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Experts warn the indiscriminate use of insecticides by farmers in Bangladesh to protect their crops…Deadly landslide and flooding in Colombia and Venezuela linked to rapid urbanization
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Jul 17, 2025, 9:26 pm By
The Indonesian government is revising a regulation that reopened the export of dredged sea sand,…Small Australian carnivorous marsupial reclassified as 3 species: Study
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Researchers describe the kultarr as “Australia’s cutest mammal”: It’s eyes are quite large…In the Andes, decentralization fails to address environmental harm
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The Andean nations are unitary republics by history and constitution. Consequently, the push to…Brazil’s Congress passes ‘devastation bill’ in major environmental setback
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