November 3, 2024 – आवारा मुसाफिर

Historic agreement to give Indigenous groups voice on nature conservation decisions

November 3, 202458 Views

After two weeks of negotiations, delegates on Saturday agreed at the United Nations conference on biodiversity to establish a subsidiary body that will include Indigenous peoples in future decisions on nature conservation, an important development that builds on a growing movement to recognize the role of Indigenous peoples in protecting land and helping combat climate change. The delegates also agreed to oblige major corporations to share the financial benefits of research when using natural genetic resources. Indigenous delegations erupted into cheers and tears after the historic decision to create the subsidiary body was announced. It recognizes and protects the traditional knowledge systems of Indigenous peoples and local communities for the benefit of global and national bi...

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Centuries-old sandstone statues discovered at Angkor UNESCO site

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November 3, 202469 Views

Archaeologists in Cambodia have unearthed a dozen centuries-old sandstone statues in a “remarkable discovery” at the Angkor World Heritage Site near the city of Siem Reap, authorities said Wednesday. The statues — depicting so-called “door guardians” — were discovered last week near the north gate leading to the 11th-century Royal Palace at Angkor Thom, the last capital of the Khmer Empire, said Long Kosal, spokesman for the Apsara National Authority, the government agency that oversees the archaeological park. Teams were assessing the ancient gate’s structure and searching for fallen stones around the portal on the north side of Angkor Thom, one of four entrances to the complex, when the discovery was made. The statues depict guardians standing at attention and vary in size ...

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Fourth mass coral bleaching prompts UN emergency session at Colombia biodiversity summit

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November 3, 202475 Views

The United Nations, scientists and governments made an urgent call Wednesday for increased funding to protect coral reefs under threat of extinction. Research this year shows that 77% of the world’s reefs are affected by bleaching, mainly due to warming ocean waters amid human-caused climate change. It’s the largest and fourth mass global bleaching on record and is impacting both hemispheres, United Nations Capital Development Fund said. The findings prompted a U.N. special emergency session — typically called to address escalating conflicts or natural disasters — on corals to be convened on sidelines of the U.N. biodiversity summit, known as COP16, nearing its end after two weeks in Cali, Colombia. FILE PHOTO: A wave at Teahupo’o crashes onto the coral reef in Tahiti, French Pol...

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Archaeologists discover bronze age town buried in northwest Arabia

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November 3, 202469 Views

First discovery of its kind in the region challenges traditional view of transition from nomadic pastoralism to nascent urbanism New archaeological research has revealed an exceptional Bronze Age town in the Khaybar oasis of northwest Arabia, confirming a major transition from mobile, nomadic life to settled, town life in the second half of the third millennium BCE. The finding infers that oases such as Khaybar were carefully controlled and valued landscapes that, with the advent of agriculture, supported permanent populations as centres for exchange and interaction with mobile communities. This nascent urbanism profoundly impacted the region's socio-economic organisation. A 3D virtual reconstruction of the Bronze Age town of al-Natah, based on newly published archaeological...

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Family vacations and bucket list trips top priorities

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November 3, 202466 Views

2025 Travel Trends With the 2025 travel season right around the corner, Squaremouth.com, leading travel insurance marketplace in US, is taking stock of what types of trips travelers are spending their money on. A recent Squaremouth survey that polled more than 1,000 travel insurance customers revealed what trip types are soaring in 2025, and which ones are sinking. Putting family first It's all about family going into the 2025 travel season. 47% of travelers are opting for multigenerational or family trips in 2025, surpassing all other types of group trips and up 17% over 2024. Friend group travel is the second most common type of trip for 2025 travelers at 20%, down 3% from 2024. Solo travel is rapidly losing popularity going into next year, with only 12% of travelers intere...