A year ago, the Chinese mining trade body, known as CCCMC, started setting up a grievance mechanism, intended to resolve complaints made against Chinese-owned mining projects. The companies themselves “lack the ability – both cultural and linguistic” to interact with local communities or civil society organisations, says a spokesperson, Lelia Li. Source link
A large group of ozone depleting chemicals were responsible – primarily CFCs or chlorofluorocarbons – that were used as refrigerants. Every country agreed, in 1987, to phase out a group of ozone-depleting chemicals. It was an agreement known as the Montreal Protocol and is considered to be the most successful environmental treaty in history. Source...
A Tokyo company’s satellite encounters a big lump of space debris high above the Earth. Source link
In the first study of its kind, published in the journal Science, scientists from dozens of research institutes reviewed 665 trials of conservation measures, some from as far back as 1890, in different countries and oceans and across species types, and found they had had a positive effect in two out of every three cases....
Nancy Gonzalez recruited relatives to smuggle purses made of illicit python and caiman into the US. Source link
The European Space Agency’s latest intake of astronauts complete their basic training. Source link
Agencies and scientists from around the world head to the UK to share space-exploration techniques. Source link
Dr Fox told BBC News that Esa remained central to the endeavour. Indeed, it’s likely Europe’s significant contribution – the Earth Return Orbiter (ERO) – will still be launched, albeit at a slightly later date than currently envisaged, possibly in 2030. Source link
The renowned scientist came up with revolutionary ideas in the 1960s, sparking a 50-year search for evidence. Source link
“We are not made to sit in a rocking chair and knit,” said one of the older Swiss women who won. Source link