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According to the United Nations:
The equivalent of one soccer field of soil is eroded every 5 seconds.
It can take up to 1,000...
US$ 106M Singapore-based Fund Launched to Protect Asia’s Oceans from Plastic
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ASIAN Geographic Celebrates Cheetahs!
It's 4 December - Happy International Cheetah Day!
These beautiful, fast creatures are racing against extinction. Today, we'd like to bring awareness to the world’s...
WWF launches Plastic Smart Cities initiative in South East Asia with a $40M...
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● Global Initiatives, UN Environment Programme, World Business Council for Sustainable Development and World Wide Fund for Nature welcome delegates to the 8th Responsible...
Our Planet, Our Life: Cleaning Up Versova Beach
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