Actress Leonor Varela: This Sunday, Ecuadorians can vote to protect Yasuní and send a message to the world
Aug 19, 2023, 2:37 pm ByTomorrow, Ecuadorians will cast their votes in a referendum to decide whether oil drilling should…Mexico announces 13 new protected areas, with more to come
Aug 18, 2023, 4:18 pm ByMEXICO CITY — Officials this week announced the creation of 13 new protected areas across six…Expected ship traffic to LNG Canada port could see whale deaths also rise
Aug 18, 2023, 3:28 pm ByIn September 2022, researchers at BC Whales, a Canadian research nonprofit studying cetaceans in the…Deep-sea mining project in PNG resurfaces despite community opposition
Aug 18, 2023, 2:20 pm ByKAVIENG, Papua New Guinea — Papua New Guinea’s minister for mining confirmed in early August…Tropical lakes are carbon super sinks, even more than forests, study shows
Aug 18, 2023, 10:17 am ByAmazonian lakes sequester carbon dioxide at a rate 39% higher than the rainforest itself. This is…Study: Tall trees and shade boost bat diversity on Africa’s cocoa farms
7:54pm ByInsect-eating bats that prey on pests in cocoa farms prefer farms that retain large, old-growth…The deceptions of the Amazon Summit in Belém (commentary)
7:24pm ByThe fact that the eight Amazonian countries met and discussed deforestation is positive, although…Has the Buddha’s legacy in Nepal helped save sarus cranes?
2:57pm ByKATHMANDU — Long ago, in the ancient kingdom of Kapilavastu, young prince Siddhartha Gautama, who…Energy company evades oil clean up as spills continue to contaminate Colombian town
2:46pm ByJosé Celestino Trujillo is a fisherman who lived for nearly 80 years in the same rural district in…Where are the giraffes hiding? Predictive tracking tech points the way
12:09pm ByStephanie Fennessy and her husband have been tagging giraffes in Africa since the early 2000s. The…Beach heat: Study shows increasing temperature extremes on Brazil’s coast
10:13am ByReleased in February 2022, the latest report prepared by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate…Offshore drilling faces backlash in Argentina after skirting environmental regulations
9:00am ByArgentina has spent the last several years expanding its investments into offshore drilling. But…Hydropower in the Pan Amazon: The Madeira Hydropower Complex
8:39am ByThe Rio Madeira was the next Amazonian tributary to attract the attention of Brazil’s hydropower…Jakarta snags ‘most polluted’ title as air quality plunges and officials dither
5:27am ByJAKARTA — Millions of residents of Jakarta have for the past several weeks suffered from some of…‘All will be well’: Q&A with Kenyan fisher turned coral gardener Katana Ngala
12:01am ByKURUWITU, Kenya — Six days a week, Katana Ngala reports to his workplace, a rudimentary open-air…Indonesian fishers not biting at new policy perceived as undermining them
Wed 4:00pm ByJAKARTA — A quota-based fisheries management system that the Indonesian government introduced…Kordofan giraffes face local extinction in 15 years if poaching continues
Wed 3:33pm ByIf just two Kordofan giraffes are killed each year, the subspecies could be locally extinct in just…As Bangladesh’s crab fishery booms, its wild stocks suffer the fallout
Wed 1:44pm ByDHAKA — Abdus Sobur is a small fisherman with a simple formula for success: “Catch those mud…Sumatra women farmers celebrate court win against China-backed zinc mine
Wed 1:40pm ByJAKARTA — In June, Dormaida Sihotang and dozens of other women from Dairi district in…Hydropower in the Pan Amazon: Tucuruí and the Tocantins Cascade
Wed 9:43am ByThe oldest hydropower facility in the Brazilian Amazon is the Tucuruí D&R complex (8.4 GW) on the…
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