Time for a copal comeback? The natural resin could boost Amazon’s economy
Jul 30, 2024, 1:54 pm ByAs a young man, Djalma Moreira Lima used to walk throughout the rainforest to collect copal resin.…A tribe once declared ‘extinct’ help reintroduce salmon to the Columbia River
Jul 30, 2024, 11:22 am ByNELSON, British Columbia — For thousands of years, the stretch of the Columbia River that passed…In Nepal, criticizing government conservation policies is becoming harder
Jul 30, 2024, 11:13 am ByKATHMANDU — When Nepal’s government approved a controversial measure at the start of the year to…It’s not the end, we have several possible futures: Interview with Indigenous author Ailton Krenak
Jul 30, 2024, 10:39 am ByFor decades, scientists have been warning that the world is heading toward catastrophic scenarios…The Inventory, a Wiki for wild tech: Interview with Jake Burton & Alex Rood
Jul 30, 2024, 4:43 am ByFiguring out what technology to use to monitor a species you’re studying? Or maybe you’re…Advocacy group links Uganda oil infrastructure to human-elephant conflict
Jul 30, 2024, 4:02 am ByOil drilling by French oil and gas giant TotalEnergies is disturbing wildlife in Murchison Falls…Nepal’s railway rerouting plan to avoid Chitwan park sparks fiery backlash
Jul 30, 2024, 1:01 am ByKATHMANDU — On July 14, residents of Bharatpur town on the fringes of Chitwan National Park in…Biomass power grows in Japan despite new understanding of climate risks
Jul 29, 2024, 4:55 pm ByJapan is at a crossroads in its controversial use of burning forest biomass to make electricity.…Shooting of Philippine eagle renews calls to boost enforcement, wildlife protection
Jul 29, 2024, 4:22 pm ByMANILA — Calls for greater protection of threatened wildlife in the Philippines have intensified…Dhaka international symposium gathers at the intersection of art & climate crisis
Jul 29, 2024, 12:00 pm ByDHANGMARI, Bangladesh — In late May, elementary school children rushed up and down the worn…New relatives of the cacao tree uncovered in old plant collections
Jul 29, 2024, 11:46 am ByScientists have uncovered a surprising find from the Amazon Basin: three new species of plants…After isolated tribes’ rare appearance in Peruvian Amazon, big questions remain for their future
Jul 29, 2024, 11:45 am ByAs images of dozens of isolated Indigenous Mashco Piro men and boys on a beach in the Peruvian…Shark fin consumption wanes in Thailand, yet demand persists, report shows
Jul 29, 2024, 11:10 am ByConsumption of shark fin has declined by more than one-third in Thailand since 2017, according to a…Chatterbox chimps converse just like humans (but with more gestures)
Jul 29, 2024, 10:11 am ByFor more than 15 years, an international team of researchers intermittently followed five groups of…Are the Amazon’s biggest trees dying? Forest coroners investigate
Jul 29, 2024, 10:08 am ByAMAZONAS, Brazil: Two researchers wearing long-sleeved shirts and pants to resist mosquitos, and…In Sonora, communities fight mining to defend their water
Jul 29, 2024, 10:00 am ByProtesters in the northwest Mexican state of Sonora are blocking the country’s largest mining…DNA testing proves that cocoa originated in the Amazon and reveals robust pre-Columbian trade
Jul 29, 2024, 7:46 am ByIt’s hard to imagine the history that lies behind the cacao trees grown on agroforestry farms in…As human-elephant conflicts in Sumatra rise, so does risk from electric fences
Jul 29, 2024, 12:01 am ByCENTRAL ACEH, Indonesia — Mak Besan dropped a clutch of cayenne peppers picked from a neighbor’s…In sub-Saharan Africa, ‘forgotten’ foods could boost climate resilience, nutrition
Jul 26, 2024, 2:17 pm ByFor many people across sub-Saharan Africa, Cleome gyandra, commonly known as the spider plant, is…Brazil’s wildcat mining is deeply rooted in its politics and thirst for minerals
Jul 26, 2024, 2:05 pm ByGold mining has been a feature of the Andean Amazon since pre-Colombian times and, along with…
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