Tropical Ecology / Écologie Tropicale (LEABENIN)

    Latest News from the Laboratory of Applied Ecology, led by Prof Brice Sinsin in Benin Republic (West Africa).

    World Economic Forum panel discussion features OceanX live broadcast from 200m under ocean in...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). (Seychelles News Agency) - A deep-sea submersible dive was broadcast worldwide last night from the Aldabra Atoll, a UNESCO World Heritage site...

    Cyclone Belal: Seychelles’ President sends condolences to Mauritian PM and French President

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). (Seychelles News Agency) - Seychelles’ President Wavel Ramkalawan has sent messages of condolence to the Prime Minister of Mauritius, Pravind Jugnauth,...

    Seychelles’ Incident Response Team fumigates golden apple trees to control spread of leaf beetle

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). (Seychelles News Agency) - A recently established Incident Response Team in Seychelles has introduced measures to control the spread of a...

    WMO confirms 2023 as warmest year on record ‘by a huge margin’

    The World Meteorological Organization uses six leading international datasets from across the globe to monitor global temperatures, which reveal a new annual temperature average...

    Digital surveillance: Seychelles Parks and Gardens Authority to use EarthRanger for protecting national reserves

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The SPGA has already started to set up some components that will link up with the EarthRanger system at the newly...

    World News in Brief: Time for climate justice urges UN chief, Ukraine war update,...

    Under the deal agreed by 193 countries in 2015 in the French capital, sticking to the limit will help humankind avoid the worst impacts...

    World News in Brief: Gaza relief ‘an impossible mission’, COVID spreading fast again, food...

    “Its people are witnessing daily threats to their very existence – while the world watches on”, warned Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths in a...

    Information Technology (IT) Officer (CIS / IPCC WGII TSU) — IPCC

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Working Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is filling the position of Information Technology (IT) Officer (CIS / IPCC...

    Flagship economic report highlights why global cooperation is key

    The flagship forecast launched in New York on Thursday indicates that last year’s stronger-than-expected GDP growth coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic masked short-term...

    Sustainability for Seychelles undertakes air quality monitoring research 

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Victoria is the most polluted area on Mahe, the main island. (Gerard Larose)  Photo license   A Seychelles environmental NGO is undertaking an...

    INTERVIEW: AI expert warns of digital colonization in Africa

    One of 38 people members of the new UN advisory body on machine learning, Mr. Ndiaye spoke with UN News about the landscape ahead, building...

    Last UN peacekeepers poised for complete withdrawal from Mali

    The UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) was deployed to Mali in 2013 following a violent insurrection by separatist rebels attempting to...

    Report card 1: Half-way to the global goals deadline

    Launched in 2015, the initiative set out a 15-year plan to realize 17 interconnected targets, known as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Since then, the...

    ‘Act on the lessons of COVID-19’, Guterres says on Epidemic Preparedness Day 

    The COVID-19 pandemic affected hundreds of millions of lives, caused millions of deaths and inflicted devastating impacts on humanity.  After three years of unprecedented global efforts,...

    Good morning, Mogadishu! Preserving Somalia’s cultural history, one tape at a time

    Sitting in a small, windowless room in a government building in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, Mohamed Yusuf Mohamed loops another audio tape onto the...

    INTERVIEW: Actor Natalie Portman celebrates women and girls’ voices

    In an interview with UN Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications Melissa Fleming on the sidelines of SDG Summit 2023 held at UN Headquarters in New York...

    Dengue spike fuels concerns of public health threat in previously untouched countries: WHO

    The warning came as WHO reported more than five million dengue infections and 5,000 deaths from the disease worldwide this year. Briefing journalists at the...

    Seychelles’ government and businesses to further tackle climate change in future planning 

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The use of renewable energy in buildings will be encouraged. (Seychelles Nation) Photo license   (Seychelles News Agency) - Government agencies, ministries and businesses...

    UN envoy to Libyan leaders: Resolve impasse, do not fail the people

    Abdoulaye Bathily, UN Special Representative for Libya, told ambassadors on the Security Council that the mood in the country “is ripe for a new...

    Sustainability Glossary for a Greener Planet

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Your guide to environmental buzzwords and important ideas to help restore our world We have created a sustainability glossary for you! In...

    World News in Brief: End e-cigarette boom urges WHO, measles surge in Europe, Central...

    WHO said that 88 countries have no minimum age at which e-cigarettes can be bought and 74 countries have not implemented any e-cigarette regulations. WHO...

    IPCC Chair’s remarks – North-South Prize of the Council of Europe — IPCC

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Lisbon, 14 Dec 2023, 12 pm Your Excellency, President of the Republic, Mr. Speaker, Madame Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Madame Chair of...

    ‘Hunger catastrophe’ looming in war-ravaged Sudan, UN agency warns

    The World Food Programme’s (WFP) latest food security analysis of the country shows the worst hunger level ever recorded during the harvest season (October...

    ‘Rebuild a foundation of hope’ for global human rights: Türk

    "This is a pivotal day. We are here to rebuild a foundation of hope - hope that we need now, perhaps more than ever,...