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NIKITA CHINIAH Durban: Romario Valentine, an uMhlanga conservationist, intends to spend his tenth birthday subsequent month aiding in finishing an aviary and planting 250 bushes. The grade 4 pupil is on a mission to guard the planet. He’s captivated with chook and marine conservation, local weather change, and deforestation. Up to now, Romario stated he…

This young conservationist is determined to save the environment, one beach clean-up at a time. Romario Valentine (9) from Umhlanga, Durban, has been an eco-warrior for the past four years and has dedicated every weekend to cleaning beaches and protecting the planet. “He cleans the beach every week for one hour without fail,” his mom, Delsha Moodley (36), tells YOU. The chirpy…

A new Eurobarometer survey published today shows that European citizens believe climate change is the single most serious problem facing the world. More than nine out of ten people surveyed consider climate change to be a serious problem (93%), with almost eight out of ten (78%) considering it to be very serious. When asked to pick out the single most serious problem facing the world, over a…

Tips from FAO’s Goodwill Ambassador chefs on how you can buy, cook and eat food that respects the planet. With our modern lifestyles adding more stress on natural resources and a population to feed that will grow to almost 10 billion by 2050, sustainable gastronomy is something we should all keep in mind as we source, cook and eat our food. Sustainable gastronomy means choosing and cooking food…

Prindex is a joint initiative of the Global Land Alliance and Overseas Development Institute, with staff from both organisations working on the project alongside expert consultants. Around the world, insecure property rights prevent families from feeling confident about the future, businesses from investing, and communities from becoming more productive. Hundreds of millions of us…

Annual investments in nature-based solutions will have to triple by 2030, and increase four-fold by 2050, if the world is to successfully tackle the triple threat of climate, biodiversity and land degradation crises, according to a new UN-backed study published on Thursday. The State of Finance for Nature report calls for scaling up funding from the current level of $133 billion, most of which…