Overexploited and underprotected: Study urges action on Asia’s rosewoods
Jun 13, 2022, 3:35 am ByRosewood trees are a mainstay of tropical forests across parts of Asia, Africa and Latin America.…The curious case of the Sri Lankan national flower that wasn’t
Jun 11, 2022, 2:44 pm ByCOLOMBO — As a school student in Sri Lanka in 1986, Deepthi Yakandawala sent a greeting card to…For companies shopping for quality carbon credits, a new guide offers help
Jun 10, 2022, 4:17 pm ByA new guide published in May is helping companies make smarter decisions about purchasing tropical…Even Antarctic snow can’t escape the plastic peril, study shows
Jun 10, 2022, 3:28 pm ByPlastic has been found in the most unexpected places: in the deepest parts of the ocean, in the…Report clears Kenyan conservancy of community abuse, but advocates cry foul
Jun 10, 2022, 11:58 am ByA report accusing Kenya-based conservation group the Northern Rangelands Trust (NRT) of involvement…For Thai fishers facing dwindling catches, a Lao dam looms large
Jun 10, 2022, 9:42 am ByCHIANG KHAN, Thailand — In the rustic old town of Chiang Khan on the Mekong River, a tourist haven…Illegal mining threatens one of the last forest links between the Andes and Ecuador’s Amazon
Jun 10, 2022, 7:00 am ByThe route connecting the provinces of Loja and Zamora Chinchipe in Ecuador is a series of roads…Deforestation surges in Indonesia’s Tesso Nilo National Park
Jun 9, 2022, 9:04 pm ByReportedly home to 3% of the planet’s mammal species and one of the highest levels of lowland…In Sri Lankan waters, endangered but unprotected rays encounter a killing field
Jun 9, 2022, 4:11 pm ByCOLOMBO — When fishermen in southern Sri Lanka recently caught a giant oceanic manta ray, they…Environmental paradise or dystopian debacle? Promise and peril of futuristic island communities (commentary)
Jun 9, 2022, 3:31 pm ByIn an ideal world, perhaps we can learn how to live in coastal areas while coping with climate…Ray care center: Indonesia’s Raja Ampat a key nursery for young reef mantas
Jun 9, 2022, 3:22 pm ByJAKARTA — Researchers have confirmed that a lagoon in Indonesia’s Raja Ampat archipelago, a…At 30, Brazil’s Yanomami reserve is beset by mining, malaria and mercury
Jun 9, 2022, 1:33 pm ByThirty years ago, Brazil issued a decree officially recognizing the ancestral land of the Yanomami…New near-real-time tool reveals Earth’s land cover in more detail than ever before
Jun 9, 2022, 12:40 pm ByGoogle and the World Resources Institute (WRI) this week announced the launch of a new mapping tool…For traditional peoples in Brazil’s Maranhão state, progress brings violence
Jun 9, 2022, 10:03 am ByAldeli de Jesus Ribeiro, also known as Pan Akroá Gamella, has scars all over his body as a result…‘Protecting snow leopards benefits other species’: Q&A with Rinzin Phunjok Lama
Jun 9, 2022, 4:32 am ByKATHMANDU — Think of big cats in Nepal, and you’ll probably picture a Bengal tiger. And while…Indigenous agroforestry dying of thirst amid a sea of avocados in Mexico
Jun 8, 2022, 5:42 pm ByANGAHUAN, Mexico — “Cuchita is the fourth-generation herb collector of our family,” says Juana…Indonesia should take a leadership role in the Global Plastics Treaty (commentary)
Jun 8, 2022, 12:45 pm ByMarch 2 marked a historic day for the global effort to eradicate plastic pollution. The United…Can conservation technology help save our rapidly disappearing species? | Problem Solved
Jun 8, 2022, 12:44 pm ByDuring what scientists have named the “Sixth Mass Extinction” (the fifth one wiped out the…Chinese pond heron spotted in Nepal for first time
Jun 8, 2022, 12:16 pm ByKATHMANDU — The list of bird species found in Nepal has now grown to 891, after a bird never…New study offers answers for why tropical birds are more colorful
Jun 8, 2022, 10:31 am By“The closer one gets to the tropics, the greater the variety of structures, graceful forms and…
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