyses of selected case studies. In order to fill the gap, this study aimed to identify potential ways to protect the environment and natural values in urban areas from investment pressures in countries with less developed planning systems, based on a ...
Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) and large-scale mining in the Ecuadorian Amazon region is potentially harmful to nature, and its impacts are associated with environmental degradation and deterioration of people’s health. So far, limited efforts have been directed at exploring the curre...