The Amazon’s archaeology of hope: Q&A with anthropologist Michael Heckenberger
3:00am ByMichael Heckenberger has lived among the Kuikuro people at the Upper Xingu River for at least part…Industrial infrastructure in the Pan Amazon
Tue 5:52pm ByPacking plants are important to producers because the construction of a modern facility will…South Africa’s penguins heading toward extinction; will no-fishing zones help?
Tue 3:05pm ByCAPE TOWN — The endangered African penguin (Spheniscus demersus) could be extinct in the wild in…Battling desertification: Bringing soil back to life in semiarid Spain
Tue 2:53pm ByLOS VÉLEZ, Spain — Much has been reported about the Sahara Desert’s inexorable shift southward…Origami-inspired sensor platforms tumble like leaves to study forests
Tue 11:01am ByThe next time you see a leaf gliding down from above, you might want to take a closer look. For all…São Paulo nurseries bring the city’s rare and forgotten trees back to life
Tue 7:20am By“One of the greatest pleasures I had when I came here was telling my friends, ‘Today I planted…Bangladesh survey records invasive alien plants threatening protected forests
Tue 5:43am ByThe International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) recorded 44 exotic plant species in…Stop playing politics with climate change: Q&A with Nigeria’s Nnimmo Bassey
Tue 4:00am ByThe discovery of crude oil in commercial quantities in Nigeria has substantially increased…Tensions flare as Ecuador’s environment consultation process is put to the test
Oct 16, 2023, 12:58 pm ByLAS NAVES, Ecuador — The small farming community of Las Naves in the center of Ecuador is…In biodiverse Nepal, wildlife crime fighters are underpowered but undeterred
Oct 16, 2023, 8:36 am ByCHITWAN, Nepal — When Hemanta Malla Thakuri, former deputy inspector-general of the Nepal Police,…Brazil’s Indigenous communities turn to native beekeeping to recover nature
Oct 16, 2023, 5:50 am ByAna Rosa de Lima is a Brazilian materials engineer living in Germany. She had no idea that a 2019…Fishing ban extension raises hopes for iconic Amazon pink river dolphin
Oct 16, 2023, 3:00 am ByOn July 3, 2023, a moratorium on fishing the piracatinga catfish in the Brazilian Amazon was…Despite severe drought, Amazon deforestation continues to slow
Oct 13, 2023, 7:41 pm ByDespite a severe drought that is exacerbating fires and drying up rivers, deforestation in the…Iceland’s whaling paradox (commentary)
Oct 13, 2023, 4:43 pm ByAs I write this, two whaling ships have just hung up their harpoons for the season, and we are all…Report: Half of plantations in Indonesia’s palm oil heartland are illegal
Oct 13, 2023, 7:29 am ByJAKARTA — Nearly half of oil palm plantations in Indonesia’s Riau province, the heartland of the…‘It’s a real mess’: Mining and deforestation threaten unparalleled DRC wildlife haven
Oct 12, 2023, 9:41 pm ByThe Okapi Wildlife Reserve in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) protects nearly 14,000…Record North Atlantic heat sees phytoplankton decline, fish shift to Arctic
Oct 12, 2023, 2:29 pm ByThe verdict is in: Global sea temperatures shattered new heat records in 2023, with anomalous warmth…Kenya’s Lake Victoria floods leave orphaned children to run their households
Oct 12, 2023, 12:00 am ByOn a fateful day in 2019 that is etched into the memories of local residents, the tranquility along…Indonesia opens carbon trading market to both skepticism and hope
Oct 11, 2023, 10:21 pm ByJAKARTA — Indonesia has just launched its first carbon emissions trading market in a bid to fight…Beyond ‘no,’ more positive visions for conservation need communication (commentary)
Oct 11, 2023, 7:58 pm ByAs our global thermostat keeps ticking up, species continue to vanish from the face of the planet,…
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