Activists slam ‘independent’ probe by Indonesian palm oil giant into violations
Dec 11, 2023, 9:04 am ByJAKARTA — Environmental activists have slammed one of Indonesia’s biggest palm oil producers for…Latest planned Amazon dam project threatens Indigenous lands, endemic species
Dec 11, 2023, 6:34 am By“They are going to flood the Tapayuna people’s history,” says Yaku Suya, a 43-year-old…A community-led strategy to save Brazil’s dry forests from desertification
Dec 11, 2023, 5:16 am ByUAUÁ, Bahia, Brazil — In the backlands of northern Bahia state, nobody ever thought about putting…How a group in Ecuador protects 10% of the world’s bird species
Dec 10, 2023, 7:01 pm ByIn 1997, ornithologist Robert S. Ridgely discovered a previously undocumented bird species, the…Deforestation falls for 8th straight month in the Amazon rainforest, but rises in the cerrado
Dec 8, 2023, 5:07 pm ByDeforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has decreased for the eighth consecutive month, despite the…Community tropical forest management linked to social & environmental benefits: Study
Dec 8, 2023, 3:21 pm ByA recent peer-reviewed study finds that community tropical forest management is a predictor of…Japanese butterflies take flight by integrating human communities in their conservation
Dec 8, 2023, 11:10 am BySince the last ice age, a butterfly species called the Reverdin’s blue (Plebejus argyrognomon,…NGOs at COP28 demand Vietnam free climate advocates before it gets energy funding
Dec 8, 2023, 9:32 am ByEnvironmental groups at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai have demanded that Vietnam release…Reef damage from 2024 Olympics surfing venue is avoidable (commentary)
Dec 7, 2023, 9:19 pm ByFrom increased metro prices to severe security measures, the Paris 2024 Olympics have been coming…Amazon deforestation declines but fossil fuels remain contentious, COP28 shows
Dec 7, 2023, 6:50 pm ByThis year’s COP28 kicked off in Dubai on Nov. 30 and saw Amazonian countries arriving with a…Safety of Peru’s land defenders in question after killing of Indigenous leader in the Amazon
Dec 7, 2023, 11:19 am ByKichwa leader Quinto Inuma Alvarado, president the Santa Rosillo de Yanayacu community, was murdered…Indigenous groups rebuke court OK for palm oil company to raze Papua forests
Dec 7, 2023, 9:41 am ByJAKARTA — Indigenous people in Indonesia’s easternmost South Papua province have lambasted a…Thailand tries nature-based water management to adapt to climate change
Dec 7, 2023, 6:18 am ByWater is essential for all forms of life. It also underpins food security, economic prosperity and…Chinese gold miners ‘illegally’ tearing up Cambodian wildlife sanctuary
Dec 6, 2023, 9:27 pm By*Name changed for the security of sources who feared retributions from authorities KAMPONG THOM,…Nickel mine threatens Philippines biodiversity hotspot on Sibuyan Island (analysis)
Dec 6, 2023, 3:11 pm ByA nickel mining concession that overlaps a protected area threatens the unique biodiversity of…A Brazilian NGO restores widely degraded Atlantic Forest amid mining threats
Dec 6, 2023, 3:10 pm ByUnder the watchful gaze of their classmates, 15-year-old Yan Benini balances a rustic tree pruner…Prolonged drought brings unprecedented changes to Amazonian communities in Pará
Dec 6, 2023, 1:50 pm BySANTARÉM, Brazil — It was the first time in his life that Robson Chaves de Souza had seen the…Coca in the Amazon – The anti-development crop
Dec 6, 2023, 7:27 am ByThe most lucrative agricultural system in the Amazon is neither soy nor palm oil, but coca leaf,…With Indonesia’s new fishing policy starting soon, fishers still mostly unaware
Dec 6, 2023, 7:18 am ByJAKARTA — As the 2024 start date looms for Indonesia’s controversial new quota-based fisheries…Least-studied areas of Brazilian Amazon at high risk from climate change
Dec 6, 2023, 7:00 am ByBetween 15 and 18% of the least-studied areas in the Brazilian Amazon are at high risk of severe…
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