Houbara bustard nest discovered in Jordan 16/5/2016

For the first time since its release between 2014-2016 under the Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Houbara Reintroduction Project, a Houbara bustard nest has been spotted by field teams from the Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature in Jordan (RSCN). ...more

Forests re-grown on cleared lands in LatAm key for climate, land rights: study 16/5/2016

Forests re-grown on lands that had been cleared for agriculture in Latin America could play a key role in trapping carbon from the atmosphere and mitigating climate change if they are managed properly, researchers said in a study published on Friday. ...more

London could levy extra charge on most polluting cars 16/5/2016

London could introduce an extra charge on the most polluting vehicles entering the center of town and bring forward an ultra-low emission zone as part of proposals from the city's new mayor which will go to a public consultation. ...more

Billion people face global flooding risk by 2060, charity warns 16/5/2016

A British aid charity is warning that by 2060 more than a billion people worldwide will live in cities at risk of catastrophic flooding as a result of climate change. ...more

Mexico City lifts year's 4th smog alert after a day 16/5/2016

Mexico City authorities have lifted a smog alert one day after ozone levels rose above 150 percent of acceptable limits. ...more

South Korea says Nissan manipulated emissions, plans fine and recall 16/5/2016

South Korea said that Nissan Motor Co Ltd (7201.T) had manipulated emissions on a diesel sport utility vehicle and that it planned to fine the automaker as well as sue the head of its Korean operations. ...more

Omar Borman wins creative educational achievement award in Algeria: "This is an outcome of the environmental revolution launched by AFED" 13/5/2016

The province of Djelfa in Algeria presented its creative educational achievement award to Omar Borman, advisor of the green club at Bouhali Zian school in Fayd Al Butmah. ...more

Solar Impulse 2 lands in Oklahoma on record-breaking flight 13/5/2016

The Solar Impulse 2 plane touched down in Tulsa, in the south-central US state of Oklahoma, ending the latest stage of its record-breaking quest to circle the globe without consuming a drop of fuel. ...more

Shrinking Arctic bird suffers double hit from global warming: study 13/5/2016

Red knots, a type of bird that makes one of the longest annual migrations, are shrinking because climate change in their Arctic nesting grounds makes life harder during their winters in Africa, scientists say. ...more

Endangered Sumatran rhino gives birth in Indonesia 13/5/2016

A Sumatran rhinoceros has given birth at an Indonesian sanctuary in a success for efforts to save the critically endangered species. ...more