Failed mangrove tourism project in Sumatra highlights need for community collaboration
Feb 16, 2023, 10:56 am BySICANANG, Indonesia — In October 2019, the Sicanang Mangrove Forest ecotourism project launched as…Trees with edible leaves can boost human nutrition: New book, free download
Feb 15, 2023, 8:47 pm ByTrees are good for many things, and their widespread planting is promoted as a solution to…Earthquakes in Turkey and Syria likely led pilot whales to beach on Sri Lanka shores
Feb 15, 2023, 4:58 pm ByKalpitiya, SRI LANKA: The Feb.11 beaching of 14 pilot whales in Kalpitiya, about 172 kilometers…Kew Gardens joins local partners to save tropical plants from extinction
Feb 15, 2023, 2:53 pm ByKEW GARDENS, U.K. — There have been five known mass extinctions in Earth’s history. Today, most…Swinging to safety: How canopy bridges may save Costa Rica’s howlers
Feb 15, 2023, 2:23 pm ByOne of the first times Inés Rojas saw a dead howler monkey, it was lying on a road with its body…Potential impact on whales overlooked as deep-sea mining looks set to start
Feb 14, 2023, 4:46 pm ByThe potentially imminent start of deep-sea mining in international waters could impact whales,…The $20m flip: The story of the largest land grab in the Brazilian Amazon
Feb 14, 2023, 3:16 pm ByALTAMIRA, Brazil — The warehouse donated to house the Castelo dos Sonhos farmers’ market for…US pledges Amazon Fund donation, renewing hope for the rainforest
Feb 13, 2023, 9:43 pm ByThe revival of the Amazon Fund at the start of this year was considered a major victory for the…Mapping of no-drill areas in Ecuador’s Amazon can be scaled for entire rainforest: Study
Feb 13, 2023, 5:05 pm ByIn 2007, Ecuador’s then-president, Rafael Correa, announced an ambitious plan to prevent oil…Invisible destruction: 38% of remaining Amazon forest already degraded
Feb 13, 2023, 3:00 pm ByWhen we speak about destruction of the Amazon, deforestation data are often the reference. Over the…Vietnam’s environmental NGOs face uncertain status, shrinking civic space
Feb 13, 2023, 7:45 am ByThuý, who helped run environmental programs at a nonprofit based in Ho Chi Minh City, had for weeks…‘Development’ projects in Ethiopia leave starvation, disease in wake: Report
Feb 12, 2023, 3:40 pm ByA flagship dam and large-scale sugarcane plantations in southwestern Ethiopia are causing starvation…Costa Rica announces ban on fishing of hammerhead sharks
Feb 10, 2023, 8:43 pm ByMEXICO CITY — Fishing for hammerhead sharks is now illegal in Costa Rica, thanks to the signing of…Amid global mezcal craze, scientists and communities try out sustainable plantations
Feb 10, 2023, 7:07 pm ByTEHUACÁN-CUICATLÁN BIOSPHERE RESERVE, Mexico — The palenques, or local mezcal production sites,…Biden-Lula Meeting: The time is right for U.S. and Brazil to work together for Amazonia (commentary)
Feb 10, 2023, 3:59 pm ByThe Amazon rainforest and its people have gone through tough times recently. For the last four…Element Africa: A lawsuit over oil, deaths over mining, and worries over lithium
Feb 10, 2023, 1:31 pm ByNiger Delta community pursues new claims over Shell oil spills in U.K. court More than 11,000 people…Study suggests canine distemper may be fueling human-leopard conflicts in Nepal
Feb 10, 2023, 11:11 am ByKATHMANDU — On Nov. 1 last year, a leopard dragged off an 8-year-old boy as he was playing just…Brazil-U.S. cooperation is key for global forest conservation (commentary)
Feb 9, 2023, 11:55 pm ByTwo days after the two-year anniversary of the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, copycat mayhem…Lula’s government must go far beyond undoing Bolsonaro policies on Amazon forest and Indigenous communities (commentary)
Feb 9, 2023, 7:22 pm ByThe Amazonian Chief Raoni Metuktire visited the U.K. in January 2020, accompanied by Megaron…Update gives practical guidance for buyers of tropical forest carbon credits
Feb 9, 2023, 6:06 pm ByEight conservation and Indigenous organizations have released a detailed guide for companies looking…
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