Environment
Government sets may 2028 target to resolve national waste crisis
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Coordinating Minister for Food Zulkifli Hasan has set a May 2028 deadline to end open dumping of waste nationwide. The target was announced amid President Prabowo Subianto’s direct attention to a waste crisis that has persisted for decades.
The forest north of Älvdalens kyrkby has been felled despite objections from Naturskyddsföreningen. Volunteer surveyors had found 15 nature conservation species in the area. The association now plans to report the matter to the Swedish Forest Agency.
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Scientists have found that the 2022 eruption of an underwater volcano in the South Pacific triggered a chemical process that removed significant amounts of methane from the atmosphere. The discovery, detailed in a new study, shows how volcanic ash and seawater combined to break down the potent greenhouse gas.
The Forest Department is considering drone surveys to check land claims by families living in the Anamalai Tiger Reserve under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006.
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Researchers have developed a targeted treatment using the chemical bistrifluron to control drywood termite infestations. The approach interferes with the insects' molting process and achieved high mortality rates in laboratory tests.
The Ilhabela city government is attempting to collect unpaid environmental preservation fees from nearly 6,300 vehicles that left the archipelago since March.
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