World’s largest deforestation project fells forests for bioethanol fuel, sugar and rice in Indonesia
Indonesia plans to clear forests about the size of Belgium to produce sugarcane-derived bioethanol, rice and other food crops ...
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Lelei LeLaulu: The Quiet Force for Peace, Progress, and the Pacific
Hi In the hush of Oslo’s corridors, far from the lava fields of Savai’i, Samoa, a name surfaced on the world’s most ...
New Zealand military inquiry finds 'series of human errors' led to navy ship Manawanui sinking off Samoa
A New Zealand military inquiry has found a lack of training and experience were among factors that led to the sinking of a ...
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The Biggest Scandals In Girl Scout Cookie History
Girl Scouts is a nonprofit that has long enjoyed a stellar reputation, but its famous cookies are the source of a few ...
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The power of durable conservation in Brazil
To permanently protect 150 million acres of the Brazilian Amazon, Brazil established the Amazon Region Protected Areas (ARPA) ...
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How wildlife help sustain the health of an ecosystem
When the fur trade wiped out North America’s sea otters in the early 20th century, sea urchins—a favorite otter food— ...
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The environmental impact of human decisions seen in three different parts of the world
AP’s climate team examined how man-made decisions are hurting the environment—and, in turn, hurting people—through three distinct stories from around the ...
Crew of New Zealand navy ship that sank off Samoa lacked training and experience
A lack of training, qualifications and experience among the crew on board a New Zealand navy ship that ran aground, caught ...
Crew of New Zealand navy ship which sank off Samoa lacked training, experience, an inquiry finds
A lack of training, qualifications and experience among the crew on board a New Zealand navy ship that ran aground, caught ...
HMNZS Manawanui sank on Samoan reef due to human error, report finds – ‘disciplinary investigation’ under way
Commander Yvonne Gray was the captain of the HMNZS Manawanui when it left New Zealand on the ill-fated trip to the Pacific ...
Lights out in paradise: Island nation faces energy ‘disaster’
In the Pacific island nation of Samoa, residents have been grappling with rolling blackouts for weeks that have plunged ...