Eco Minute 13:30

BULLETIN 3 January 1:30 pm

Good afternoon, here is your Eco Minute:

# Zimbabwean Environment, Climate, and Wildlife minister, Nqobizitha Ndlovu says the current human-wildlife strategy in compensating victims of wildlife attacks, is inadequate. Ndlovu highlights that the fund is designed to compensate victims affected during the hunting season. Ndlovu’s remarks come in response to more than 60 people being killed by wild animals between January and May of 2023. He notes that communities in wildlife corridors also face losses of crops and livestock due to heightened competition for water and food between wild animals and humans.

# The government of Bangladesh has included lightning strikes on its list of natural disasters, following a surge in lightning-related deaths. Authorities, including NASA and the UN, attribute the increase in deadly strikes to heightened storminess linked to climate change. The director-general of Bangladesh’s Disaster Management Division,  Mijanur Rahman, notes that a majority of lightning victims are farmers working in fields during the rainy monsoon months. He identifies global warming, environmental changes, and living patterns as contributing factors to the rising death toll from lightning strikes.

# And, a research study led by the University of Maine, suggest that human evolution may hinder efforts to address climate change. The study explores how global environmental limits could impact future outcomes of human evolution. The research highlights that humans are facing constraints on space. Moreover, the industrial use of fossil fuels is identified as a key factor creating hazardous global environmental problems, posing threats to safety and future resource access.

Stay tuned for more news………….