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
Fri 7:41pm ByDespite a severe drought that is exacerbating fires and drying up rivers, deforestation in the…Iceland’s whaling paradox (commentary)
Fri 4:43pm 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
Fri 7:29am 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,…Agriculture in the Pan Amazon: Beef production models
Oct 11, 2023, 7:33 pm ByThe single largest cause of deforestation in the Pan Amazon is the clearing of forest to establish…Indigenous environmental defenders among favorites for Nobel Peace Prize
Oct 11, 2023, 3:16 pm ByEvery year in the run-up to the announcement of the Nobel Peace Prize, the Peace Research Institute…As oceans warm, marine heat waves push deep beneath the surface, study shows
Oct 11, 2023, 3:02 pm ByNew research shows that marine heat waves last longer in deeper water, increasing the possibility of…Brazil strikes intruders of Amazon’s most deforested Indigenous land
Oct 11, 2023, 2:32 pm ByThe Brazilian government has launched a long-awaited operation to remove thousands of non-Indigenous…How climate change could jeopardize Brazilian coffee
Oct 11, 2023, 10:31 am ByAs the fire season reaches its peak in the Amazon region, coffee producers located thousands of…Taking the global pulse of biodiversity monitoring: Q&A with Andrew Gonzalez
Oct 11, 2023, 7:54 am ByConservation technology has witnessed an unprecedented boom in recent years. Drones are soaring…Calls for crackdown intensify as fire crisis heats up across Indonesia
Oct 11, 2023, 7:15 am ByA senior member of Indonesia’s parliament on Oct. 10 called for tougher police action against…An ‘aquatic moonshot’ in Vietnam aims to fight livestock methane with seaweed
Oct 11, 2023, 6:00 am ByVAN PHONG BAY, Vietnam — A bold mariculture experiment in this shimmering bay ringed by hills in…Conservationists condemn Nepal proposal to allow hydropower in protected areas
Oct 11, 2023, 4:27 am ByKATHMANDU – Nepali conservationists have expressed outrage over the Ministry of Forest and…
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