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Islamia University of Bahawalpur to identify factors contributing to Bahawalpur’s poor air quality

BAHAWALPUR, Feb 05 (APP): The Islamia University of Bahawalpur has purchased air quality sensors and other equipment for research on Bahawalpur’s poor air quality index. With the help of these devices, data of Bahawalpur Air Quality Index will be collected and compared with the data […]

Cultivation of Moringa tree tested in Balochistan

QUETTA, Feb 04 (APP): For the first time, cultivation of Moringa tree has been successfully tested on five acres of land in Lasbella district of Balochistan, Director Wayaro Research Farm Waqar Lasi said on Friday. While briefing the Secretary Agriculture Omid Ali Khokhar and DG […]

Kenya under fire over calls to ‘weaken’ forest protections

Nairobi, Feb 3 (AFP/APP): In his 15 years defending one of Nairobi’s last green spaces, Simon Nganga has seen off brazen attempts to seize what’s left of the lush forest bordered by highways and housing estates. Persistent efforts by developers and powerful individuals to seize […]

Myanmar, climate activists among Nobel Peace Prize nominees

Oslo, Feb 1 (AFP/APP): Myanmar’s defenders of democracy, a Belarus opposition leader, the pope, and environmental activists like Greta Thunberg and David Attenborough have emerged as likely nominees for the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize. Following the January 31 deadline for nominations, several names are believed […]

Tiger breeding, exports flourish in S.Africa: charity

Johannesburg, Feb 1 (AFP/APP):South Africa’s legal lion breeding has spawned a tiger farming industry for commercial exports, potentially posing a threat to the species already in decline, an animal welfare group warned Tuesday. Breeding lions for commercial hunting and for bone exports towards Asia is […]

China’s civil aviation sets out road-map for green development

BEIJING, Jan 30 (XINHUA/APP):China’s civil aviation industry will seek green and low-carbon development during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025), per a road-map issued by the Civil Aviation Administration of China. This is the first plan on green development for China’s civil aviation sector. It […]

Ailing whale found near Athens returns to deeper waters

Athens, Jan 29 (AFP/APP):An ailing young whale found near the coast of Athens in a rare sighting has returned to deeper waters after receiving medication, Greek officials said on Saturday. The male Cuvier’s beaked whale is now swimming near the southern island of Salamis, deputy […]

Oil spill ‘nail in the coffin’ for Covid-hit Thai beach businesses

Rayong, Thailand, Jan 29 (AFP/APP):Oil washing up on a beach on Thailand’s east coast could be the “nail in the coffin” for pandemic-hit hotels and restaurants, local hospitality businesses said Saturday. The Thai navy and pollution experts are scrambling to clean up Tuesday […]

Repsol executives barred from leaving Peru over oil spill

Lima, Jan 28 (AFP/APP): A judge in Peru on Friday barred four executives of Spanish energy giant Repsol from leaving the country for 18 months as investigations look into a catastrophic oil spill. The government described the January 15 spill, in which 6,000 barrels of […]

Australia pumps cash into Great Barrier Reef protection

Sydney, Jan 28 (AFP/APP): Australia unveiled a billion-dollar package to protect the climate-ravaged Great Barrier Reef on Friday, hoping to prevent the vast network of corals from being removed from UNESCO’s World Heritage list. Conservative Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced the Aus$1 billion (US$700 million) […]

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