Toxic rare earth mines fuel deforestation, rights abuses in Myanmar, report says
Aug 12, 2022, 11:17 am ByThe dramatic expansion of rare earth mining in northern Myanmar in recent years is fueling human…‘Protection too small, pressure too high’ for tree species globally, study finds
Aug 11, 2022, 7:45 pm ByTrees play a critical role in supporting life on Earth, and over the past few years, everyone from…Climate change and overfishing threaten once ‘endless’ Antarctic krill
Aug 11, 2022, 6:28 pm ByAntarctic krill — tiny, filter-feeding crustaceans that live in the Southern Ocean — have long…Drought-beset South African city taps aquifer, shirks long-term solutions: Critics
Aug 11, 2022, 6:25 pm ByA drought-stricken South African coastal metropolis, facing a likely large-scale shutdown of its…‘The water is brown’: Community in Guyana rings the alarm over unsustainable mining near river
Aug 11, 2022, 5:52 pm ByCHINESE LANDING, Guyana – When first entering the territory of the Carib Indigenous community in…Indigenous lands, knowledge are essential for saving primates from extinction, says new study
Aug 11, 2022, 5:27 pm ByThe declining population of non-human primates, like monkeys, apes, tarsiers or prosimians, mainly…Indonesia backtracks on plan criticized for ‘privatizing’ fisheries resources
Aug 11, 2022, 2:54 pm ByJAKARTA — The Indonesian government has abandoned a plan to contract out long-term fishing rights…No critical examination of flawed environmental assessments in Nepal, experts say
Aug 11, 2022, 2:00 pm ByKATHMANDU — When Nepal’s Supreme Court recently canceled government plans to build an…Analysis: Pesticides are creating a biodiversity crisis in Europe
Aug 11, 2022, 12:31 pm ByTravelling by train from central London, it doesn’t take long before the city gives way to a…Photos: Meet the Indonesians on the front lines of human-elephant conflict in Sumatra
Aug 11, 2022, 1:32 am ByCOT GIREK, Indonesia — Nestled between a vast palm oil plantation and the Sumatran rainforest is…Cambodian government cancels development of Phnom Tamao forest amid outcry
Aug 11, 2022, 1:30 am ByPHNOM TAMAO, Cambodia — Prime Minister Hun Sen has stepped in to cancel all development projects…Love ‘em and loathe ‘em: Mediterranean grapples with tasty, voracious invasive crabs
Aug 10, 2022, 6:26 pm ByDJERBA, Tunisia, and SICILY, Italy — On the deck of the Ghanem, which in Arabic means…Overlooked and at risk, seagrass is habitat of choice for many small-scale fishers
Aug 10, 2022, 3:51 pm ByJAKARTA — Seagrass meadows are the fishing grounds of choice for many households in four…Study highlights elusive Cameroonian gorillas, and the threats encircling them
Aug 10, 2022, 2:36 pm ByGunshots, grassland and a tiny population of critically endangered gorillas coexisting with nearby…Private road sparks fears for Cameroon’s Ebo Forest
Aug 10, 2022, 1:11 pm BySince March, bulldozers have opened around 40 kilometers, or 25 miles, of dirt road running north…In Brazil’s Amazon, traditional midwives push for greater recognition
Aug 10, 2022, 9:59 am ByThe community of Deus é Pai (“God is our Father”) sits by the Tefé River in Brazil’s…‘Chased from every side’: Sumatran elephants pinned down by forest loss
Aug 10, 2022, 1:20 am ByCOT GIREK, Indonesia — Saleh Kadri, a young farmer from Leubok Pusaka village in North Aceh…‘Birds are messengers’: An interview with BirdLife’s Patricia Zurita
Aug 10, 2022, 1:19 am ByNext month BirdLife International, a global partnership of 115 organizations working to protect…New Brazil bill puts cattle pasture over Pantanal wetland
Aug 9, 2022, 2:07 pm ByLawmakers in Brazil have approved a bill that allows extensive ranching and tourism in protected…Bangladesh struggles to protect the last of its last wild elephants
Aug 9, 2022, 9:56 am ByDHAKA, Bangladesh — In the early hours of July 19, a herd of wild elephants came down from the…
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