Sumatra palm plantations the usual suspects as unusual burning razes peatlands
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Jun 2, 2022, 1:31 pm ByCannabis, marijuana, pot, bud, grass or herb — no matter its nickname, this go-to drug has long…How Colombia disenfranchised Indigenous Inga communities in favor of oil
Jun 2, 2022, 11:07 am ByFor more than a decade, Canadian oil company Gran Tierra Energy has been attempting to boost its…‘Why sharks matter’: Q&A with author and shark biologist David Shiffman
Jun 2, 2022, 8:38 am ByIn the introduction to his new book, conservation biologist David Shiffman quotes Senegalese…Podcast: Indigenous, ingenious and sustainable aquaculture from the distant past to today
Jun 2, 2022, 12:07 am ByOn this episode we discuss Indigenous peoples’ long relationship with — and stewardship of —…Opaque infrastructure project ‘a death sentence’ for Cambodia’s Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary
Jun 1, 2022, 11:40 pm ByPHNOM PENH — At last year’s COP26, the annual U.N. climate summit, Cambodian Environment…Rehabilitation research returns orphaned cheetahs to the wild
Jun 1, 2022, 8:35 pm ByThe cheetah is the world’s fastest land animal, but it’s running out of space. Its range has…How Brazil is working to save the rare lion tamarins of the Atlantic Forest
Jun 1, 2022, 6:34 pm ByThe Atlantic Forest that hugs the coast of Brazil is home to four small primates found nowhere else…Indigenous oyster fisheries were ‘fundamentally different’: Q&A with researcher Marco Hatch
Jun 1, 2022, 5:15 pm ByIn the 18th century, when European ships sailed into the Strait of Juan de Fuca on the Northwest…In Jordan, the Middle East’s first Miyawaki-style ‘baby’ forests take root
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Jun 1, 2022, 4:00 pm ByHWANGE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe’s government recently concluded a conference to attempt to rally…Community participation trumps penalties in protecting seascapes, study suggests
Jun 1, 2022, 12:36 pm ByConservationists have long recognized the significance of engaging locals in safeguarding the…Suspension of Chinese miner for pollution in DRC points to wider problem
Jun 1, 2022, 11:48 am ByIn August 2021, local communities accused a Chinese gold-mining company of polluting a river in the…How will climate change impact cold-water corals? Mostly through food loss, study says
Jun 1, 2022, 8:01 am ByBetween 1869 and 1870, the H.M.S. Porcupine sailed into the North Atlantic Ocean and scraped a…A look at violence and conflict over Indigenous lands in nine Latin American countries
May 31, 2022, 6:58 pm ByFor years, Ruth Alipaz has been fighting against the Chepete-El Bala hydroelectric project. The…Year of the Tiger: Illegal trade thrives amid efforts to save wild tigers
May 31, 2022, 6:47 pm ByIn Sin City, the illegal tiger-farming business is thriving. In new, covert drone footage, tigers…Chinese companies linked to illegal logging and mining in northern DRC
May 31, 2022, 5:04 pm ByBASOKO, Congo — In Yaliwasa, northern DRC, logs from 200-year-old hardwood trees lie rotting deep…A hidden crisis in Indonesia’s palm oil sector: 6 takeaways from our investigation
May 31, 2022, 3:43 pm ByLast week, Mongabay, BBC News and The Gecko Project released a joint investigation into a scheme…Drastic declines in Neotropical birds in a protected Panamanian forest
May 31, 2022, 3:42 pm ByTropical forests harbor around two-thirds of the world’s biodiversity. The Neotropics—comprising…Governmet inaction sees 98% of deforestation alerts go unpunished in Brazil
May 31, 2022, 2:12 pm ByThe Jair Bolsonaro presidency in Brazil has been marked by loosening regulations and budget cuts for…
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