Kirtida Mekani, Singapore’s tree lady, has died, aged 66
Jan 23, 2026, 11:30 am By
Singapore sells itself as an engineered miracle: a dense city that works, where heat, rain, and…In Brazil, planting forests for carbon credits could help ecosystem restoration
Jan 23, 2026, 11:12 am By
In Eunápolis, in the southern Brazilian state of Bahia, the clearing of Atlantic Forest for…World Bank watchdog looks into Nepal cable car project amid Indigenous outcry
Jan 23, 2026, 5:35 am By
KATHMANDU — A cable car line is being built to serve the mountaintop temple of Pathibhara Devi, a…What it will take to protect the Amazon, according to Virgilio Viana
Jan 22, 2026, 7:59 pm By
The first time Virgilio Viana saw the Amazon, he was a 16-year-old traveling with two school…Making 60% of the ocean manageable (Commentary)
Jan 22, 2026, 7:45 pm By
For most of modern history, the open ocean has been treated as a place apart. Beyond the…Interpol-backed police make nearly 200 arrests in Amazon region gold mining sweep
Jan 22, 2026, 7:05 pm By
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Police and prosecutors from Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana and Suriname…Francis Hallé, the botanist who took a raft into the rainforest canopy
Jan 22, 2026, 4:00 am By
In most forests, a visitor’s eye is trained on what can be reached. The trunk can be measured. The…Indonesia revokes forest and mine permits over role in deadly Sumatra landslides
Jan 22, 2026, 1:38 am By
JAKARTA — The Indonesian government has revoked the permits of 28 companies over environmental…Philippines hosts new Asia-Pacific hub for sustainable agriculture, cuisine
Jan 21, 2026, 11:16 pm By
BACOLOD CITY, Philippines — For five days last November, the city of Bacolod in the central…Critical wetland in Angola gets formal Ramsar recognition
Jan 21, 2026, 10:27 pm By
In a remote part of Angola’s highlands, a critical natural reservoir or “water tower” has been…IUCN launches group to conserve at-risk microbes vital to life on Earth
Jan 21, 2026, 9:12 pm By
Invisible in their trillions, microbes dwell in our bodies, grow in soils, live on trees and are…Overuse is pushing the world toward ‘water bankruptcy’
Jan 21, 2026, 6:05 pm By
The world is depleting its freshwater far faster than nature can replace it, pushing many regions…Earth Rover Program seeks to track the world’s soil health
Jan 21, 2026, 6:02 pm By
With a synchronized tap from run-of-the-mill hammers on metal plates resting on the ground,…Growing native plants to heal land at Indigenous owned nursery in British Columbia
Jan 21, 2026, 5:13 pm By
CRANBROOK, British Colombia | At the Nupqu Native Plant Nursery in the Canadian province of British…Is South Asia becoming inhospitable for migratory birds?
Jan 21, 2026, 10:19 am By
Every winter, millions of birds fly thousands of kilometers via the Central Asian Flyway (CAF) and…‘Holy river’ carries industrial waste & sewage from Nepal to India
Jan 21, 2026, 10:01 am By
BIRGUNJ, Nepal — When 38-year-old Pradeep Kumar Bishwokarma was growing up in Ramgadhawa, a…2025 was third-warmest year on record, research shows
Jan 20, 2026, 10:22 pm By
2025 was the third-warmest year on record, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).…Drag artist Pattie Gonia on why nature advocacy needs joy to succeed
Jan 20, 2026, 9:01 pm By
Professional drag artist and environmental activist Pattie Gonia has more than 2 million followers…Predators of the Great Wildebeest Migration: Then and now (cartoon)
Jan 20, 2026, 5:48 pm By
While ecotourism has contributed both to wildlife conservation and community welfare in Kenya,…How US intervention could deepen Venezuela’s environmental crisis
Jan 20, 2026, 5:32 pm By
When U.S. forces entered Venezuela in December and removed President Nicolás Maduro, officials…
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