Vietnam launches new environmental smartphone application
Digital technologies are becoming more and more important in our lives and increasingly in our relations with environment. In Vietnam, the General Department of Environment under the Ministry of Natural Resources has launched a new phone application Envisoft, which is...
Seychelles unprecedentedly extends marine area protection
Seychelles is an archipelago in the Indian ocean and a famous tropical destination for tourists. The country is also a vocal defender of its marine ecosystem and recently extended protection to 400 000 square kilometres of its seas, which is twice as much as the size...
International organizations call for strengthening food security amid COVID-19
The coronavirus pandemic and the economic crisis that was sparked by it have severely affected livelihoods all over the world. In many regions, this situation has a potential to disrupt food supply chains, production, agriculture and forestry as a whole. That is why...