Rights groups call for greater public input in ASEAN environmental rights framework
May 8, 2024, 10:11 am ByCivil society groups in Southeast Asia are calling for greater public participation and transparency…Is the extractive sector really favorable for the Pan Amazon’s economy?
May 8, 2024, 10:00 am ByThe Pan Amazon is a significant source of several key industrial commodities. Global markets are not…Scientists explore nature’s promise in combating plastic waste
May 8, 2024, 9:36 am ByPlastic is a remarkably versatile and durable material, which has made it indispensable in almost…Secrets from the rainforest’s past uncovered in Amazonian backyards
May 8, 2024, 6:53 am BySmall fragments of ancestral Amazonian culture are emerging from the ground in the backyards of…In a Himalayan Eden, a road project promises opportunity, but also loss
May 8, 2024, 6:00 am ByTSUM VALLEY, Nepal — “In the future, when war, strife and difficult times come,” said Thrisong…As plastic talks wrap up in Canada, fishers in Indonesia count the costs
May 8, 2024, 4:14 am ByPULAU SERIBU, Indonesia — Mustaghfirin unmoors his boat every day in the Thousand Islands…The Narwhal makes waves in Canada for environmental journalism
May 7, 2024, 6:12 pm ByThe Narwhal is an award-winning, non-profit, environmental news outlet based in Victoria, British…Indigenous leader’s killer is convicted in Brazil, but tensions over land remain
May 7, 2024, 4:22 pm ByOn April 17, 2020, an Indigenous leader who fought to protect his ancestral land was violently…At its fourth summit, 170 nations strive toward a global plastics treaty by 2025
May 7, 2024, 2:11 pm ByHopes for a worldwide plastics treaty gained some momentum at the fourth of five scheduled summits…Indonesian palm oil, Brazilian beef top contributors to U.S. deforestation exposure
May 7, 2024, 11:45 am ByIf you’re in the United States, your meal might come with a side of deforestation. The US…Pro-business parties accused of holding back Indonesia’s Indigenous rights bill
May 7, 2024, 9:09 am ByJAKARTA — Fear among Indonesia’s ruling class of losing control of natural resources to…Plastic pollution talks end & Arctic people return home to a ‘sink’ of plastic
May 7, 2024, 6:00 am ByGlobal plastic pollution talks in Ottawa came to a close April 30, and with them a group of…Indonesia resumes lobster larvae exports despite sustainability, trade concerns
May 7, 2024, 2:38 am ByJAKARTA — The Indonesian government is resuming a controversial policy of exporting lobster larvae…‘Our rights are on trial in Brazil’: Interview with Indigenous movement pioneer Brasílio Priprá
May 6, 2024, 2:09 pm ByThe “People of the Sun,” as the Xokleng Indigenous people of Brazil call themselves, are no…CITES halts Ecuador’s shark trade; trafficking persists amid lack of transparency
May 6, 2024, 11:34 am ByIllegal trafficking of shark fins and bodies from Ecuador to Peru has gone on for years. On Feb. 6,…New ban threatens traditional fishers in Brazil’s Mato Grosso state
May 6, 2024, 10:02 am ByCÁCERES, Brazil — Fisher and bait seller Enilza Silva, 52, is a daughter of Pantanal fishers.…UK’s Drax targets California forests for two major wood pellet plants
May 6, 2024, 9:38 am ByDrax, a major global manufacturer of wood pellets for bioenergy, has joined a California nonprofit…Rocky rollout for Bangladesh’s ambitious solar-powered irrigation plans
May 6, 2024, 7:26 am ByBangladesh plans to phase out diesel-powered irrigation pumps for solar ones to cut carbon…In Brazil, half a century of salt mining sinks a city, displacing thousands
May 6, 2024, 4:05 am ByStreets lie deserted. Gardens have overgrown homes. Doors and windows are bricked up. The Bebedouro…Forestry company under fire for illegal timber harvest in DR Congo
May 5, 2024, 8:13 pm BySome $5 million worth of timber exported from the Democratic Republic of Congo to China in the…
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