European Commission linked leather to deforestation, then ignored it
Wed 9:00pm By
The clock is ticking in Brussels. By June 1, the European Commission, the bloc’s executive body,…Loopholes undermine palm oil industry’s antideforestation pledges
Wed 5:51pm By
JAKARTA — More than a decade after the palm oil industry embraced a pledge to not deforest, clear…A ‘symphony’ of wildlife suggests carbon financing is working in Sierra Leone
Wed 4:36pm By
One of the first things H.S. Sathya Chandra Sagar noticed in Gola Rainforest National Park was its…US prepares to auction leases for seabed mining blocks in federal waters
Wed 4:29pm By
This is part 1 of a two-part series examining the U.S.’s efforts to begin deep-sea mining in…Brazil to invest $75 million in highway through Amazon and unveils environmental protection plan
Wed 4:16pm By
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s government has announced a $75 million investment in the BR-319…Nepal’s infrastructure risks wildlife habitats beyond protected areas, study warns
Wed 9:25am By
KATHMANDU — As Nepal expands highways, railways and power lines across the country, a new…Ebola outbreak draws attention to longstanding virus spillover risks in western Uganda
Wed 2:37am By
KAMPALA — In the hills and trading centers of western Uganda, bordering the Democratic Republic of…Reintroduced platypus population ‘tracking well’ in Australia’s oldest national park
Tue 11:51pm By
Platypuses reintroduced to Australia’s oldest national park are breeding and appear to be on a…Luxury yacht maker Sunseeker pleads guilty to violating a US environmental law
Tue 11:46pm By
Luxury yacht manufacturer Sunseeker has pleaded guilty to violating a U.S. environmental law by…Building bridges for human-wildlife coexistence: Interview with Yap Jo Leen
Tue 8:54pm By
TANJUNG BUNGAH, Malaysia — When Yap Jo Leen was tracking dusky langurs in the forests of Penang…Australia is failing to meet its environment targets, argues ecologist
Tue 4:52pm By
Australia is one of 17 “megadiverse” countries that account for 70% of Earth’s biodiversity.…Tracking Lucero: Scientists follow a rare Eastern Pacific leatherback sea turtle
Tue 4:33pm By
Fewer than 1,000 leatherback sea turtles remain in the Eastern Pacific, nesting along the coastline…Peru’s Quellaveco mine tied to water scarcity, contamination, investigation finds
Tue 2:13pm By
A copper mine in southern Peru that took decades to complete environmental assessments has been…Kenyan agency responds to protests rejecting proposed nuclear power plant near Lake Victoria
Tue 2:04pm By
About a year ago, Kenya announced plans for its first nuclear power plant to be built in Siaya…Parts of Europe swelter in record May heat as deaths at amateur sports events spur warnings
Tue 1:47pm By
PARIS (AP) — Europe is baking under unseasonal heat that is shattering temperature records,…Indonesia seizes mercury shipment bound for illegal mines in the Philippines
Tue 12:23pm By
JAKARTA — Authorities at Indonesia’s largest port seized hundreds of kilograms of the toxic…White rhinos are back in Uganda
Tue 11:16am By
Uganda was home to around 300 Northern white rhinos, but after years of intense poaching, the…Iceland must protect wild salmon and reject new aquaculture legislation (commentary)
Tue 10:56am By
In a little more than 50 years, the population of wild North Atlantic salmon has plummeted by 75%.…Amid efforts to save Australia’s southern cassowaries, their numbers remain unknown
Tue 8:46am By
With a striking blue neck, jet black plumage and bright red drooping wattles, the southern cassowary…Nepal’s rhododendron tourism sparks unchecked liquor trade concerns
Tue 4:59am By
TINJURE-MILKE-JALJALE, Nepal — Every April, Nima Sherpa’s family used to picnic in a…
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