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For the past seven years, Chennai has been plagued by floods, droughts, and other extreme climate events. The city is a great case study of what can go wrong when industrialisation goes unchecked, causing the encroachment of flood plains and waterways to satisfy the demand for new homes, factories, and …

WWF’s Living Planet Report 2018 indicates that global wildlife populations have declined by 60% just over 40 years, with the most common cause being habitat loss. Australia has been named as one of 11 deforestation hotspots alongside the Amazon, Congo Basin, Sumatra and Borneo. Australia is the only developed country …