(Feature image: Adam Wilson) The Cape Floral Region, located in the south-western extremity of South Africa, is recognised as one of the world’s ‘hottest hotspots’ for its diversity of endemic and.

Seagrasses are found in shallow, salty and brackish waters in many parts of the world. Often mistaken for seaweeds, seagrasses are actually plants with roots and flowers that provide coastal.

Deforestation and forest degradation are responsible for approximately 11% of global carbon emissions. That is more than the entire global transportation sector and second only to the energy sector.

In some disasters, economies appear to rebound better than expected. Occasionally, however, disasters will cause damage to critical assets that will impede recovery to such a large degree that the.

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) along with Quosient Ltd. (trading as Earth Blox) and scientists from the University of Edinburgh are working to develop an early warning system to.

Rice is one of the most strategic commodities in the world. It is closely connected with food security, economic growth, employment, culture and regional peace. Although the world has made.

The United Nations (UN) has projected the global population will reach 7.3 billion people by 2030 and surpass 9 billion by 2050 - with this comes a number of social and ecological risks.

Despite the world making remarkable progress in combating poverty through the United Nations Millennium Development and Sustainable Development Goals, over 300 million people in Africa still live in.