Deep-sea mining project in PNG resurfaces despite community opposition
Aug 18, 2023, 2:20 pm ByKAVIENG, Papua New Guinea — Papua New Guinea’s minister for mining confirmed in early August…Tropical lakes are carbon super sinks, even more than forests, study shows
Aug 18, 2023, 10:17 am ByAmazonian lakes sequester carbon dioxide at a rate 39% higher than the rainforest itself. This is…Study: Tall trees and shade boost bat diversity on Africa’s cocoa farms
Aug 17, 2023, 7:54 pm ByInsect-eating bats that prey on pests in cocoa farms prefer farms that retain large, old-growth…The deceptions of the Amazon Summit in Belém (commentary)
Aug 17, 2023, 7:24 pm ByThe fact that the eight Amazonian countries met and discussed deforestation is positive, although…Has the Buddha’s legacy in Nepal helped save sarus cranes?
Aug 17, 2023, 2:57 pm ByKATHMANDU — Long ago, in the ancient kingdom of Kapilavastu, young prince Siddhartha Gautama, who…Energy company evades oil clean up as spills continue to contaminate Colombian town
Aug 17, 2023, 2:46 pm ByJosé Celestino Trujillo is a fisherman who lived for nearly 80 years in the same rural district in…Where are the giraffes hiding? Predictive tracking tech points the way
Aug 17, 2023, 12:09 pm ByStephanie Fennessy and her husband have been tagging giraffes in Africa since the early 2000s. The…Beach heat: Study shows increasing temperature extremes on Brazil’s coast
Aug 17, 2023, 10:13 am ByReleased in February 2022, the latest report prepared by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate…Offshore drilling faces backlash in Argentina after skirting environmental regulations
Aug 17, 2023, 9:00 am ByArgentina has spent the last several years expanding its investments into offshore drilling. But…Hydropower in the Pan Amazon: The Madeira Hydropower Complex
Aug 17, 2023, 8:39 am ByThe Rio Madeira was the next Amazonian tributary to attract the attention of Brazil’s hydropower…Jakarta snags ‘most polluted’ title as air quality plunges and officials dither
Aug 17, 2023, 5:27 am ByJAKARTA — Millions of residents of Jakarta have for the past several weeks suffered from some of…‘All will be well’: Q&A with Kenyan fisher turned coral gardener Katana Ngala
Aug 17, 2023, 12:01 am ByKURUWITU, Kenya — Six days a week, Katana Ngala reports to his workplace, a rudimentary open-air…Indonesian fishers not biting at new policy perceived as undermining them
4:00pm ByJAKARTA — A quota-based fisheries management system that the Indonesian government introduced…Kordofan giraffes face local extinction in 15 years if poaching continues
3:33pm ByIf just two Kordofan giraffes are killed each year, the subspecies could be locally extinct in just…As Bangladesh’s crab fishery booms, its wild stocks suffer the fallout
1:44pm ByDHAKA — Abdus Sobur is a small fisherman with a simple formula for success: “Catch those mud…Sumatra women farmers celebrate court win against China-backed zinc mine
1:40pm ByJAKARTA — In June, Dormaida Sihotang and dozens of other women from Dairi district in…Hydropower in the Pan Amazon: Tucuruí and the Tocantins Cascade
9:43am ByThe oldest hydropower facility in the Brazilian Amazon is the Tucuruí D&R complex (8.4 GW) on the…Palm oil, pulpwood firms not doing enough to prevent peat fires, analysis shows
Tue 2:29pm ByJAKARTA — A new analysis has found a Switzerland-sized area of tropical peatland in Indonesia is…Congo Basin’s elephants boost carbon capture, but need salt-licks to survive
Tue 11:31am ByThe approach to the “village of elephants” in the Sangha Rainforest in the Central African…Niéde Guidon’s 50-year fight to protect Serra da Capivara, the Americas’ largest prehistoric site
Tue 9:06am ByNiéde Guidon has long since stopped her walks through Serra da Capivara National Park. Living as a…
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