Zero plastic on Principe READ
Trading plastic trash for a reusable stainless steel bottle. This idea, among others, is helping the island of Principe go plastic-free. The program has already eliminated hundreds of thousands of plastic bottles...
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Virtual Reality
(VR) technology will change everyday human experience in the coming decade...
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Smart City tackles e-Waste
Lome start-up Woelab upcycles old printers, computers and laptops into new products. They're also encouraging high-school students about how to get the most out of limited resources and promote a clean environment...
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Conflict as Lake Chad vanishes
Experts say Lake Chad could disappear this century.
With water and vegetation retreating fast, communities around the lake are coming under pressure - and into conflict....
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Germany plans creation of 'center of defense' against fake news...
Germany's government plans to create a center to fight "disinformation" online ahead of next year's elections, a media report has said. The move comes amid reports that fake news influenced the US election...
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Official monitoring of NGOs in China
With the start of the new year, a controversial law comes into force in China affecting non-governmental organizations in the country. Their work is to be more closely monitored in future...
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Japan - a wealthy nation with poor children
NGOs and volunteers say increasing numbers of young Japanese are existing below the poverty line and that the government should be doing more to tackle a problem with major implications for society. Julian Ryall reports...
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What does 2017 have in store for Asia?
Uncertainty looms over Asia as it prepares to deal with Trump's US presidency. DW analyzes how China's economic ambitions, Afghanistan's security challenges, and Southeast Asia's political turmoil could define 2017...
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China to return underwater drone to United States
Chinese state media have reported that Beijing will return an underwater drone seized in the South China Sea to the United States. The US had slammed what it called an "unlawful seizure" in international waters...
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Nitrate threatens groundwater in Germany
High nitrate levels have been detected at over one-quarter of measuring spots in Germany, with the government pointing a finger at farmers in a new report. Authorities plan to push against the overuse of fertilizers...
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Incredible flight of the fruit bats
Bats get a bad rap as bloodsuckers and disease carriers. But they are actually invaluable to ecosystems. In Zambia, one group is trying to save a tiny forest that is home to 10 million of them...
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Trash crisis forces Lebanon's environmental awakening READ
With Lebanon's garbage crisis in its second year, regular citizens are taking the problem of the ever-growing piles of trash into their own hands. This shift in consciousness represents a new reality for the government...
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What do fishing and family planning have in common?
In many parts of the developing world, contraception and family planning are sensitive issues. But what happens when communities ask for it themselves ?
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Six data visualizations that explain the plastic problem
Tiny particles, bags, bottles: When plastic lands in the ocean, it harms wildlife and the environment. But how much plastic does end up there, and where does it come from? An overview of problems and solutions...
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Last hope for saving the vaquita?
With less than 60 of the animals left, the Mexican government wants to save the endemic vaquita porpoise through captive breeding. But not a single vaquita has ever been caught alive, and conservationists fear the worst...
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Elephant festival in Nepal
From a beauty contest to football, elephants are on show at the Chitwan Elephant Festival in Nepal. The annual event has been organized to bring humans closer to elephants and to boost tourism...
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Would you eat local for a week?
I tried, and discovered what eating green really means
Eating local food is becoming increasingly popular, with regional products even being dubbed the "new organic." DW reporter Kiyo Doerrer tried out eating strictly local for a week - and made some surprising discoveries...
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Top environment stories of 2016
Our readers have "voted" per mouseclick - here are DW Environment's most popular stories of the year...
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