Draft-Push for potash mine in Brazil’s Amazon looms over Indigenous people
Fri 6:27pmPacked into a thatched-roof meeting hall in the village of Urucurituba, deep in the Brazilian Amazon, hundreds of Mura Indigenous people mulled over whether to allow a massive potash mine on their lands. Some worried it could pollute their rivers, killing the…Indigenous community mounts legal challenge to Thai coal mine development
Fri 2:36pmLocal opposition to a planned coal mine in northern Thailand escalated in April when plaintiffs representing more than 600 villagers filed a lawsuit requesting the revocation of an environmental impact assessment conducted and approved more than 10 years ago.…Can we save the spiky yellow woodlouse, one of the most endangered isopods? (commentary)
Fri 12:59pmIn the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean lies a remote tropical island known as Saint Helena. It is a United Kingdom territory that is 1,200 miles (1,950 km) west of the southwestern coast of Africa. “St Helena holds over 30% (502 known native/endemics) of…Riders of the lost waves: Surfing, and saving, Brazil’s pororocas
Fri 9:55amSurf enthusiasts and volunteers are mapping out hotspots of a spectacular form of surfing on Brazil’s northern coast, in a bid to both preserve the practice and help boost tourism in coastal communities. For years, surfers would descend on the mouth of the…Study warns of risk from feline viruses to wild cats on the palm oil frontier
Thu 9:35pmAntibody tests conducted on domestic cats and wild cats in Malaysian Borneo indicate that oil palm plantations may act as transmission sites for viruses, according to a new study. The study, carried out by researchers working with the Health at the Edge…Large-scale logging in Cambodia’s Prey Lang linked to politically-connected mining operation
Thu 9:33pmPHNOM PENH — The early onset of Cambodia’s wet season had seen the rain fall thick over Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary, turning freshly cut paths through the forest into a near-impassible slick of churned-up mud. But the torrential weather had done little to…Saving medicinal plants a village cause in Indonesia
Thu 4:21pmMUARA JAMBI, Indonesia — In a wood-plank house on the banks of the Batang Hari River, a dukun, or traditional healer, named Siti Hawa, 62, handles a grass-like plant topped with white and purple flowers. Its leaves can cure fever, she says, while the flowers…Nepal’s Supreme Court axes plans to build controversial new airport
Thu 1:31pmKATHMANDU — In a “historic announcement,” Nepal’s Supreme Court has ordered the government not to build a controversial international airport in the country’s south. The order comes four years after judges issued a stay on the $3.45-billion Nijgadh…Seed banks catalog Brazil’s food past to safeguard its future
Thu 10:19amOn an island in the estuary known as Lagoa dos Patos, in Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state, an old lady kept a treasure in her fridge. For years, it held a gift she had received at her wedding decades earlier: beans and pumpkin seeds. “She said she was…Repeated fires are silencing the Amazon, says new acoustic monitoring study
Thu 8:48amThe rainforest is dense with sound. Like musicians in an orchestra, each animal plays a part, occupying its own “acoustic niche” in both frequency and time. But repeated fires are silencing the symphony, according to a new study published in the…Poor planning, persistent farming undermine mangrove restoration in Tanzania
Wed 3:53pmTanzania’s Rufiji Delta is arguably the mangrove capital of East Africa, home to around 55,000 hectares (135,900 acres) of mangrove forest. In the face of the climate crisis, mangroves like this play an important role sequestering large amounts of carbon…U.N., rights groups flag potential violations in $3b Indonesian tourism project
Wed 2:37pmJAKARTA — The United Nations has reiterated its concerns over allegations of human rights violations in a mega infrastructure tourism development project on the Indonesian island of Lombok. In light of this, various environmental and human rights…For wildlife on Brazil’s highways, roadkill is just the tip of the iceberg
Wed 11:05amBrazil, one of the largest countries in the world, is crisscrossed by a network of roads and highways that run more than 1.7 million kilometers (1.06 miles) — enough to circle the globe more than 40 times. Cutting through some of the most biodiverse areas on…Meet the 2022 Goldman Environmental Prize Winners
Wed 7:31amSeven grassroots environmental activists will receive the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize today, on May 25. Known as the Green Nobel Prize, the Goldman Prize honors environmental activists from each of the six continental regions. The prize was founded…Sri Lankan wins Linnean Medal, the ‘Nobel Prize for naturalists’ (commentary)
Tue 11:18pmLooking at the roll call of Linnean Medal winners is to witness the history of natural history, taxonomy, and nature conservation since Darwin. The medal is tangential to the orbit of the Nobel Prize – more international and human-centric with few famous…Caribbean incursion into Amazon sparked a flurry of life, with lessons for the future
Tue 9:42pmScientists already knew that where the western Amazon rainforest sits today was once a vast wetland, almost four times the size of Texas and periodically flooded by pulses of seawater. Now, a new study posits that the source of these pulses was most likely the…Tale of two pandemics as mining thrived while communities faced restrictions
Tue 5:36pmCASILLAS, Guatemala — Evelin Cante got involved in the protest camp right from the start. Her village isn’t far from the Escobal silver mine in southern Guatemala, and she was worried about its impacts on the environment and local homes, especially from…Efforts bloom to save southern Brazil’s last butiá palm groves
Tue 2:37pmThe butiá landscapes of Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state are exotic, even by the standards of tropical forests. The palm trees that make up these forests, from the genus Butia, are 200 years old on average. But agriculture and unrestrained urbanization are…In Sierra Leone, local fishers and foreign trawlers battle for their catch
Tue 1:12pmFREETOWN, Sierra Leone — As dawn breaks, the fishing wharf at Tamba Kula in Freetown buzzes with the movement of early-morning commerce. Fishers just back from days spent far out at sea unload their catch from wooden boats, hauling snapper, barracuda and…For reef mantas, Indonesia’s Komodo National Park is a ray of hope
Tue 10:50amTangled up too often in fishing nets, manta rays have been plunging toward extinction as fishing pressure and other stressors take a toll on their populations. But the species has found a safe haven in Komodo National Park, a swath of water around…
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