Brazil’s ‘Mothers of the Mangroves’ protect an ecological and cultural heritage
Aug 19, 2024, 9:59 am BySÃO JOÃO DA PONTA, Brazil — On a sweltering morning, Ivone and Iza Farias load their handmade…A national park and its rangers in Bolivia endure persisting road construction, illegal mining
Aug 16, 2024, 12:54 pm ByIn Bolivia’s Madidi National Park, the Andes and the Amazon meet. Their landscapes gaze upon each…Acre’s communities face drinking water shortage amid Amazon drought
Aug 16, 2024, 10:31 am ByRIO BRANCO, Brazil – Rosineide de Lima, a resident of the Panorama community in Rio Branco, in the…Sri Lanka’s blue carbon ecosystems at risk as government seeks way out of economic crisis
Aug 16, 2024, 10:01 am ByMANNAR, Sri Lanka — It was a proposal by Sri Lanka that resulted in the United Nations deciding in…Deal ends environmental agents’ strike in Brazil, but grievances fester
Aug 15, 2024, 2:36 pm ByA deal signed on Aug. 12 has ended an eight-month-long strike by environmental agents in Brazil, but…Petroperú’s financial troubles could mean no oil spill remediation, communities fear
Aug 15, 2024, 1:57 pm ByOn Sept. 11, 2022, Olivia Bisa Tirko received a call from a forest guard who informed her of an oil…The Andes are a key supplier of gold for the Amazon Basin
Aug 15, 2024, 1:00 pm ByOne of the most remarkable placer gold fields in the world is found in the Andean piedmont in the…Climate change threatens public health, raising the spread of food-borne diseases
Aug 15, 2024, 10:49 am ByClimate change threatens public health by affecting the distribution and spread of food-borne…In the Sundarbans, women are embracing mangrove restoration as an alternative livelihood
Aug 15, 2024, 9:22 am ByDwelling near the erosion-prone riverbank of the mighty Pasur River, 43-year-old Shumi Mondol…Sumatran province brings hammer down on illegal oil wells after fatal blasts
Aug 15, 2024, 8:11 am ByPALEMBANG, Indonesia — A law enforcement crackdown against widespread opportunist oil extraction…At-risk groups in Indonesia demand greater say in climate policymaking
Aug 15, 2024, 1:21 am ByJAKARTA — Civil society groups and communities most affected by the effects of climate change are…Reforestation to capture carbon could be done much more cheaply, study says
Aug 14, 2024, 4:58 pm ByTrees are allies in the struggle against climate change, and regrowing forests to capture carbon may…Community consultations must also include women — not just men (commentary)
Aug 14, 2024, 12:01 pm ByIn all my travels — through coastal mangroves, tropical forests and savannas — northern…50 years of data show that Madagascar’s mangroves are making a comeback
Aug 14, 2024, 11:12 am ByLalao Aigrette has worked to protect the mangroves of her native Madagascar for more than 16 years.…Bangladesh introduces awareness initiatives to curb the panic over Russell’s vipers
Aug 14, 2024, 4:02 am ByThe Russell’s viper was long thought to be nearly extinct in Bangladesh, where it is known as…Biden Administration mistakenly seeks delay of EU’s new deforestation regulation (commentary)
Aug 13, 2024, 3:43 pm ByA crucial new European law to save global forests is under attack, by the Biden Administration –…As waterbodies lose oxygen, are we breaching a potential planetary boundary?
Aug 13, 2024, 3:23 pm ByThe Earth is in crisis — a reality made increasingly clear by intensifying heat, drought and…Sumatran tiger confirmed killed by snare in Indonesia’s West Sumatra province
Aug 13, 2024, 1:46 pm ByPADANG, Indonesia — One of an estimated 400 of the world’s remaining Sumatran tigers was found…Can nations ever get artisanal gold mining right?
Aug 13, 2024, 1:38 pm ByArtisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is a pillar of stability and opportunity for at least…Rio’s grassroots agroforestry sustains birds, bees & communities
Aug 13, 2024, 11:23 am ByRIO DE JANEIRO – I didn’t know what to expect when I arrived at Cocotá. The large plaza, 11…
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