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International Literacy Day
Literacy for a human-centred recovery Narrowing the digital divide The COVID-19 crisis has disrupted the learning of children, young people and adults at an unprecedented scale. It has also magnified the pre-existing inequalities in access to meaningful literacy...
International Orangutan Day 2021
International Orangutan Day 2021 August 19th is the annual International Orangutan Day. This international event aims to promote the conservation of critically endangered orangutan and encourage the welfare of their habitat. There are only approximately 50,000 to...
Nuxalk Nation issues Eviction to Juggernaut Exploration to cease operations and leave Nuxalk territory
MINING EVICTION - on August 16, 2021 the peoples of Nuxalk issued an eviction notice to Juggernaut Exploration. Juggernaut Exploration is a Vancouver-based mining company. They are looking for GOLD and other precious metals in Nuxalkulmc (Sovereign Unceded Nuxalk...
Feasibility Assessment for a Proposed National Marine Conservation Area Reserve in British Columbia’s Central Coast
Today, the Heiltsuk, Kitasoo/Xai’xais, Nuxalk and Wuikinuxv Nations signed a MOU with federal officials to launch a feasibility assessment for a national #marine conservation area reserve on the Central Coast. The reserve would protect the region's diverse and...
World Elephant Day, Aug 12
The goal of World Elephant Day is to create awareness of the urgent plight of African and Asian elephants, and to share knowledge and positive solutions for the better care and management of captive and wild elephants. African elephants are listed as "Vulnerable" and...
Climate change widespread, rapid, and intensifying – IPCC
GENEVA, Aug 9 – Scientists are observing changes in the Earth’s climate in every region and across the whole climate system, according to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report, released today. Many of the changes observed in the climate...