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As the new year begins
2025: Challenges and Disappointments in Combating Climate Change and Protecting Biodiversity – What Lies Ahead in 2026? The year 2025 closed with alarming setbacks for environmental protection and the battle against climate change. Despite commitments to decisive action, progress toward global goals slowed markedly, hindered by reduced funding, rising political opposition, and a shift toward…
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People – Planet – Profit
Nature and Ethical Finance: Putting People, Planet, and Fair Profit Back at the Centre For decades, we have accepted the idea that finance is a world separate from real life — an abstract universe made of algorithms, high-frequency trading, derivatives, and instantaneous profits. But this separation does not exist: the decisions taken in the boardrooms…
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Sustainable tannin
Gran Chaco: the forest falling for “sustainable” tannin Behind vegetable tanning of leather hides lies silent deforestation: irregular permits, opaque supply chains, and indigenous communities losing their lands as the Chaco ecosystem is destroyed for export. 🌍 The article highlights the ecological crisis engulfing the Argentine Gran Chaco, South America’s second-largest forest. This region, known…
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COP30 – the never-ending story
COP30 in Belém: A Continuing Tale of Lost Opportunities COP30 concluded in Belém, Brazil, leaving a familiar sense that as climate conferences multiply, their impact on the planet’s future diminishes. It begs the question: does it still make sense to speak of a definitive “conclusion,” or should we view each gathering as just another chapter…
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COP 30 Amazônia
COP30 in the Amazon: the “COP of truth” between hopes and contradictions The 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) has commenced in Belém, at the heart of the Brazilian Amazon. This marks the first time a global climate summit is hosted within the world’s largest tropical forest. The location is more than symbolic—it is…
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Smart Cities and Nature
Smart Cities: Less Cars, More Space for Life By Foreste per Sempre OdV In recent years, much has been said about smart cities — places where technology and sustainability should work together to improve quality of life. Yet true urban intelligence is not measured by sensors or algorithms, but by a city’s ability to reduce…
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Trees in the City – 2
🌳 Trees in the City: Striking a Balance Between Safety, Awareness, and Vision Trees located in urban environments rank among the most crucial elements that significantly enhance the overall quality of life within cities. They offer much-needed shade, help to mitigate the urban heat island effect by cooling the surrounding air, reduce levels of air…
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World Environmental Education Day
Learning to live in harmony with the Earth Environmental education is one of the most powerful tools we have to build a sustainable future.It means understanding, respecting, and protecting the environment that surrounds us — and acting every day to reduce our impact on the planet. Each year, World Environmental Education Day invites citizens, schools,…
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Valda seller of dreams
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Karen and Olof: pioneers of conservation in Costa Rica
In the 1960s, long before Costa Rica became a global symbol of environmental conservation, a pair of idealistic Europeans decided to change the course of the country’s natural history. Nicolás “Olof” Wessberg, from Sweden, and Karen Mogensen, from Denmark, settled in the Nicoya Peninsula, drawn by the wild and untouched beauty of tropical nature. After…
