United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Climate Change June 5, 2018

World Environment Day 2018: beat the plastic pollution

As celebrations gear up for World Environment Day on 5 June, delegates and policymakers connect with India’s business sector and innovators to explore how to…

Nature & Environment, News & Comments, Policy & Strategy June 23, 2017

G7 throws weight behind sustainable finance movement

Grouping backs UN Environment research on how to engage financial centres and SMEs The G7 today joined the G20, other countries and markets in throwing…

Nature & Environment July 31, 2015

UNEP and Brazil together to fight Mercury risks

Mercury can seriously harm human health, and is a particular threat to the development of fetuses and young children. It affects humans in several ways….

The Lost Bayou: Grand Bayou

Grand Bayou, LA. At one time, it was a lively community of close-knit families, until they were forced to leave. ©2020. Garde Voir Ci magazine. Nicholls State University Department of Mass Communication.

World Rainforest Day

Rainforests cover only 2 percent of the planet’s surface area but are responsible for more than 25% of all Western medicine and house more than 50% of the world’s plant and animal species.