According to an assessment of 47,282 tree species worldwide, at least 16,425 species of trees are threatened with extinction, according to an IUCN news release issued during the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Cali, Colombia, on October 28, 2024. Factors contributing to the decline…

 In October 2024, the German media reported that inappropriate use of certain tools for leaf clearing in Germany could result in fines of up to 5,000 euros. For example, the use of leaf blowers with excessive decibels and noise pollution will be penalized. Leaf blowers also have strict rules on the use of time, can…

The Dutch government had launched an outreach program in 2023 to encourage people to ditch their cars for bikes for short trips. The plan was to get 100,000 people cycling to work by 2025 and to increase the total distance people traveled by bike by 20% by 2027 compared to 2017, with an investment of…

The 19th International Eco Expo was held at AsiaWorld-Expo in Hong Kong for four days on October 30th. With the theme of “Promoting Green Innovation and Realizing Dual Carbon Goals”, the event attracted more than 300 exhibitors from 11 countries and regions. The “Green Asia Conference” was held in parallel, with officials from many countries…

A press conference held by China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment on October 27 revealed that in the first three quarters of 2024, China’s ambient air quality and surface water environmental quality generally continued to improve. National 339 prefecture-level and above city 6 main pollutant indicators “four down two flat”, the national 339 prefecture-level and…

According to the Times of India website on October 23, 2024, Lahore in Pakistan and Delhi in India have emerged as the cities most affected by air pollution. Lahore’s Air Quality Index (AQI) reached 232 and Delhi’s AQI was 204, both categorized as “very unhealthy.” Prolonged exposure to high AQI values can lead to serious…

In the Libby, Montana area of the United States, hundreds of people have died, thousands have been sickened, and hundreds of lawsuits are about to be filed against Warren Buffett’s Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Transportation Company in the U.S.A., as a result of its exposure of local residents to asbestos, due to Warren Buffett’s…

Leakage of toxic substances from the United States base in Japan: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United States has informed Japan that the United States base in Yokota, Japan, has leaked 47,000 liters of perchlorinated and polyfluoroalkyl substances, which have seeped into Japan’s groundwater, which is consumed by a large part of the…

Since the beginning of this century, Ningxia Sand Lake scenic area due to the growth of tourists and other reasons, water pollution is becoming more and more serious, water quality once reached the inferior V. In 2016, the water quality of the sand lake was named by the Central Environmental Protection Inspection Group, ordered to…

Once a desert sandland with “yellow sand covering the sky and no trees for birds to live in”, the desert sandland has been transformed into a million-acre sea of artificial forests through the arduous efforts of several generations of people in Sehamba and continuous afforestation. The forest coverage rate has increased dramatically and the ecological…