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Apr 15, 2024, 9:49 am ByNo one on the Colombian island of Providencia was prepared for what happened on the night of Nov.…Conservationists welcome new PNG Protected Areas Act — but questions remain
Apr 12, 2024, 12:08 pm ByWith more than 70% of the country blanketed by tropical rainforests, Papua New Guinea (PNG) is a…Traceability is no silver bullet for reducing deforestation (commentary)
Apr 12, 2024, 11:54 am ByThe food we eat causes one third of all greenhouse gas emissions, as forests are cleared at an…Bonobos, the ‘hippy apes’, may not be as peaceful as once thought
Apr 12, 2024, 11:39 am ByAnthropologist Maud Mouginot recalls an encounter with bonobos early one morning in 2019 deep in the…Between Brazil’s Caatinga & Cerrado, communities profit from native fruits
Apr 12, 2024, 7:49 am ByPORTEIRINHA, Minas Gerais — Beneath the shade of the umbu tree, Maria Neves tells Maria José that…New technologies to map environmental crime in the Amazon Basin (commentary)
Apr 11, 2024, 8:10 pm ByEnvironmental crime slows climate action, deters investment in nature-based solutions, and…Rainwater reserves a tenuous lifeline for Sumatran community amid punishing dry season
Apr 11, 2024, 6:07 pm ByINDRAGIRI HILIR, Indonesia — Dahniar starts worrying after a few days without rain during the dry…Research links deforestation in Cambodia to stunting in kids, anemia in women
Apr 11, 2024, 1:11 pm ByNew research has linked prenatal exposure to deforestation in Cambodia to child stunting and anemia…New online tool is first to track funding to Indigenous, local and Afro-descendant communities
Apr 11, 2024, 12:01 pm ByDevelopers have rolled out the first ever interactive online tool to track all funding for…A new and improved bird family tree shows rapid post-dinosaur evolution
Apr 11, 2024, 8:15 am ByScientists have created the largest and most detailed bird family tree ever, showing how various…In Java Sea, vigilantism and poverty rise as purse seine fishing continues
Apr 11, 2024, 5:10 am BySEMBILAN ISLAND, Indonesia — Until recently, skippers on this island relied on their day’s catch…Unseen and unregulated: ‘Ghost’ roads carve up Asia-Pacific tropical forests
Apr 11, 2024, 4:34 am ByRoads are being built at an unprecedented rate across the globe. Some 25 million kilometers (15.5…Forests in Vietnam’s Central Highlands at risk as development projects take priority
Apr 10, 2024, 5:00 pm ByLÂM ĐỒNG, Vietnam — In 1991, Trần Văn Ry migrated from his home in northern Vietnam to Lâm…A short walk through Amazon time: Interview with archaeologist Anna Roosevelt
Apr 10, 2024, 3:06 pm ByA professor of anthropology at the University of Illinois Chicago, Anna Roosevelt has been dubbed…Haunting song pays tribute to Toughie, the frog whose extinction went unnoticed
Apr 10, 2024, 2:37 pm ByWhen the last Rabbs’ fringe-limbed treefrog (Ecnomiohyla rabborum) died in 2016 at the Atlanta…Brazil’s cattle industry could suffer major losses without climate policies, report says
Apr 10, 2024, 2:32 pm ByThe cattle ranching industry in Brazil is one of the largest in the world, but it could see huge…Tapirs in Brazil’s Cerrado inspire research on human health & pesticides
Apr 10, 2024, 12:49 pm ByIt was in 2015 when researchers were attempting to capture tapirs (Tapirus terrestris) in the…In highly urbanized Japan, city farmers are key to achieving organic goal
Apr 10, 2024, 10:53 am ByTOKYO — The train to the farm rose from Tokyo’s labyrinthine subway network, revealing a…Tracking wildlife health & disease via bioacoustics is effective: More research is needed (commentary)
Apr 10, 2024, 10:14 am ByVocalizations have the capacity to illuminate valuable information about an animal’s health and…One of Colombia’s largest estuary ecosystems is drying up, communities warn
Apr 10, 2024, 10:06 am ByNUEVA VENECIA, Colombia — Sandra Milena Manjarez puts two plates of bright yellow rice topped with…
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