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)
3:43pm 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?
3:23pm 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
1:46pm ByPADANG, Indonesia — One of an estimated 400 of the world’s remaining Sumatran tigers was found…Can nations ever get artisanal gold mining right?
1:38pm 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
11:23am ByRIO DE JANEIRO – I didn’t know what to expect when I arrived at Cocotá. The large plaza, 11…Communities fend off attacks as officials study Brazil’s anti-Indigenous land rights bill
6:00am ByIndigenous communities across Brazil have suffered a wave of violence in recent weeks as the country…DRC communities turn up heat on EU lenders funding palm oil giant PHC
Mon 6:09pm ByOn May 24, 2024, clashes broke out between members of a local community and security guards at an…Cloud brightening over oceans may stave off climate change, but with risk
Mon 11:18am ByRegional deployment of marine cloud brightening off the U.S. West Coast would be far less effective…Reporting confirms alleged Indigenous rights violations in Nepal hydropower project
Mon 2:00am ByKATHMANDU — The list of alleged crimes and lies is long: accusations of forging local signatures,…
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