What is nature worth? As Wall Street assigns a dollar value, Indigenous economics charts different path
Tue 8:32pm ByPutting a dollar amount on a single species, let alone entire ecosystems, is a controversial idea,…Can Vietnam’s forests survive the spread of acacia and eucalyptus plantations? (commentary)
Tue 2:31pm ByVietnam is a mountainous country, with three-quarters of its land area covered by mountains and…Indonesian palm oil firm clashes with villagers it allegedly shortchanged
Tue 12:25pm ByJAKARTA — A dispute simmering for years has erupted into conflict between villagers and a palm oil…Indonesian fishers mount a community-led fight against destructive fishing
Tue 12:25pm ByTAKALAR/EAST LOMBOK/JAKARTA, Indonesia — Mustam Daeng Beta exhaled slowly before he began…A tale of two frogs: The tough uphill battle for rediscovered species
Tue 10:55am ByIn 2021, a group of scientists in Ecuador looked in disbelief at a photo of a chocolate-colored frog…Alaska’s Indigenous join hands with whale researchers as Arctic melts
Tue 8:11am ByFor a few days each June, the saltwater wind that blows over the fairgrounds in Utqiagvik, Alaska…Fishers left with no land, no fish, in fire sale of Cambodian coast
Tue 5:18am ByKOH KONG & PREAH SIHANOUK, Cambodia — By 11 a.m., the sun was already beating down on Daem Thkov.…How real action on environmental justice comes from Latin America’s community alliances (commentary)
Jun 3, 2024, 6:13 pm ByThe Escazú Agreement was seen as a real breakthrough when it came into force in April 2021, and is…Indigenous communities make clean energy drive work for, not against, them
Jun 3, 2024, 10:42 am ByThe traditional territory of the Walpole Island First Nation in Canada covers a vast area of present…A Brazilian city restores its mangroves to protect against climate change
Jun 3, 2024, 4:48 am ByRed, white and black mangroves are tropical ecosystem trees that exist between sea and river, in a…Fear and hardship for the last community inside Chitwan, Nepal’s tiger central
Jun 2, 2024, 5:01 am ByMADI, Nepal — Surya Prasad Paudel, a lean 42-year-old with an aquiline nose, sunken eyes and gray…Alaska’s Arctic rivers turn rusty orange as permafrost thaws
May 31, 2024, 5:09 pm ByDozens of once-pristine rivers and streams in Alaska’s Brooks Range are turning an alarming shade…Narco activity takes heavy toll on Colombia’s protected forests, satellite data show
May 31, 2024, 2:52 pm ByIn the middle of Colombia, where the country’s Eastern Plains and Andean ecoregions meet the…Poachers claim to have killed one-third of all Javan rhinos, Indonesian police say
May 31, 2024, 2:20 pm ByA staggering 26 Javan rhinos may have been killed in Indonesia’s Ujung Kulon National Park since…Mongabay video screening at Chile’s Supreme Court expected to help landmark verdict in Brazil
May 31, 2024, 12:38 pm ByThis story was supported by the Pulitzer Center’s Rainforest Investigations Network where Karla…Peru approves the creation of long-awaited marine protected area
May 31, 2024, 11:32 am ByIn April, after 10 years of negotiations, Peru’s Council of Ministers approved the creation of the…VIDEO: To wipe or to wash? The use of toilet papers | Consumed
May 31, 2024, 11:14 am ByIn many countries around the world, toilet paper is an essential in every bathroom. However, only…Thai plan to relax fishing law stokes fear of return to IUU catches, worker abuse
May 31, 2024, 10:57 am ByBANGKOK — For six years, Prasert Sriwaurai was trapped at sea aboard a Thai trawler. He and his…Bottom trawling in U.K.’s marine reserves, legally, is apparently a thing
May 31, 2024, 7:12 am ByIn 2023, commercial fishing vessels equipped with dredges and bottom-trawling gear spent more than…Scientists and farmers restore Aztec-era floating farms that house axolotls
May 31, 2024, 5:08 am ByIt was the 1980s, and before sunrise, Basilio Rodríguez was ready to work. He was still young, and…
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