wetlands

AFP/APP Brazil: A riverside community in Brazil's Pantanal wetlands narrowly escaped raging wildfires last month, but some say the record-setting blazes -- still burning nearby -- are compounding threats to their way of life. "The…

AFP/APP Rio de Janeiro:The Brazilian Amazon recorded 13,489 wildfires in the first half of the year, the worst figure in 20 years, satellite data revealed Monday. The total was up 61 percent compared to the 8,344 fires detected in the…

AFP/APP Dubai: They call the giant climate business expo running outside the COP28 United Nations talks in Dubai the "green zone". With the enormous former Expo 2020 site given over to green—and not so green—companies to trumpet their…

News Desk Sargodha: The Irrigation Department of Sargodha launched a crackdown against the water pilferers on Monday and claimed to have arrested 17 individuals for their involvement in water theft across the district. According to a…

News Desk Islamabad: Experts at an event called for a multifaceted approach to tackle mountain drought risks. “An annual deficiency of rainfall is causing drought in southern areas. However, if winter rainfall suppresses in the South,…