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WWF: oil, gas and mining exploration threaten one third of natural World Heritage Sites

L’associazione ambientalista lancia un appello agli investitori affinché non finanzino più le attività estrattive pericolose per l’ambiente.

The Queen of Ivory arrested in Tanzania. She’s responsible for the death of 350 elephants

La “Regina dell’avorio” è accusata di essere il punto di riferimento tra il traffico internazionale illegale di avorio e i bracconieri.

Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet wins 2015 Nobel Peace Prize

The Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet, a group of four civil society organisations that worked to stabilise peace and democracy in Tunisia, has been awarded the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize “for its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of the Jasmine Revolution of 2011”. The 2015 Nobel Peace

Volkswagen is about to recall 9.5 million cars worldwide

After the scandal of the German car manufacturer Volkswagen, the new Chief Executive Officer Matthias Müller – appointed after the resignation of Martin Winterkorn – has announced the start of VW’s largest recall. Müller, former Porsche CEO, declared to the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung that “if all goes to plan”, then the automaker will start recalling

Italians want gay couples to be recognised, but the government hesitates

Italy is the only country of Western Europe to not recognise same-sex marriages or any form of civil union between gay people. France, Spain, the UK, but also the faraway Iceland, and the super-catholic Ireland allow people of the same sex to get married, according to the country’s regulations. On the other hand, Germany,

Cacti are more endangered than pandas. 1 species out of 3 is threatened with extinction

Secondo un nuovo studio il commercio illegale e altre attività antropiche stanno provocando il declino di queste piante.

Human presence is worse than radiation. Wildlife has returned to Chernobyl

Is there something worse than a nuclear disaster? Probably not, at least in the collective imagination. We immediately think about the Chernobyl and Fukushima disasters, two events that allowed to directly assess the long-term effects of a nuclear accident. It’s not breaking news that wildlife started repopulating the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ) and the surrounding forest. Ten-year studies carried