Nepal’s top court to rule next month on law allowing development in protected areas
Nov 25, 2024, 7:16 am By
KATHMANDU — Nepal’s Supreme Court has concluded hearings in a petition filed against…Researcher discovers new role played by manatees, ‘the gardeners of the Amazon’
Nov 25, 2024, 5:42 am By
MANAUS, Amazonas, Brazil — Located near the confluence of the Solimões and Japurá rivers, Lake…‘Old’ animals offer wisdom and stability, need protection: Study
Nov 25, 2024, 1:56 am By
In many animal societies, elderly individuals are critical contributors to their species’…Seeking solutions in Indigenous knowledge: Interview with the Maldives’ Mohamed Nasheed
Nov 23, 2024, 12:12 am By
Eighty percent of the Maldives may become uninhabitable in the next 50 years, and climate impacts…Prosecutors urge suspension of Amazon carbon projects, citing Mongabay investigation
Nov 22, 2024, 3:03 pm By
Brazil’s Federal Public Ministry (MPF) filed a lawsuit Nov. 19 requesting the suspension of carbon…Deforestation around Mennonite colonies continues in Peruvian Amazon: Report
Nov 22, 2024, 2:34 pm BySatellite data and imagery confirm ongoing deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon around colonies of…Biden administration doesn’t support a cap on plastic production
Nov 22, 2024, 2:05 pm ByThe Biden administration recently clarified its position on a global treaty calling for a reduction…Huge deforested areas in the tropics could regenerate naturally, study finds
Nov 22, 2024, 12:48 pm ByCleared or degraded tropical forests around the world covering a combined area larger than Saudi…One of the tiniest frogs ever is discovered in Brazil, defying size limits
Nov 22, 2024, 12:26 pm By
A frog smaller than a pencil eraser has hopped into the record books as the one of the smallest…The effects of mass migration in Brazil in the second half of the twentieth century
Nov 22, 2024, 12:03 pm By
The most recent, largest and probably last migratory wave into the Amazon started in the 1960s with…Elephant seal colonies in Argentina face long recovery after ‘catastrophic’ avian flu
Nov 22, 2024, 12:02 pm By
An epidemic of avian flu in Patagonia appears to be on the decline after decimating southern…Cities are climate solution leaders: Interview with Vancouver’s Gregor Robertson
Nov 22, 2024, 10:10 am By
CALI, Colombia — Over the past three decades at annual United Nations climate summits like COP29,…Leaders fail to address overfishing near Europe at ‘fraught’ international meeting
Nov 22, 2024, 9:50 am By
Mackerel and herring in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean, near Europe, have been dramatically overfished…Let’s rethink debt-for-nature swaps toward greater sustainability & integrity (commentary)
Nov 22, 2024, 9:43 am By
As we’ve watched the biodiversity COP in Colombia and then the climate COP negotiations in recent…Rappahannock Tribe first in US to enshrine rights of nature into constitution
Nov 22, 2024, 9:39 am By
The Rappahannock Tribe has become the first tribal nation in the United States to successfully adopt…Studies link stronger dengue outbreak in Bangladesh to climate change
Nov 22, 2024, 8:57 am By
When eight-year-old Samin developed a fever a few days ago, his parents thought it was the seasonal…Philippine plastic law shows promise, says report, but critics stress flaws
Nov 22, 2024, 6:46 am By
A recent report says that a new Philippine law meant to hold companies responsible for their plastic…A Nigerian reserve, once a stronghold for chimps, is steadily losing its forest to farming
Nov 21, 2024, 6:55 pm By
Oluwa Forest Reserve, located in southwestern Nigeria, contains some of the last large swaths of old…Protecting 2.6% of oceans could prevent deadly whale-ship collisions: Study
Nov 21, 2024, 5:37 pm By
Ship strikes are a leading threat to large whales, with global shipping routes overlapping 92% of…Help farmers adopt agroecology to protect biodiversity and climate (commentary)
Nov 21, 2024, 3:52 pm By
Agriculture and nature are closely intertwined, with millions of farmers around the world relying on…
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