In Bangladesh, microplastic threat to frogs is also concern for rice farming
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Jun 21, 2023, 1:46 am ByOnly 13 of some 60 men implicated in a human trafficking case in which Indonesian drug users were…‘A psychedelic renaissance’: How hallucinogens can aid conservation
Jun 20, 2023, 11:50 pm ByHarvard-trained ethnobotanist and host of the popular podcast Plants of the Gods, Mark Plotkin is no…Palm oil giants face corruption charges as Indonesia probe widens
Jun 20, 2023, 1:33 pm ByJAKARTA — Indonesian prosecutors have charged three major palm oil companies in connection with a…Forest ecology and carbon dynamics in the Amazon
Jun 20, 2023, 1:31 pm ByA tropical rainforest is composed of thousands of species of long-lived trees, each with a natural…Chile government faces backlash after U-turn on copper mine
Jun 20, 2023, 11:56 am ByMacarena Martinic wasn’t surprised earlier this year when the Chilean government said yes to…Palm oil: The crop that cuts into southeastern Mexico’s jungles and mangroves
Jun 20, 2023, 11:11 am By“Thanks to the oil palm, I have money in my pocket.” He boasts it without modesty. He says his…Despite billions tied to clean supply chains, China’s Cofco still turns to deforesters
Jun 20, 2023, 11:00 am ByMATO GROSSO, Brazil — João Luiz Lazarotto was indignant. Seated in the corporate office of his…Palm oil company in Ecuador operates illegally on ancestral land, community says
Jun 19, 2023, 4:20 pm ByAn afro-descendent community in northern Ecuador is fighting to retake its land from a palm oil…Indigenous and local communities see big gains in land rights, study shows
Jun 19, 2023, 4:05 pm ByLand legally designated or owned by Indigenous, Afro-descendant and local communities increased by…Over a third of conflicts over development projects affect Indigenous people: Study
Jun 19, 2023, 3:48 pm ByIndigenous peoples are disproportionately impacted by extractive industries and mining for…Volunteers, First Nations work to bring back a disappearing oak prairie
Jun 19, 2023, 3:20 pm ByOn the eastern edge of Victoria, British Columbia, abutting the Salish Sea, sits Uplands Park,…Climate change, human pressures push Bangladesh’s ‘national fish’ into decline
Jun 19, 2023, 9:00 am ByConsidering the importance of hilsa fish in the country’s dietary needs, economy, and the…‘Tree islands’ boost diversity in oil palm plantations, study finds
Jun 19, 2023, 6:34 am ByPlanting clusters of native trees in oil palm plantations can boost biodiversity without sacrificing…Penguins ‘enrich our lives’: Q&A with Pablo Borboroglu, protector of penguins
Jun 16, 2023, 3:38 pm ByWhen Pablo Garcia Borboroglu first laid eyes on a wild penguin colony in Patagonia, Argentina, he…Not so fast, experts warn as Dhaka tries to clear the air with car tax and bus ban
Jun 16, 2023, 9:50 am ByDHAKA — Authorities in Bangladesh have rolled out two schemes to combat air pollution in the…Avocados: The green gold that wipes western Mexico’s forests from the map
Jun 16, 2023, 9:26 am ByIn western Mexico, a forest was cleared in a couple of days. It was the early morning of a spring…Forests & finance: communities turn to tree-planting, zero-logging, and mushrooms to protect forests
Jun 15, 2023, 11:28 pm ByGabon community forest marks ten years without logging EBIENG-EDZUA, Gabon — There is no logging…Element Africa: offshore oil threatens fisheries, gold mining topples homes and forests
Jun 15, 2023, 11:27 pm ByGold mine threatens Ghanaian villagers’ health and homes BIBIANI, Ghana — Residents of Bibiani,…Several reef sharks at greater threat of extinction than thought, study shows
Jun 15, 2023, 7:37 pm ByNew research has found that five key shark species found in reef habitats are at higher risk of…
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