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Sri Lanka banks on the ocean to chart a green path toward a blue economy

by Bobby Chaim ( Green)

The Indian Ocean island has a coastline of 1,340 kilometers , almost eight times its land area. “Even though we are blessed with our geographical location and with our pristine and highly biodiverse coastal and marine environment, our coastal and marine environments are under immense pressure,” Darshani Lahandapura, chair of Sri Lanka’s Marine Environment Protection […]

After gold miners shoot Yanomani people, Brazil cuts environmental regulation further

by Bobby Chaim ( Gold)

And they have good reasons for such criticism. Since Bolsonaro took office in 2019, deforestation has soared nearly 50% in two years, hitting its highest level since 2008. The Yanomami people, in the northern state of Roraima, are part of this statistic. Kopenawa, who is head of the Yanomami’s Hutukara Association, shared a video recorded […]