Top 10 world’s largest countries including Russia China Canada and more; check where India ranks
The largest countries by land area, including Russia, Canada, China, the United States, and Brazil, exert significant global ...
215 million hectares of forest—an area bigger than Mexico—could grow back by itself, if we can just leave it alone
About 215 million hectares of land—an area bigger than Mexico—could be reforested naturally and without costly manual ...
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Australia and Singapore open expanded training area in Queensland
The Australian Department of Defence acquired 110,000 hectares of land in central Queensland and a further 310,000 hectares ...
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The 10 Largest Countries in Europe by Area
Russia is the largest country in Europe by land area, with a total of 2,881,250 square kilometers claimed to be a part of the Russian Federation. Russia is also among the largest countries in the ...
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Geo explainer: Where are the smallest countries in the world?
Most of these countries are no bigger than a city – discover exactly where the smallest countries in the world are ...
The Ecologist3d
Biodiversity fund COP16 row
Developing countries and human rights campaigners have complained that a fund set up to channel money to biodiversity ...
Opinion
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Deforestation in Africa!
Recent data tell us that tropical Africa has lost about 22 per cent of its forested area since 1900, which is comparable to the losses in the Amazon.
How do you save a rainforest? Leave it alone.
Research shows that, instead of replanting rainforests, allowing them to bounce back naturally would store loads of carbon.
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Climate change caused Caucasus glaciers to retreat 600 metres, shrinking freshwater supplies – new UN report
Climate change is taking a toll on the six countries of the Caucasus, causing glaciers to shrink and impacting river flows, ...
Euro Weekly News3d
The Netherlands to reinstate border controls before the end of this year
From December 9, the Netherlands will impose temporary land border controls with neighbouring European Union (EU) countries ...
Mystery of world’s only stretch of unclaimed land with NO laws that farmer tried to seize to make daughter a princess
HIDDEN deep in the African desert lies one of the strangest pieces of land on Earth — not for its beauty, wealth, or strategic value, but because no country wants it. Bir Tawil is a ...