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Feb 2, 2024, 4:52 am ByJAKARTA — A conservation task force trying to help an Indonesian mine operator minimize its impact…A coalition created by a demand for land is splintered by a competition for territory | Chapter 4 of “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon”
Feb 1, 2024, 6:33 pm ByThe political movement that brought Evo Morales to power incorporated a latent conflict between…Freeing trees of their liana load can boost carbon sequestration in tropical forests
Feb 1, 2024, 5:25 pm ByThe liana is an opportunistic plant, a vine that, in the right conditions, can smother a tree as it…New fund supports Indigenous-led land management in biodiverse area of Bolivia
Feb 1, 2024, 1:11 pm ByA new fund, announced Oct. 30, plans to support the territorial land management visions of four…Three new species of frogs found nestled in Madagascar’s pandan trees
Feb 1, 2024, 11:44 am ByScientists have described three new frog species that dwell exclusively in the spiky leaves of…Small, secretive & highly venomous snake seen for first time in Nepal’s hills
Feb 1, 2024, 1:53 am ByKATHMANDU – In July 2022, Tujin Rai, an undergraduate biology student, saw a dead snake outside…Communities on troubled Java river mold future from plastic waste
Jan 31, 2024, 10:55 pm ByBOGOR, Indonesia — At the age of 60, Siti Salamah started making changes at her family home in the…Cambodia sea turtle nests spark hope amid coastal development & species decline
Jan 31, 2024, 9:47 pm ByPHNOM PENH — In late December 2023, on a remote island in Preah Sihanouk province, off the…Labor abuse and work accidents on plantations of Cameroon’s largest sugar producer
Jan 31, 2024, 1:27 pm ByNKOTENG, Cameroon — At the Cameroon Sugar Corporation (Société Sucriere du Cameroun, SOSUCAM),…In Argentina, scientists scramble to study seal colonies hit hard by avian flu
Jan 31, 2024, 1:05 pm ByA powerful strain of the avian flu has swept through seal colonies in southern Argentina, wiping out…Nepal’s gharial population rises, but threats to the crocs persist
Jan 31, 2024, 12:50 pm ByKATHMANDU — The start of 2024 has brought some good news, tempered with warnings, for Nepal’s…Cambodia’s Indigenous communities renounce communal land titles for microloans
Jan 31, 2024, 12:47 pm ByTA HEUY, Cambodia — Cambodian farmers Nuoy and Nangkek were both in their late 20s when they took…Critics push for more transparency at RFMOs that govern high seas fishing
Jan 31, 2024, 12:09 pm ByThe organization responsible for managing the catch of more than half the world’s tuna holds a key…In Bangladesh, sunflower grows where other crops don’t amid increasing salinity
Jan 31, 2024, 11:50 am ByBangladesh is primarily an agro-based country where rice, wheat, maize, jute and various vegetables…Tropical forests share similar mix of common and rare tree species, study shows
Jan 31, 2024, 11:15 am ByA new study has for the first time identified the most common tree species in the tropical forests…Forest diversity is key to Southeast Asia’s climate adaptability, study shows
Jan 31, 2024, 8:45 am ByThroughout history, philosophers have told us that in order to best prepare for the future, we…Bolivia, pioneer of agrarian reform in South America | Chapter 4 of “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon”
Jan 31, 2024, 6:24 am ByBolivia was a leader in the agrarian reform movement in South America. A defining moment in its…In eastern Indonesia, a child adventurer discovers a new giant stick insect
Jan 30, 2024, 11:30 pm ByKUPANG, Indonesia — In March 2021, Davis Marthin Damaledo set out on foot accompanied by his…Indonesian utility PLN ordered to disclose coal plants’ emissions data
Jan 30, 2024, 10:03 pm ByJAKARTA — The Indonesian government’s freedom-of-information clearinghouse has ordered…Mangrove crab sustainability is vital for fishers in Indonesia’s Aru Islands
Jan 30, 2024, 8:36 pm ByCENTRAL ARU, Indonesia — One afternoon last November, Natanel Ginobal, 67, drove his motorboat to…
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