New standard for ethical palm oil faces backlash before it’s even issued
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JAKARTA — The world’s top certification body for ethical palm oil is set to vote on a major new…Forest fires outside tropics drove 60% CO2 surge since 2001: Study
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Global carbon dioxide emissions from forest fires have soared by 60% since 2001, driven largely by…Mountain highland bats lack data, face climate threats: Study
Nov 5, 2024, 10:58 pm By
Bats in mountainous regions are facing more threats and lack of data compared with their lowland…Report reveals how environmental crime profits in the Amazon are laundered
Nov 5, 2024, 6:00 pm By
A new report by the FACT Coalition found that many investigations into environmental crimes do not…Is the delay of Europe’s deforestation regulation a cause for regret, or an opportunity? (commentary)
Nov 5, 2024, 12:52 pm By
A European Commission project to counter deforestation and forest degradation associated with “the…U.S. toughens stance on plastics production in run-up to key treaty summit
Nov 5, 2024, 11:03 am By
The chances for a stronger international agreement on limits to plastic production may have…Can cattle and wildlife co-exist in the Maasai Mara? A controversial study says yes
Nov 5, 2024, 5:40 am By
Cattle and conservation don’t typically mix. For centuries, East African pastoralists like the…Export of unprocessed logs threatens DRC’s tropical forests: Report
Nov 5, 2024, 3:02 am By
Failure to enforce a crucial forestry law is undermining the Democratic Republic of Congo’s…Lesser noddy sighting stirs up birding community in Bangladesh
Nov 5, 2024, 1:48 am By
On Sept. 7, 2024, British ornithologist Gary Allport and Dutch birdwatcher Jan-erik Nilsen took a…Indonesian mother imprisoned for protesting palm oil factory next to school
Nov 4, 2024, 10:52 pm ByGustina Salim Rambe appeared quietly distraught as a court on Indonesia’s main western island of…Mining drove 1.4m hectares of forest loss in last 2 decades: Report
Nov 4, 2024, 10:05 pm By
Global mining activity is increasingly destroying forests, including protected areas, according to a…Africa needs COP29 funding & international finance reform to manage climate change (commentary)
Nov 4, 2024, 6:03 pm By
It is always puzzling to witness the immense hype surrounding COPs (conferences of the parties to…Study finds bonobos more diverse, and more vulnerable, than previously thought
Nov 4, 2024, 4:16 pm By
Bonobos, human’s closest relatives, are classified as an endangered species. Groundbreaking…Fixing EVs’ ecological and social problems needs circularity and transport redesign
Nov 4, 2024, 3:03 pm By
Decarbonizing transportation systems generally involves replacing traditional internal combustion…‘We are walking a long path’: Some progress at COP16, but so far to go
Nov 4, 2024, 1:44 pm By
CALI, Colombia — The United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, or COP16, ended on Nov. 2.…Exposure to slow-moving landslides increases with migration: Study
Nov 4, 2024, 1:18 pm By
A growing number of displaced people are settling in mountain regions prone to slow-moving…Conservationists mobilize to save Sierra Leone national park and its chimpanzees
Nov 4, 2024, 12:44 pm By
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Standing at an altitude of 1,945 meters (6,381 feet), Mount Bintumani is…Brazil researchers boost timber traceability with new chemical analysis
Nov 4, 2024, 9:36 am By
Unlike land grabbers and illegal cattle ranchers, who knock thousands of hectares of trees down…Study warns that loosened legislation is driving deforestation in Bahia’s Cerrado
Nov 4, 2024, 7:30 am By
Since 2010, loosened state legislation has contributed to the spread of authorized deforestation in…At least 146 dead in back-to-back tropical cyclones in Philippines
Nov 4, 2024, 5:10 am By
Two tropical cyclones recently struck the Philippines one after the other, leaving at least 146…
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