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Feb 6, 2024, 7:13 am ByAs an undergraduate biology student, Talia Speaker faced several hurdles in using technology in her…Livelihoods at stake as Lake Victoria’s papyrus swamps come under pressure: Photos
Feb 5, 2024, 6:51 pm ByAs the sun rises over the wetlands on the shores of Lake Victoria, papyrus harvesters set out into…Like a moth to a flame: Science finally explains why insects flock to artificial lights
Feb 5, 2024, 1:49 pm ByFlying insects’ mysterious attraction to flames and artificial lights has intrigued scientists and…Pakistan bucks global trend with 30-year mangrove expansion
Feb 5, 2024, 1:19 pm ByKARACHI — His sandaled feet drenched in black mud, Rashid Rasheed points to one of the mangrove…Harmful mining continues in Nicaragua despite U.S. sanctions, new investigation shows
Feb 5, 2024, 11:40 am ByU.S. sanctions imposed in 2022 against Nicaragua’s mining industry were supposed to help combat a…From murder to mining, threats abound in Colombian Amazon Indigenous reserves
Feb 5, 2024, 10:28 am ByIn June 2023, where the Caquetá River leaves Colombian territory and enters Brazil, no more than 35…Indonesia and Spain sign agreement to protect migrant fishing workers
Feb 5, 2024, 7:55 am ByJAKARTA — Indonesia and Spain have signed an agreement on accrediting Indonesian migrant…In the Brazilian outback, the half-century Kapinawá struggle for sacred ground
Feb 5, 2024, 5:41 am ByBUÍQUE, Pernambuco, Brazil — In the Brazilian backlands, the jurema is a most willful tree: When…Brazil’s 2024-2027 “Transversal Environmental Agenda”: The elephants in the room (commentary)
Feb 4, 2024, 3:11 pm ByBrazil’s “Transversal Environmental Agenda,” released on 25 January 2024, contains many good…Sarawak government’s hydropower plans worry Indigenous communities
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Feb 2, 2024, 11:24 am ByRural communities in southwestern Ghana lacking access to conventional medicine are using dozens of…Endangered vulture species nesting in Ghana is rare good news about raptors
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Feb 2, 2024, 4:52 am ByJAKARTA — A conservation task force trying to help an Indonesian mine operator minimize its impact…A coalition created by a demand for land is splintered by a competition for territory | Chapter 4 of “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon”
Feb 1, 2024, 6:33 pm ByThe political movement that brought Evo Morales to power incorporated a latent conflict between…Freeing trees of their liana load can boost carbon sequestration in tropical forests
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Feb 1, 2024, 1:11 pm ByA new fund, announced Oct. 30, plans to support the territorial land management visions of four…Three new species of frogs found nestled in Madagascar’s pandan trees
Feb 1, 2024, 11:44 am ByScientists have described three new frog species that dwell exclusively in the spiky leaves of…Small, secretive & highly venomous snake seen for first time in Nepal’s hills
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Jan 31, 2024, 10:55 pm ByBOGOR, Indonesia — At the age of 60, Siti Salamah started making changes at her family home in the…
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