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WASHINGTON DC, Jan 10 (IPS) – There isn’t a different place on the planet like Costa Rica’s Cocos Island Nationwide Park. The waters surrounding the island–covered with tropical forests–are a playground to numerous shivers, or colleges, of sharks, together with hammerhead sharks, whitetip reef sharks and whale sharks.
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UN Public Info Officer Brenden Varma lately returned from a six-month stint in Iraq, the place he helped to advertise participation in nationwide elections. His expertise opened his eyes to the complexities of life within the nation.
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Hopes that the tourism business would rebound from the devastating results of the COVID-19 pandemic have been dented by the wildfire unfold of the Omicron variant. In an unique interview with UN Information, Zoritsa Urosevic, Govt Director of the UN World Tourism Group (UNWTO), referred to as for brand new concepts to restart the sector.
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So-called “nature-based options” are an essential factor in tackling the local weather disaster, however in addition they play a serious position in addressing different challenges, from meals safety, to well being, and sustainable improvement.
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Information tales in regards to the local weather disaster typically include mentions of greenhouse gases, and the greenhouse impact. While most will discover the analogy simple to grasp, what precisely are these gases, and why are they contributing to the warming of the Earth?
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The Ethiopian Authorities on Friday freed a number of high-profile political detainees, a transfer UN Secretary-Common António Guterres hailed as a “important confidence-building step”.
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Ten months for the reason that navy takeover in February 2021, meals insecurity in Myanmar has risen sharply, the World Meals Programme (WFP) stated on Friday.
– Inter Press Service

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Jan 07 (IPS) – International efforts to finish tuberculosis (TB) are futile with out devoted funding in analysis into the debilitating illness that’s killing 4000 folks a day, Cease TB Partnership warns.
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2021 marked the twenty fifth 12 months in a row by which the important thing Greenland ice sheet misplaced extra mass through the melting season, than it gained through the winter, in accordance with a new UN-endorsed report issued on Friday.
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Regardless of journey bans and different COVID-19 restrictions, the small group at Viet Nam’s wildlife forensic lab has been bolstering police efforts to crack down on unlawful trafficking, with assist from the UN Workplace on Medication and Crime (UNODC).