146 environmental defenders were killed or disappeared last year
Sep 17, 2025, 10:51 am By
The latest tally from Global Witness is a grim ledger. In 2024, at least 146 people were killed or…Satellite images reveal oil project surge in Ugandan park and wetland
Sep 17, 2025, 10:19 am By
New satellite analysis shows that wells and roads for a project in Uganda feeding Africa’s longest…Nepal’s Himalayan biodiversity struggles with new herds and highways (commentary)
Sep 17, 2025, 9:57 am By
A journey into Nepal’s Limi Valley is always profound. We at the Himalayan Wolves Project first…Growing trees on farms boosts nutrition in rural Malawi
Sep 17, 2025, 9:19 am By
Planting fruit trees on farms improves dietary quality, according to new research from Malawi that…Spain sweltered under hottest summer on record in 2025, weather agency says
Sep 17, 2025, 7:14 am By
MADRID (AP) — Spain said Tuesday that summer 2025 was the hottest on record for the southern…From shamba to PELIS: Kenyan farmers derive livelihoods from government timber plantations
Sep 17, 2025, 5:07 am By
KAKAMEGA, Kenya — A Monday morning finds 50 members of the Nzoia Community Forest Association…Grassroots community seeds sorghum in eastern Indonesia to adapt to climate change
Sep 17, 2025, 1:52 am By
LEMBATA ISLAND, Indonesia — A horde of children from Tapobali village rush out of Wulandoni 4…The return of the axolotl (cartoon)
Sep 17, 2025, 12:49 am By
Axolotls may enjoy celebrity status among pet owners, but their wild populations have been dealt…Norway fund drops Eramet over Indonesia mine threatening forests, Indigenous tribe
Sep 16, 2025, 9:40 pm By
JAKARTA — Norway’s $1.6 trillion state pension fund has dropped French miner Eramet from its…Canada’s mining companies destroy biodiversity with impunity, Indigenous journalist reports
Sep 16, 2025, 5:45 pm By
An international tribunal of environmental rights activists recently found extensive evidence that…Palm Oil War
Sep 16, 2025, 5:38 pm By
In Pará, Brazil’s top palm oil-producing state, Indigenous and traditional communities face…Once again, an endangered orca in Washington state is seen carrying a dead calf
Sep 16, 2025, 1:31 pm By
EASTSOUND, Wash. (AP) — Once again, an endangered orca in Washington state has been seen carrying…No new record low for Arctic sea ice loss in 2025
Sep 16, 2025, 1:11 pm By
Sea ice floating atop the Arctic Ocean reached its minimum extent for 2025 on Sept. 10, covering…Putting the right plants in the right place boosts restoration (commentary)
Sep 16, 2025, 11:40 am By
The sun is already sharp against the terraced slopes, the scent of thyme and rosemary rising from…Warming triggers unprecedented carbon loss from tropical soils, study finds
Sep 16, 2025, 11:34 am By
Climate warming could cause much greater soil carbon losses in the tropics than previously…Robert Redford, filmmaker who fought for nature, has died, aged 89
Sep 16, 2025, 11:30 am By
Robert Redford never intended to be a spokesman for the environment. Acting and directing, the twin…How journalism helps turn information into outcomes
Sep 16, 2025, 7:31 am By
The forest in northern Gabon didn’t look like a battleground. It was a patchwork of hunting…Wild horses return to Spain’s Iberian highlands after 10,000 years
Sep 16, 2025, 5:07 am By
For the first time in more than 10,000 years, wild horses once again roam Spain’s northwestern…Poisoning crisis could drive vulture extinction in South Africa’s Kruger region
Sep 16, 2025, 4:53 am By
A spate of poisoning events this year has killed more than 400 vultures in and near South Africa’s…A nest with a chick brings rare hope for hooded vultures in South Africa
Sep 16, 2025, 4:12 am By
In rare good news for vultures in Africa, conservationists have confirmed the first-ever nest of a…
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