The reaches, limits and (alleged) biases of feasibility studies and environmental licenses
40m ByThe EIA is an integral (high-profile) component of regulatory process that has evolved over the last couple of decades to extend ‘upstream’ into the planning process and ‘downstream’ into the licensing procedure, so that the state (and civil society)…Researchers race to understand new disease killing Caribbean corals at unprecedented rates
Thu 9:35pm ByThis May, divers found stony coral tissue loss disease on corals in Laughing Bird Caye National Park, Belize, for the first time. The team from Fragments of Hope, a nonprofit, regularly monitors the site. A month previously there had been no sign at all of the…Four new snake species discovered in Papua New Guinea
Thu 7:38pm ByHerpetology has long navigated through tangled terrain in Papua New Guinea, where species mislabeling and sparse sampling have clouded scientific understanding. But a recent revision has brought rare clarity—and four unexpected discoveries, reports Akhyari…Why Brazil should abandon its plans for oil and gas in Amazonia (commentary)
Thu 5:59pm ByOn May 19, the head of IBAMA, Brazil’s federal environmental agency, overrode the technical opinion of the agency’s licensing department and issued a decision allowing proposed oil drilling in the FZA-M-59 drilling block in the mouth of the Amazon River to…Latin American banks still slow to protect the environment, report finds
Thu 4:23pm ByBanks in Latin America are under increasing pressure to develop financial policies that support the transition to a greener economy. Emerging regulations are targeting industries tied to carbon emissions, deforestation and biodiversity loss — but many banks…New method can detect nearly every coral genus in Japan from water samples
Thu 11:46am BySending scuba divers down to survey corals is time-consuming and expensive. In recent years, scientists have developed other methods to determine what kinds of corals are down there just by collecting water samples, sometimes right from the surface. These rely…Methods to recognize the Amazon’s isolated peoples: Interview with Antenor Vaz
Thu 10:55am ByBefore 1988, Brazil had no contingency plans for unexpected encounters with Indigenous peoples living in isolation. If government officials, developers or explorers accidentally stumbled upon a camp, the protocol was to make contact — a move that can upend…Climate strikes the Amazon, undermining protection efforts
Thu 10:53am ByFires raged across the Amazon rainforest, annihilating more than 4.6 million hectares of primary tropical forest—the most biodiverse and carbon-dense type of forest on Earth. That loss, which is larger than the size of Denmark, was more than twice the annual…Hundreds die after flash floods tear through Nigerian market town
Thu 8:15am ByAt least 200 people have been confirmed dead and 500 more remain missing after flash floods devastated a Nigerian market town, media reported. Torrential rain started early on May 29, and within just a few hours caused intense flooding in the town of Mokwa,…Clouded leopard seen preying on Bengal slow loris in rare photograph
Thu 7:08am ByIn December 2024, a camera trap installed in Dehing Patkai National Park in northeast India’s Assam state captured a rare scene: a clouded leopard with a Bengal slow loris in its mouth. Both species are extremely elusive, so the photograph is rare…In a big win, Yurok Nation reclaims vital creek and watershed to restore major salmon run
Thu 6:00am ByKLAMATH, California — The Pacific Ocean fog hung densely over the narrow mouth of the Klamath River in this coastal rainforest in northern California. Redwood, Douglas fir and alder disappeared into the mist. Seals bobbed nearby, hungry and waiting. An…Study shows Vietnam’s ethnic communities’ grapple with hydropower plant impacts
Thu 4:17am ByIn June 2019, an early morning flash flood swept through the Bien La commune in northwestern Vietnam, ravaging crops and farmlands belonging to 60 families. The cause: the Su Pan 1 small hydropower dam, about 12 km (7 miles) upstream of the commune, where…Pay-to-release program reduces shark deaths, but backfires in some cases
Thu 4:15am ByResearchers behind an incentive-based fisheries program in Indonesia have reported a drop in shark and ray bycatch, but also warned of an unexpected rise in the intentional capture of these threatened species. The program pays some small-scale fishers in Aceh…Villagers in Sumatra bring ancient forest flavors back to the table
Thu 4:13am ByNurul Nazipah’s favorite dish to cook is one that involves going into the Muaro Jambi forest to pick from among 120 different types of herbs and edible greens that grow wild. To the untrained eye, they could be weeds in the Sumatran forest, but to Nazipah…Indonesia new capital yet to spark electricity for low-income neighbors on Borneo
Wed 10:41pm ByRANGAN, Indonesia — Every night for three decades, Marwati would worry about snakes crawling out of the walls of her house near the east coast of Borneo. Today, a small rooftop solar panel powers a 3-watt bulb, illuminating the interior of her timber home in…Is rising CO2 really bad for the world’s drylands? Mongabay podcast probes
Wed 7:12pm ByIncreased carbon dioxide emissions since industrialization have accelerated climate change, and its widespread negative impacts have been reported worldwide. But the rising concentrations of CO2 in the atmosphere are also making some parts of our planet…Indigenous forest stewards watch over one of the world’s rarest raptors
Wed 11:28am ByThe Philippine eagle is considered one of the world’s rarest birds of prey, with roughly 400 breeding pairs left in the wild. Amid ongoing threats from logging and hunting, Indigenous forest rangers are helping conservationists protect the species’ nests…Carbon capture projects promise a climate fix — and a fossil fuel lifeline
Wed 11:22am ByThe Kasawari gas field, off the coast of Malaysian Borneo, was discovered in 2011 and has been seen as a lifeline for the country’s energy dreams. Malaysia has long depended on oil and gas exports for economic expansion and government revenue, and this new…Fungi are our climate allies | Against All Odds
Wed 10:43am ByIn recent years, we’re learning more about how fungi work, what they can do, and how they can help mitigate the climate crisis. They play a crucial role in balancing ecosystems, and keeping carbon out of the atmosphere. Innovative researchers are also…Signs of hope as elephant seals rebound from avian flu in remote Chilean fjord
Wed 10:35am ByYear after year, a colony of elephant seals arrives in Jackson Bay, on the islands of Tierra del Fuego at the southern tip of Chile, to molt and breed. However, in 2023, an outbreak of avian flu devastated the region, and the colony’s population dropped by…
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40m - Researchers race to understand new disease killing Caribbean corals at unprecedented rates
Thu 9:35pm - Four new snake species discovered in Papua New Guinea
Thu 7:38pm - Why Brazil should abandon its plans for oil and gas in Amazonia (commentary)
Thu 5:59pm - Latin American banks still slow to protect the environment, report finds
Thu 4:23pm - New method can detect nearly every coral genus in Japan from water samples
Thu 11:46am - Methods to recognize the Amazon’s isolated peoples: Interview with Antenor Vaz
Thu 10:55am - Climate strikes the Amazon, undermining protection efforts
Thu 10:53am - Hundreds die after flash floods tear through Nigerian market town
Thu 8:15am - Clouded leopard seen preying on Bengal slow loris in rare photograph
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