Protection
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Technology
Technology United KingdomInventor of the Web Slaps Tech Giants’ Fingers: “Be More Transparent”
World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee is urging major tech companies to ensure their artificial intelligence algorithms do not discriminate, telling them to be more transparent about how these algorithms make decisions that affect people’s lives.
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Environment
Environment MontenegroAfter 18 Years of Struggle: Montenegro’s Birds Win Against Luxury Tourists
Ulcinj Salina, a major wetland in Montenegro, has officially earned the protected area status, after campaigners fought eighteen years to save it along with its thriving bird life, against proposed luxury tourist projects and other harmful developments.
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Society
Society USASilicon Valley is on a 500-Million-Dollar Mission to Preserve Local Farmland
Santa Clara County, where the famous Silicon Valley – home to tech giants such as Apple, Facebook and Google – is located, is planning to preserve 12,000 acres of farmland to secure its future in agriculture and help local farmers.
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Environment
Environment USAScientists Say It’s Not Too Late to Save Coral Reefs
Marine scientists have proposed the immediate implementation of three crucial strategies to save the threatened coral reefs of the Indo-Pacific: protecting reefs from human impact, recovering those damaged, and transitioning away from ones too late to rescue.
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Environment
Environment Switzerland187 Countries Agree to Stricter Rules on Plastic Waste Trade
The United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland has announced a new deal, signed by almost all the world’s countries, that restricts shipping lower-quality plastic waste to developing countries – to better protect humans and the environment.
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Environment
EnvironmentPolar Bears, Whales and Co. Take Summer Break in Canada’s Newest Marine Protected Area
With climate change increasingly affecting Arctic ice, Canada has made plans to guard its far northern Arctic region of Tuvaijuittuq, giving refuge to ice-dependent species including walruses, polar bears, seals, and narwhals.
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Society
SocietyTree Lovers Want to Buy Land to Save Thousand Year Old Giant Sequoias
Save the Redwoods League is seeking the public’s help to finalize its purchase of Alder Creek – the world’s largest remaining privately owned giant sequoia forest – in California, United States, to protect and preserve the remarkable grove.
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Society
SocietyThe U.S. is Ending Chronic Homelessness One City at a Time
A national program in the United States called Built for Zero has been ending chronic homelessness – the state of being homeless for more than a year – in cities using real-time data that allows officials to identify and extend a hand to those in need.
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Health
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Society
SocietySouth African Men Blow Big Loud Trumpets for Women’s Safety
A patrol group led by men in Soweto, South Africa’s largest township, is fighting gender-based violence using their colorful vuvuzela trumpets to protect women from crime and harassment while safely escorting them to public transport.