PUERTO AYORA: Greenpeace on Monday called for the creation of a high seas marine protected zone under a new UN treaty to secure a much wider area around Ecuador’s famous Galapagos archipelago.The islands, whose unique fauna and flora inspired British scientist Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution, are home to one of the world’s largest marine … Read more
PARIS: French farmers choked off major motorways around Paris on Monday, threatening to blockade the capital in an intensifying standoff with the government over working conditions.In recent weeks there has been a slew of protests in France, a major agricultural producer, by farmers angry about incomes, red tape and environmental policies they say undermine their … Read more
NAIROBI: The latest round of negotiations to craft a treaty to end global plastic pollution closed late on Sunday after talks in Nairobi, Kenya, where delegates failed to reach a consensus on how to advance a draft of the agreement after a week of strained negotiations. Environmental advocates criticized the outcome of the weeklong United … Read more