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'Adorable' new species of walking shark discovered in PNG New research has found that a species of shark in waters of Papua New Guinea evolved to use their fins as feet and can walk across the ocean floor. We speak with Dr Christine Dudgeon, a molecular fisheries research fellow at the University of Queensland, to find out more.

IKI Small Grants to Promote the Work of Small Organisations on Climate & Biodiversity Deadline: 5 March 2020 The German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) has commissioned the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) in the context of the project “Capacity Building and Finance

Can nature win the war on climate change? Maybe with a little help from humanity.

Using old reconditioned military planes, we can plant one billion trees a year. The planes will "tree bomb" deteriorated forests that have been devastated by commercial logging.

An option PNG can explore?

Planes Can Plant 1 Billion Trees A Year With Seed Bombs Using old reconditioned military planes, we can plant one billion trees a year. The planes will 'tree bomb' deteriorated forests that have been devastated by commercial logging.

Native Knowledge: What Ecologists Are Learning from Indigenous People From Alaska to Australia, scientists are turning to the knowledge of traditional people for a deeper understanding of the natural world. What they are learning is helping them discover more about everything from melting Arctic ice, to protecting fish stocks, to controlling wildfires.

To tackle climate change, emissions must decline 45% by 2030. We are all in this together. Find out what does to help people take around the world: un.org/en/climatechange/un-climate-action.shtml

The bushfires in Australia are so big they're generating their own weather — 'pyrocumulonimbus' thunderstorms that can start more fires

The bushfires in Australia are so big they're generating their own weather — 'pyrocumulonimbus' thunderstorms that can start more fires The "front" between the calm air outside the fire zone and the storm cloud is so sharp that it can generate lightning — and that can start new fires.

In Papua, a pair of anonymously owned companies are clearing rainforest for what could become the world's largest oil palm plantation, but government officials have alleged that permits underpinning the project were falsified. Read our latest investigation:

Revealed: Government officials say permits for mega-plantation in Papua were falsified The allegation has been raised internally within the Indonesian government on multiple occasions, an investigation by Mongabay and The Gecko Project has found.An area nearly the size of Paris has already been cleared on the basis of the allegedly fraudulent permits, cutting a hole in a vast stretch....

“I cannot welcome such technology if the radiation standards, which must protect the citizen, are not respected, 5G or not. The people of Brussels are not guinea pigs whose health I can sell at a profit. We cannot leave anything to doubt.”

– Céline Fremault, Minister of the Government (Brussels-Captial Region), responsible for Housing, Quality of Life, Environment and Energy

Brussels Becomes First Major City to Halt 5G Due to Health Effects Great news. A Belgian government minister has announced that Brussels is halting its 5G plans due to health effects.