Sri Lankan navy, villagers rescue more than 100 stranded whales

Good News Notes: “Sri Lanka’s navy said on Tuesday more than 100 whales had been rescued after becoming stranded on a beach on the island’s southwest coast. Villagers defied a novel coronavirus curfew to help rescue the small whales on Monday, wading into the breaking surf to push them back into the sea at Panadura,…

Japan, UNEP deepen cooperation on plastic pollution and post-conflict recovery

Good News Notes: “Japan and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) today announced a new cooperative effort to tackle plastic pollution across Asia and support post-conflict environmental recovery in Iraq and South Sudan. Japan will contribute US$6.9 million to four UNEP-led projects. The bulk of the funding will fund a second phase of the CounterMEASURE project,…