Analysis – First US coral insurance marks the rise of the reef brigades
Hong Kong, ChinaReuters Conservation group The Nature Conservancy’s vision for the future of coral protection involves speed boats, and a global army of snorkellers and divers deployed when tropical storms and hurricanes damage reefs. On Monday, the global ‘Reef Brigades’ plan came closer to reality when it bought an insurance policy on behalf of the […]
Rich nations urged to pay $US60 billion a year to protect developing-world nature
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Thomson Reuters Foundation As talks on a new global pact to protect nature ramp up this month, international green groups have called on the world’s richest nations to commit at least $US60 billion a year to protect and restore biodiversity in developing countries. Governments are working to finalise an agreement to safeguard the planet’s […]
Postcards: Solar power projects see the light on former Appalachian coal land
CAREY L BIRON, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how a former coal field is being transformed into a solar energy hub in the US…