As miner quells protests in Ecuador, Canadian firms’ rights record faces scrutiny
May 15, 2024, 12:02 pm ByViolent crackdowns by Ecuadorian security forces on antimining protesters there have highlighted the…NZ funding helps Indigenous farmers in Indonesia protect forests, boost incomes
May 15, 2024, 11:48 am ByJAKARTA — Funding from the New Zealand government is helping Indigenous farmers in Indonesian…New database unveils the role of Asian hornbills as forest seed dispersers
May 15, 2024, 11:36 am ByBiologists have long known hornbills are supreme long-distance seed dispersers. The iconic forest…Extractive industries look at degraded land to avoid further deforestation in the Pan Amazon
May 15, 2024, 10:41 am ByMining and energy companies invest in the Amazon because it is profitable. Opportunities are large…An ancient Indigenous lagoon system brings water back to a dry town in Ecuador
May 15, 2024, 10:07 am ByThere’s a legend that says the hill of Cerro Pisaca — female — and the hill of Cerro Cango —…Venezuela’s shrimp farms push for sustainability against hardship and oil spills
May 15, 2024, 9:12 am ByMost of Venezuela’s shrimp farms sit on the eastern shore of Lake Maracaibo, a brackish lagoon…Setback for Guinea mine that threatens World Heritage chimp reserve
May 15, 2024, 6:20 am ByA major iron mining project in eastern Guinea may be at risk as its owner, the U.S. firm HPX, is…On a Borneo mountainside, Indigenous Dayak women hold fire and defend forest
May 14, 2024, 11:13 pm ByKAMBIAYIN, Indonesia — Eka Karlina repeats a mantra to her Dayak Pitap ancestors as she runs her…Will a billionaire bankroll biodiversity? CBD Decision 15/9 as potential ‘goldmine’ (commentary)
May 14, 2024, 7:27 pm ByEconomic metaphors can be ironic, unexpectedly so. The 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the…Environmental defenders paid the price during Panama’s historic mining protests – report
May 14, 2024, 5:40 pm ByPanama is still trying to understand the extent of the violence that took place during the massive,…Shade-grown coffee benefits birds, forests & people in Venezuela
May 14, 2024, 12:54 pm ByEach morning, as Luis Arrieta heads out to begin work on his shade-grown coffee farm, vindication…Impunity and pollution abound in DRC mining along the road to the energy transition
May 14, 2024, 10:04 am ByThis story was supported by the Pulitzer Center’s Rainforest Investigations Network. Click here to…Hold my ointment: Wild orangutan observed healing wound with medicinal plant
May 14, 2024, 9:13 am ByJAKARTA — Self-medicating in animals has been reported before, but scientists noted something…Pemex waste contaminates Mexican communities while talking ‘sustainability’
May 14, 2024, 9:07 am ByWhen the machines and men came to bury toxic sludge on a property near her house in the Mexican…Bangladesh island’s switch from solar power to fossil fuels threatens birds
May 14, 2024, 7:04 am ByAlmost all 2,500 households — mostly fisher folks — on Nijhum Dwip, a national park that has the…Mexico Indigenous community makes strides to land rights, but obstacles remain
May 14, 2024, 5:15 am ByThe Rarámuri Indigenous people of Bosques de San Elías Repechique have traveled a long road to…Amid ravaging wildfires in Venezuela, experts cite institutional collapse
May 14, 2024, 2:24 am ByCARACAS, Venezuela — In early March, a series of wildfires ravaged the savannas of Canaima…Indonesia civil society groups raise concerns over proposed Borneo nuclear reactor
May 13, 2024, 8:34 pm ByJAKARTA — Civil society organizations in Indonesia staged protests in late April to raise…African health experts warn of climate change & rising vector-borne diseases
May 13, 2024, 12:05 pm ByHealth experts are particularly concerned about the role of climate change in the rise of…Latest palm oil deforester in Indonesia may also be operating illegally
May 13, 2024, 11:40 am ByJAKARTA — The largest case of deforestation for industrial palm oil in Indonesia is happening…
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