Germany has banned neo-Nazi group Combat 18 as “significant danger to society.” Combat 18 was formed in the United Kingdom in the 1990s.
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Malaysia has started to send waste back
Malaysia has justifiably started to send waste back to the countries where it came from. Malaysian environment minister said that Malaysia doesn’t want to be “rubbish dumb of the world.”
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Europe’s biggest producers of textile waste
Menswear brand LabFresh has published an interesting study regarding the amount of textile waste that is produced in some European countries.
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Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon increased 85 per cent in 2019
Deforestation in Brazil’s rainforest areas soared 85 per cent in 2019 compared with previous year.
Read the full story on Phys.org:
https://phys.org/news/2020-01-deforestation-brazil-amazon-percent.html
UN environmental plans for the new decade
The UN Convention on Biological Diversity has published a 20-point draft plan to avert sixth mass extinction of species. The plan aims to organize conservation and restoration of crucial ecosystems and wildlife by 2030.
Read the full story on The Guardian:
Link to United Nations Environment Program UNEP report regarding Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs):
EU unveils trillion-euro plan to finance “Green Deal”
The European Union has unveiled trillion-euro plan to finance Green Deal and to make EU carbon neutral by 2050.
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Green ideas: Peru will plant one million trees around Machu Picchu
Peru will plant one million trees around the world-famous archeological site Machu Picchu in order to protect it from mud slides and forest fires.
Read the full story on France24.com:
https://www.france24.com/en/20200109-peru-to-plant-one-million-trees-around-machu-picchu
“Seven countries in five years” – U.S. takeover plan for the Middle East and Africa
Due to the recent shocking events, here is a timely reminder of what retired U.S. general Wesley Clark revealed about American plans regarding some countries in the Middle East and Africa. According to him, soon after the 9/11 terrorist attacks the Bush administration drew a list of seven Middle Eastern and African countries where they wanted to organize a regime change in five years, those countries were Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Iran.
Here is a separate YouTube video link to a part of the Clark interview:
Reference:
“Global Warfare: ‘We’re Going to Take out 7 Countries in 5 Years: Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan & Iran…'” GlobalResearch 4.1.2020
Green ideas: Turkey’s Zero Waste project
Turkey has launched an innovative and comprehensive Zero Waste project that helps to increase recycling and reduce waste also in the maritime areas.
Read more about the Zero Waste project on Daily Sabah:
2020 – International Year of Plant Health
In 2015, Finland proposed an idea that year 2020 would be International Year of Plant Health. In 2018, the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution A/RED/73/252 declaring year 2020 as the International Year of Plant Health.
“The year is a once in a lifetime opportunity to raise global awareness on how protecting plant health can help end hunger, reduce poverty, protect the environment, and boost economic development.”
Reference and More information:
IDIS Observer 