A rapidly growing gap between rich and poor in many developing East Asian nations is threatening the foundation for the region's economic success, the Worl... READ MORE›
Brock Franklin, 31, ran a human trafficking ring that reportedly recruited its victims, several women and girls, on Facebook... READ MORE›
As of the beginning of 2017, there had been 115 convictions registered for human trafficking in Canada... READ MORE›
Pere David's deer is currently the only mammal species that is extinct in the wild but surviving in captivity... READ MORE›
The bank had originally set a goal of its shareholders deciding on a capital increase at this week's World Bank and International Monetary Fund annual meetings... READ MORE›
Demand for cheap capital will invariably exceed its supply... READ MORE›
US Treasury dashes hopes for near-term World Bank capital hike... READ MORE›
Plant and animal species could become extinct in both parts of Ireland because of Brexit, environmentalists warned... READ MORE›
Wayne Lotter, 51, was shot on Wednesday evening in the Masaki district of the city of Dar es Salaam... READ MORE›
In the report, the rapid extinction is blamed on habitat loss, over exploitation of resources, pollution and climate change... READ MORE›
John Knox, UN special rapporteur on human rights and the environment, said Human rights are being jettisoned as a culture of impunity is developing... READ MORE›
The cage bird trade in Asia is also driving many feathered species towards extinction, including the spectacular sunset lorikeet... READ MORE›
Post to Facebook China says it will shut down ivory trade by end of 2017 The move is designed to curb the mass slaughter of African elephants... READ MORE›
Ibisch also said international attempts to protect the environment often ignored the importance of the last remaining roadless areas... READ MORE›
Romer pioneered research into endogenous growth, examining how the diffusion of knowledge boosts output... READ MORE›
The US government will fund the training of a team of giant rats to combat illegal wildlife trafficking in Africa... READ MORE›
Jim Yong Kim said poor countries needed help to become more resilient to climate change... READ MORE›
An animal property rights system would give animals a voice during the land management decision-making processes that put their lives at risk... READ MORE›
Some 133 plants, 39 invertebrates, 26 fish, 10 amphibians, one reptile, one bird and one mammal have been discovered over the past 6 years in the Eastern Himalayas, the report says... READ MORE›
Pope Francis has once again reminded world leaders that alleviating poverty and preserving the environment are part of the same struggle, Greenpeace said in a statement... READ MORE›
The real story on inequality is a much more optimistic one than Oxfam's narrative... READ MORE›
For the first time less than 10 percent of the world is living in extreme poverty world bank says... READ MORE›
Francis' embrace of the issue of climate change, and his broader critique of global capitalism, stem from his signature economic concern eradicating poverty... READ MORE›
Eradicating extreme poverty by 2030 seems a distant target as Unicef-World Bank figures show almost 385 million children survive on less than 1.90 a day... READ MORE›
Extreme poverty has long been defined as living on or below 1.25 a day but the World Bank's adjustment now sets the poverty line at 1.90 a day... READ MORE›
The Centre for Biological Diversity went to court last August to seek protection for the monarch under the endangered species act... READ MORE›
Policies that made countries more resilient to extreme natural disasters and improved early warning systems could bring benefits of 100bn a year, the bank said... READ MORE›
Manas Kongpan is jailed for 27 years as dozens are convicted of human trafficking at a mass trial... READ MORE›
The illegal wildlife trade is now the fourth most lucrative transnational crime after drugs, arms and human trafficking... READ MORE›
All agriculture and environment treaties for nature and wildlife will have to be rethought... READ MORE›
Recently photographs taken in Santa Teresita showing a group of people passing a dolphin around on dry land on two occasions have emerged... READ MORE›
Stephens, general counsel of the Asian Development Bank in Manila... READ MORE›
The 2014 Global Report on Trafficking in Persons, produced by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, also found that the proportion of children among victims appeared to be rising... READ MORE›
Nearly 15 percent of the Earth's land, covering around 20m sq km, is contained in national parks or other protected areas... READ MORE›
Agriculture and the overexploitation of plants and animal species are significantly greater threats to biodiversity than climate change, new analysis shows... READ MORE›
The Wildlife Trusts warns that England's quiet, unnoticed wild places in which nature thrives are at risk... READ MORE›
Pontiff follows encyclical on fossil fuels with environmental summit of mayors and links climate change to migration, slavery and uncurtailed growth of cities... READ MORE›
On Monday, police arrested and charged 37-year-old Cameron Lyons with human trafficking and child luring... READ MORE›
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