Rio de Janeiro state bans shark meat for school meals
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RIO DE JANEIRO — The government of the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro has banned shark meat for…Coast-to-coast coral assessment reveals Thailand’s reefs losing complexity
1:41am By
Marine scientists compiling the most holistic “snapshot” of Thailand’s coral reefs to date…Poaching African lions for black market could pose existential threat
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African lions are increasingly targeted for trade in their bones, skin, teeth and claws, according…Tree spirits: The unintended ecology of belief
Mon 8:58pm By
In parts of Indonesian Borneo, forests endure not because they are fenced off or regulated, but…Vanuatu communities move to protect taro, an ancestral climate-resilient crop (analysis)
Mon 6:50pm By
The packed-earth trail winds through the dense and tangled forest of Vanuatu, the ocean crashing…The long struggle of women farmers to halt a zinc mine in North Sumatra
Mon 5:12pm By
SILIMA PUNGGA-PUNGGA DISTRICT, Indonesia — Rainim Purba first heard the rumor in 1996. Back then,…‘Political will is everything’: Interview with Kenyan Environment Minister Deborah Barasa
Mon 4:24pm By
In 2022, when William Ruto was elected president of Kenya, he pledged that his government would…More than 5 years after Wakashio oil spill, questions linger in Mauritius
Mon 2:36pm By
POINTE D’ESNY, Mauritius — In August 2020, Vikash Tatayah at the Mauritian Wildlife Foundation…DRC plans to export 100,000 metric tons of copper to the US
Mon 1:49pm By
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) shared with the U.S. administration a list of state-backed…Patagonia fires reignite debate over Argentina’s underfunded environmental agencies
Mon 8:00am By
Fires have surged through the forests of Argentina’s Patagonia region since the start of the year,…José Zanardini, the priest who tried to reconcile faith and Indigenous autonomy
Mon 12:59am By
For much of South America’s history, the arrival of a missionary has carried two reputations at…Many Amazon climate disasters are missing from official records, study finds
Sat 4:32am By
More than 12,500 extreme climate events were registered in the Amazon biome between 2013 and 2023,…Honeyguide birds learn local human dialects
Fri 11:44pm By
In northern Mozambique, local honey-hunters use vocal signals to communicate with wild honeyguide…Staying with the story: Isabel Esterman on long-term nature reporting in Southeast Asia
Fri 4:14pm By
For Isabel Esterman, impact in her journalism doesn’t come from a single ground-breaking story,…Kirtida Mekani, Singapore’s tree lady, has died, aged 66
Fri 11:30am By
Singapore sells itself as an engineered miracle: a dense city that works, where heat, rain, and…In Brazil, planting forests for carbon credits could help ecosystem restoration
Fri 11:12am By
In Eunápolis, in the southern Brazilian state of Bahia, the clearing of Atlantic Forest for…World Bank watchdog looks into Nepal cable car project amid Indigenous outcry
Fri 5:35am By
KATHMANDU — A cable car line is being built to serve the mountaintop temple of Pathibhara Devi, a…What it will take to protect the Amazon, according to Virgilio Viana
Thu 7:59pm By
The first time Virgilio Viana saw the Amazon, he was a 16-year-old traveling with two school…Making 60% of the ocean manageable (Commentary)
Thu 7:45pm By
For most of modern history, the open ocean has been treated as a place apart. Beyond the…Interpol-backed police make nearly 200 arrests in Amazon region gold mining sweep
Thu 7:05pm By
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Police and prosecutors from Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana and Suriname…
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