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Aug 20, 2024, 11:37 am ByLUBUMBASHI, Democratic Republic of Congo — After a devastating human toll of 11 dead and several…Conserving & restoring waterways can mitigate extreme urban heat in Bangladesh
Aug 20, 2024, 10:10 am ByDHAKA — In pre-monsoon the heat of May, five teenage boys used a rope with knots in it to scale a…Arctic melt ponds influence sea ice extent each summer — but how much?
Aug 20, 2024, 9:53 am ByJuly is the peak of melt season in the Arctic. The sun is high and shines for almost 24 hours a day.…3D ‘digital twin’ rainforest maps could help reforestation programs in Costa Rica
Aug 20, 2024, 7:09 am ByNew technology is helping scientists to create 3D maps of tropical rainforests and gain a much…The promise of ecocide law, from boardroom to courtroom (commentary)
Aug 19, 2024, 1:52 pm ByEvery day, decisions are made worldwide that generate substantial profits but cause severe…Blockchain as a carbon market fix: Interview with William ten Zijthoff, Flávia De Souza Mendes & Maximilian Rösgen
Aug 19, 2024, 12:49 pm ByCan satellites and blockchain technology solve the woes of the beleaguered carbon market? Although…‘Everything is a being’ for South Africa’s amaMpondo fighting to protect nature
Aug 19, 2024, 10:58 am ByMPONDOLAND, South Africa — The day the prospectors came, so did the storm. It was 2007, and clouds…Brazil’s ‘Mothers of the Mangroves’ protect an ecological and cultural heritage
Aug 19, 2024, 9:59 am BySÃO JOÃO DA PONTA, Brazil — On a sweltering morning, Ivone and Iza Farias load their handmade…A national park and its rangers in Bolivia endure persisting road construction, illegal mining
Aug 16, 2024, 12:54 pm ByIn Bolivia’s Madidi National Park, the Andes and the Amazon meet. Their landscapes gaze upon each…Acre’s communities face drinking water shortage amid Amazon drought
Aug 16, 2024, 10:31 am ByRIO BRANCO, Brazil – Rosineide de Lima, a resident of the Panorama community in Rio Branco, in the…Sri Lanka’s blue carbon ecosystems at risk as government seeks way out of economic crisis
Aug 16, 2024, 10:01 am ByMANNAR, Sri Lanka — It was a proposal by Sri Lanka that resulted in the United Nations deciding in…Deal ends environmental agents’ strike in Brazil, but grievances fester
Aug 15, 2024, 2:36 pm ByA deal signed on Aug. 12 has ended an eight-month-long strike by environmental agents in Brazil, but…Petroperú’s financial troubles could mean no oil spill remediation, communities fear
Aug 15, 2024, 1:57 pm ByOn Sept. 11, 2022, Olivia Bisa Tirko received a call from a forest guard who informed her of an oil…The Andes are a key supplier of gold for the Amazon Basin
Aug 15, 2024, 1:00 pm ByOne of the most remarkable placer gold fields in the world is found in the Andean piedmont in the…Climate change threatens public health, raising the spread of food-borne diseases
Aug 15, 2024, 10:49 am ByClimate change threatens public health by affecting the distribution and spread of food-borne…In the Sundarbans, women are embracing mangrove restoration as an alternative livelihood
Aug 15, 2024, 9:22 am ByDwelling near the erosion-prone riverbank of the mighty Pasur River, 43-year-old Shumi Mondol…Sumatran province brings hammer down on illegal oil wells after fatal blasts
Aug 15, 2024, 8:11 am ByPALEMBANG, Indonesia — A law enforcement crackdown against widespread opportunist oil extraction…At-risk groups in Indonesia demand greater say in climate policymaking
Aug 15, 2024, 1:21 am ByJAKARTA — Civil society groups and communities most affected by the effects of climate change are…Reforestation to capture carbon could be done much more cheaply, study says
Aug 14, 2024, 4:58 pm ByTrees are allies in the struggle against climate change, and regrowing forests to capture carbon may…Community consultations must also include women — not just men (commentary)
Aug 14, 2024, 12:01 pm ByIn all my travels — through coastal mangroves, tropical forests and savannas — northern…
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