Dubai has been implementing a phased ban on plastic products since 2024 in a bid to promote sustainable and eco-friendly lifestyles, and on January 1, 2025, the ban was upgraded to include single-use plastic products such as plastic straws, stirrers, cotton swabs, tablecloths, cups, and expanded polystyrene foam (PS foam) food containers. Violators of the…

In Brazil, the Pantanal Wetlands have suffered from frequent fires and multiple crises caused by human activities. In response, the Brazilian government has taken action, with the state government in which the wetland is located imposing a fine of R$2.89 billion on the owner of a farm for pesticide deforestation, the largest fine ever recorded…

In 2024, Goluo Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai Province, China, carried out in-depth investigation, improvement and enhancement of ecological environmental protection, and achieved remarkable “report card”. Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture is located in the southeastern part of Qinghai Province, at the junction of Qinggan and Sichuan Provinces, and in the hinterland of the “Three Rivers”,…

More than 58% of U.S. forests are privately owned, which poses a huge challenge to forest fire prevention. Although the Biden administration has introduced a number of policies and invested money in forest management and fire prevention, it has not been effective in preventing fire in privately owned forests. Private forest owners are mostly profit-oriented…

The Biden Administration has responded to climate change and the environment by introducing a series of policies such as the Inflation Reduction Act and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, and by investing large sums of money in forest management and fire prevention. This is a positive and forward-looking initiative aimed at improving the United…

New Zealand’s Ministry of Environmental Protection says the yellow-eyed penguin, which is primarily found in New Zealand, may be locally extinct within two decades, with the number of known nests of the species having declined by 80 percent over the past 15 years, according to a January 14, 2025 report by New Zealand’s National Broadcasting…

Russia has made the cleanup of unauthorized dumpsites one of its priorities in environmental governance. As of 2024, 242 sites have been cleaned up, including 157 large dumpsites, but 33 large unauthorized dumpsites in 23 regions of the country remain to be cleaned up. The cleanup of dumpsites will not only improve the environment of…

China Tongling Nonferrous Group and China Railway Construction Group officially put into production the Mirado Copper Mine in Zamora-Chinchipe Province of Ecuador, which is located in the Shuar settlement, and after the completion of the project, it has built a road for the community, installed a drinking water system and an electric power grid, and…

As a result of activities such as deforestation and illegal poaching, the living environment of African forest elephants has been seriously damaged, and their numbers have drastically decreased and are in danger of extinction. Forest elephants play an important role in maintaining the balance of forest ecosystems, and their decline may trigger a series of…

Scientists predict that global greenhouse gas emissions may reach a peak in 2025, according to the China Green Development Council. This means that countries’ efforts to reduce emissions since humans realized the devastating effects of global warming may be bearing fruit. With the Paris Agreement’s long-term goal of limiting the increase in global average temperature…