Bad weather knocks down Brazil’s grain production as ‘exhaustively forewarned’
Aug 17, 2022, 2:00 pm ByWhen Brazilian farmer Hamilton Guterres Jardim realized the latest drought had wiped out two-thirds…Crime and no punishment: Impunity shrouds killings of Indigenous Amazonian defenders
Aug 17, 2022, 11:19 am By“We receive reports of murders, crimes and threats every day,” says Esneda Saavedra, counselor…Study tracks global forest decline and expansion over six decades
Aug 17, 2022, 10:45 am BySince 1960, the world has lost an area of forest larger than the island of Borneo, according to a…An elusive lizard thought to live only in India makes an appearance in Nepal
Aug 17, 2022, 5:48 am ByKATHMANDU — When zoologist Bivek Gautam and members of his team were on an expedition to look for…An emerald-green hummingbird lost to science reemerges in Colombia
Aug 16, 2022, 8:36 pm ByIn the mountains of Colombia, an experienced bird-watcher saw an iridescent flash of blue and green.…Nearness to roads and palm oil mills a key factor in peatland clearing by smallholders
Aug 16, 2022, 2:23 pm ByJAKARTA — Smallholder farmers in Sumatra who cultivate oil palms are more likely to expand their…In Bolivian Amazon, oil blocks encroach deep into protected areas
Aug 16, 2022, 11:23 am ByFor years, the Tacana Indigenous people in the Bolivian Amazon have warned of dire environment…Aziil Anwar, Indonesian coral-based mangrove grower, dies at 64
Aug 16, 2022, 7:52 am ByAziil Anwar, a prolific planter of mangroves on coral damaged by blast fishing in Indonesia’s West…Sand mining a boon for illegal industry at expense of Bangladesh’s environment
Aug 16, 2022, 7:07 am ByMining of sand to feed the red-hot demand from Bangladesh’s construction industry has fueled an…In Sumatra, rising seas and sinking land spell hard times for fishers
Aug 16, 2022, 12:54 am ByMEDAN, Indonesia — On a recent morning in Kampung Nelayan, a village on the northeastern coast of…In Brazil’s Pantanal, early flames signal a ‘new normal’
Aug 15, 2022, 10:10 pm ByThe fires started small, charring a handful of areas scattered across a southern stretch of…FSC-certified paper plantation faces farmer backlash in Colombia
Aug 15, 2022, 6:21 pm ByCAJIBIO, Colombia – From a birds-eye view, greenery expands far into the tropical Andean horizon…Amazon cloud forests need protection (commentary)
Aug 15, 2022, 5:35 pm ByIf there is an ecosystem that captures my imagination, it is the cloud forests, or perhaps better…As stronger storms hit Bangladesh farmers, banks are climate collateral damage
Aug 15, 2022, 12:30 pm ByDHAKA — Wasim Ali, 45, lived in one of the 55,000 houses destroyed by the deadly Super Cyclone…Australian miner threatens lawsuit against PNG for scrapping carbon scheme
Aug 15, 2022, 9:07 am ByAn Australian company is threatening to sue the government of Papua New Guinea after its proposed…Mexico court drops injunctions, paving way for controversial Tren Maya railway
Aug 15, 2022, 7:15 am ByA major section of Mexico’s Tren Maya railway line could be moving forward with construction,…Bolivia’s former ‘death road’ is now a haven for wildlife
Aug 12, 2022, 5:52 pm ByIn Bolivia, the infamous “Death Road” has become a haven for life. Once the only route north…Drawing the wrong lessons from Sri Lanka’s organic farming experience (commentary)
Aug 12, 2022, 3:39 pm BySince the downfall of Sri Lanka’s former president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, in mid-July, some…In a hotter, drier climate, how serious is fire risk to island seabirds?
Aug 12, 2022, 1:06 pm ByFor years, seabird ecologist Jennifer Lavers longed to survey the colonies of short-tailed…Amazon deforestation on pace to roughly match last year’s rate of loss
Aug 12, 2022, 12:54 pm ByDeforestation in Earth’s largest rainforest is on track to rival last year’s 15-year-high…
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