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 | Environment This section contains articles about science, nature, medicine, anthropology, health and the human spirit. | |
| | | | | |  The Antarctic Treaty System by The Ovi Team
23rd June 1961; The Antarctic Treaty System comes into force to regulate international relations with respect to Antarctica... | | | |  Matters of Water: Dubious Approvals and the Adani Carmichael Mine by Dr. Binoy Kampmark
While the proposal is of a diminished monster, the travails over Adani's efforts to open up the Galilee Basin in Queensland to mining have yielded fruit. Brute corporate strength, and the customary cowering of politicians... | | | |  World Refugee Day by The Ovi Team
The United Nations' (UN) World Refugee Day is observed on June 20 each year. This event honours the courage, strength and determination of women, men and children who are forced to flee... | |
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| | |  World Sickle Cell Day by The Ovi Team
June 19th; Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is a serious condition that affects people all over the world; the complications that arise from it are usually fatal. Sickle cell disease is a set... | | | |  Common Action for Wise Land Use by Rene Wadlow
17 June, The Day of Desertification has been designated by the United Nations General Assembly. The Day marks the efforts begun in 1977 with the United Nations Conference on Desertification held in Nairobi. | | | |  World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought by The Ovi Team
The United Nations' World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought is annually observed on June 17 to highlight the urgent need to curb the desertification process. It also aims to strengthen the visibility of the drylands issue on the international env | | | |  Zebra Crossings by The Ovi Team
14th June 1961; following increasing numbers of accidents at uncontrolled zebra crossings a new type of road crossing with push button controls which will allow pedestrians to stop traffic... | | | |  A CLARIFYING NOTE on the MAGNITURE of CLIMATE CRISIS by David Sparenberg
Much of my creative work these days (and indeed for decades before) is to address the mounting and sometimes engulfing Earth Crisis within which we are all entangled; which threatens us daily and overshadows the future. | | | |  World Citizens Call for Renewed Efforts to Resolve Asian Maritime Delimitations Dispute by Rene Wadlow
8 June has been designated by the United Nations General Assembly as the International Day of the Oceans to highlight the important role that the United Nations has played in creating the Law of the Sea Convention. | | | |  World Ocean Day by The Ovi Team
On World Oceans Day people around the planet celebrate and honour the body of water which links us all, for what it provides humans and what it represents. Be a part of this growing global celebration! | | | | next | | |
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