New DNA test aims to help bust illegal trade in precious red coral
Jul 21, 2022, 4:15 pm ByIn a sterile room, Bertalan Lendvay wields an electric drill that flicks off tiny flakes of precious…Cut off from Sundarbans and denied compensation, Bangladesh communities face arrest
Jul 21, 2022, 1:31 pm ByAuthorities in Bangladesh have been slammed for harassment and lack of compassion after arresting 59…‘The sea means everything’: Q&A with deep-sea mining opponent Debbie Ngawera-Packer
Jul 21, 2022, 12:21 pm ByIn late June, New Zealand parliamentarian and Māori activist Debbie Ngawera-Packer boarded an…Restoring Mexico’s ‘Garden of Eden’ is a process of deep regeneration
Jul 21, 2022, 10:20 am ByAs it sets, the sun lights up the waters of Lake Catemaco before disappearing behind the shoulder of…Tigers may avoid extinction, but we must aim higher (commentary)
Jul 20, 2022, 8:38 pm ByHaving spent 27 years as a wild cat scientist, I have been fortunate to run my fingers through the…Farmers feel the pressure after conservation crackdown around Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Lake
Jul 20, 2022, 3:26 pm ByPREK TABAEK, Cambodia — Bat Savoeun claims he has Prime Minister Hun Sen’s signoff to farm his 2…First-of-its-kind freshwater mangroves discovered in Brazil’s Amazon Delta
Jul 20, 2022, 3:13 pm ByOn an expedition in the Amazon River Delta, researchers found mangroves growing in water with little…Ban on use of destructive net fails to make an impact in Indonesia, experts say
Jul 20, 2022, 5:34 am ByNATUNA/JAKARTA, Indonesia — A year after it was introduced as a replacement for a type of fishing…Worries and whispers in Vietnam’s NGO community after activist’s sentencing
Jul 19, 2022, 9:21 pm ByThe imprisonment of a high-profile Vietnamese environmental activist on tax-related charges has had…In Sri Lanka, environmental policy failures helped fuel a people power revolution
Jul 19, 2022, 5:36 pm ByCOLOMBO — When Gotabaya Rajapaksa was forced from office this month, among those leading the…Between six ferns: New tropical fern species described by science
Jul 19, 2022, 5:23 pm ByResearchers have described six species of ferns new to science from the tropical forests of Panama,…Wildlife ‘rehabbers’ wage a herculean fight for a noble cause
Jul 19, 2022, 3:16 pm ByDriving down a quiet street in Idaho Falls in the spring of 2021, I hadn’t yet noticed the wide…In Brazil, an Indigenous group turns a day of grief into a celebration of life
Jul 19, 2022, 9:41 am ByHe’s called Bilibeu, Saint Bilibeu, or even Bilibreu. Carved of wood and painted with tar, this…White rhino conservation project attempts paradigm shift by including local community
Jul 19, 2022, 9:04 am ByTSHOLOTSHO, Zimbabwe – Two men crouch beside a pile of rhino dung, using their bare hands to break…‘Unprecedented crisis’ for Nepal’s elephants: Q&A with conservationist Ashok Ram
Jul 19, 2022, 5:13 am ByKATHMANDU — Throughout much of their range, Asian elephants are regarded as incarnations of the…Red-hot demand for ipê wood coincides with deforestation hubs in Brazil
Jul 18, 2022, 2:03 pm ByThe highest rates of illegal exploitation of ipê trees are found in areas of the Brazilian Amazon…Amid rising pressure, Indonesia’s sea-based communities adapt to change
Jul 18, 2022, 2:01 pm ByFor decades, the nomadic Bajo people have crisscrossed the seas of Malaysia, the Philippines and…Turtle DNA database traces illegal shell trade to poaching hotspots
Jul 18, 2022, 8:43 am ByA hawksbill turtle’s protective shell is in some ways its greatest weakness. Exquisitely patterned…In a former conflict zone in Sri Lanka, a world rich in corals thrives
Jul 18, 2022, 8:37 am ByJAFFNA, Sri Lanka — Ashani Arulananthan says she can recall childhood visits to the beach in her…Authorities and Yobin communities clash as deforestation spikes in Indian national park
Jul 15, 2022, 6:54 pm ByIn the sprawling Himalayas, amidst snow-peaked mountains, is a vast swathe of evergreen forest home…
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