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Palantir CEO Alex Karp quietly bought 37,000 acres in Sweden for $22 million; locals found out only after hunters got an unexpected emailIn a surprising move, Alex Karp, the CEO of Palantir Technologies, has acquired a substantial forested region in Härjedalen, Sweden, for 23...- Alex Karp bought 37,000 acres of Swedish forest for $22 million and local hunters could no longer lease the land - why wealthy buyers are looking beyond traditional assetsAlex Karp has acquired 37,000 acres of forest in Härjedalen, Sweden, for $22 million. This purchase has led to local hunters losing their l...
- In 1831, Swedish Navy planted 300,000 oak trees on Visingsö for future warships; when they were ready in 1975, Navy rejected the timber as ships had switched to steel, leaving a forest behindSweden's Navy undertook an intriguing initiative by planting oak trees on Visingsö to secure timber for future warships. Decades later, as ...
- A Latvian astronomer and his wife drove 190 miles to a secret Soviet ghost town in 1994; found a 600-ton telescope the Russians had poured acid on - adapted the Cold War machine built to spy on the West and listen to the starsAfter the retreat of Russian forces from Latvia, a concealed Soviet-era radio telescope came to light. Astronomer Juris Zhagars dedicated h...
- In 2012, snowmobilers found a car buried under about a meter of snow in Sweden; inside was a driver who had survived close to two months with little or no foodA Swedish man survived nearly two months trapped inside his snow-buried car. He was found alive in February 2012 after disappearing in Dece...
- Burkina Faso’s desert was swallowing his land, so one farmer dug thousands of pits and grew a 40-hectare forestA farmer named Yacouba Sawadogo revived an ancient farming method called zaï. He transformed barren land into a thriving forest ecosystem o...
- After 5 years of hide and seek, Assam's most elusive animal finally spotted in wildlife parkA rare black panther, long considered a myth in Assam's Manas National Park, has finally been captured on camera. Photographer Debashis Ban...
- IKEA franchisee invests €720 mn to secure trees for its furnitureIngka Investments, the largest IKEA franchisee, is acquiring approximately 153,000 hectares of forest land in Latvia and Estonia for €720 m...
- European shares dip as Middle East tensions, U.S. involvement fears weighEuropean stock markets opened lower today, with the backdrop of escalating Middle Eastern conflicts casting a shadow over investor confiden...
- Research reveals secondary forests more sensitive to drought than primary forests
- Sweden makes 'explosive' claims over Nord Stream sabotage, read hereInvestigations are conducted into holes found along the Nord Stream gas pipelines that connect Russia and Germany. Sweden said that the rem...
- OnePlus 10 Pro features Hasselblad triple camera setup, co-founder Pete Lau teases slick new coloursThe new models come with a fusion of mirrored ceramic and matte frosted glass.
- Indian organisation shares Alternative Nobel with three othersThe Swedish Right Livelihood Foundation, which awards the Right Livelihood Award known as the 'Alternative Nobel', said "in the face of the...
- Sweden's postal service issues stamps featuring Greta ThunbergSeveral million of the stamps will be issued.
- Sweden, a flawed climate awareness pioneerThe sparsely populated country of about 10.3 million people experiences long nights and cold temperatures during winter months but produces...
- West Bengal govt to create forests using Japanese methodThe Miyawaki method involves planting dozens of native species in the same area, which becomes maintenance-free after the first three years...
- Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven to arrive in India on February 13Lofven is among the few foreign heads of governments who will be joining the mega Make in India show that hopes to give manufacturing secto...
- Swedish firm SCA to start production in India next yearThe company will also be forming its own sales & marketing team for pushing its products in the country.
- Stora Enso announces 2,000 layoffs amid Q1 lossNordic paper maker Stora Enso Oyj said on Thursday it will lay off 2,000 employees to cut annual costs by euro250 million as it reported a ...
- Haryana collaborating with Sweden on educationThe Haryana Forest Department in collaboration with the Swedish Government has proposed to set up an Indian Institute for Sustainable Devel...
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