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Wetlands in SW, NW China welcome migratory birds

00:50 Thousands of migratory birds, including various rare species, have recently been spotted in scenic wetland spots in southwest and northwest China.The Fengyiwan We

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Fires spike in Brazil's Amazon, data shows

The number of forest fires in Brazil's Amazon increased sharply in September, figures released Thursday show, fueling growing criticism of President Jair Bolsonaro's environmental policies.The Nat

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Brazil battling wetland fires amid the COVID-19 pandemic

02:44 Wide areas of Brazil's Pantanal wetlands are on fire, amid a record-setting wildfire season.More than 15,000 fires have been recorded this year - triple the number recorded durin

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Acquiring Wetform, Ecobot offers software and services for the $10 billion wetland environmental survey business

“Any time you’re moving dirt you have to have somebody come in and assess it, whether that’s under a state or federal jurisdiction… because of the waters that are present,” say

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Beijing to restore ecological environment of Yongding River

Beijing gave the green light to an ecological restoration project of the Yongding River, Beijing Evening News reported on Friday. A total of 91 km of the river and are

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Forest fires put out in Inner Mongolia

A total of 21 forest fires that broke out recently in the Greater Khingan Range in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region have been put out, local authorities

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Chinese procuratorial organs handle 310,000 public interest lawsuits

Over 310,000 public interest lawsuits have been handled by procuratorial organs across China during the past three years, the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) said

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Private sector investment crucial to combat desertification: UNCCD

02:20 In the battle against reversing land degradation, investment from the private sector could help prevent disruption in global food supply and future pandemics, said a senior UN of

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Researchers estimate lower increase in net methane emissions in Arctic

Researchers estimated that the increase in net methane emissions in the Arctic would be smaller than previous predictions, according to a recently published research article in the journal Nature Cli

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East China's nature reserve sees more bird species

Two long-billed plovers were first spotted by scholars in a state-level nature reserve in eastern China's Jiangxi Province. The bird species was first found in the Jiu

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Heavy rains kill 13 in Rwanda's capital: official

FILE PHOTO: A flooded street near Rwanda’s capital, Kigali, following heavy rains that hit different parts of the country in December. /PHOTO Courtesy: Government of Rwanda At least 13 people

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Beijing to add more forests, greenbelts in 2020

Beijing plans to add 13,333 hectares of forests and greenbelts in 2020 to improve the city's forest coverage rate to 44.4 percent, according to the city gardening and

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Emergency ecological water replenishment in Yellow River Delta launched

The emergency ecological water replenishment of the Yellow River Delta in the period from 2019 to 2020 has been launched, the Yellow River Conservancy Commission of th

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Southwest China municipality adds four national wetland parks

Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality has added another four national level wetland parks, bringing the total to 19. Chongqing sits at the confluence of the Yangtze

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China cautiously boosts ecotourism, protecting migratory birds, wetland

Chinaistreadingcautiouslytoboostecotourismtoprotectmillionsofmigratorybirdsandvastswathesofwetlands.Forcenturies,China’sfood-richintertidalmudflatsaroundtheYell

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4 wetlands in Japan run for Ramsar Convention

Four wetland areas in Japan have been selected as candidates for recognition under an international treaty for wetlands conservation, the Asahi Shimbun reported Thursday.