Blazing start to Amazon’s ‘fire season’ as burning hits August record
Sep 1, 2022, 8:40 pm ByTowns in the Brazilian states of Amazonas and Pará have experienced a recent bout of skies overcast…Small conservation areas provide large benefits for biodiversity (commentary)
Sep 1, 2022, 6:05 pm ByOn Monday mornings, a group of birdwatchers gathers at 7 a.m. to walk through Huntley Meadows…In revising its criminal code, Indonesia risks unraveling environmental laws
Sep 1, 2022, 4:23 pm ByJAKARTA — An ambitious and long-anticipated plan by Indonesian lawmakers to revise the country’s…Seaweed an increasingly fragile lifeline for Philippine farmers
Sep 1, 2022, 12:04 pm ByBalintang, PHILIPPINES — “Seaweeds are important to me because they give me joy when we plant…‘Brazilians aren’t familiar with the Amazon’: Q&A with Ângela Mendes
Sep 1, 2022, 11:22 am ByÂngela Mendes was 17 years old when she began to spend more time with her father, the rubber tapper…In Bali, snakefruit farmers hope agroforestry bears fruit as island reopens
Sep 1, 2022, 11:07 am ByDENPASAR, Indonesia — People in Sibetan village got used to wearing face masks before the…Maldives shark-fishing ban tested by ebbing support from small fishers
Sep 1, 2022, 7:55 am ByIn 2021, faced with an economy battered by the COVID-19 pandemic, the island nation of Maldives…Protecting global forests with a limited budget? New study shows where and when to start
Aug 31, 2022, 7:46 pm ByMoney for conservation is limited, and deciding how to prioritize spending raises questions not only…Crimes against the Amazon reverberate across Brazil, analysis shows
Aug 31, 2022, 7:40 pm ByThe Brazilian Amazon covers nine of the country’s 27 states, but environmental crimes committed in…Climate change hits northern Mexico, as officials look to solve water crisis
Aug 31, 2022, 5:24 pm ByIn northern Mexico, it’s become common to see tankers delivering thousands of gallons of water to…‘More responsible forest management is needed’: Q&A with FSC’s Kim Carstensen
Aug 31, 2022, 3:12 pm ByForests are an integral part of Earth’s ecosystems as they provide essential social, economic and…Venezuelan Amazon deforestation expands due to lawlessness, mining, fires: Reports
Aug 31, 2022, 2:21 pm ByMore than 140,000 hectares (346,000 acres) of primary forest in the Venezuelan Amazon were lost…Lack of finance prevents Bangladesh farmers from diversifying their rice crops
Aug 31, 2022, 7:01 am ByBangladesh is home to more than 130 different rice varieties, but a lack of economic incentives…Java communities rally as clock ticks on cleanup of ‘world’s dirtiest river’
Aug 31, 2022, 1:18 am ByBANDUNG, Indonesia — In a valley downstream from the source of the Citarum River, retired army…Indepedent watchdog confirms rampant deforestation in the Amazon
Aug 31, 2022, 12:31 am ByDeforestation is on track to register a near-15-year-high in the Brazilian Amazon according to data…In Kathmandu, when the falcon’s away, pigeons come out to play. And poop
Aug 30, 2022, 11:37 am ByKATHMANDU —They can be seen nesting in tight spaces between buildings, on window panes and…Brazil miner sees Indigenous land as ripe for exploration if protections expire
Aug 30, 2022, 7:41 am ByA Brazilian company stands poised to start mining inside an Indigenous territory in the Amazon as…In Indonesian Papua, a one-time gun trafficker now preaches permaculture
Aug 30, 2022, 12:23 am BySORONG, Indonesia — Thriving across half a hectare in the hills of West Papua’s Mariat district…China-backed mine in Indonesia poses high risk, World Bank watchdog warns
Aug 29, 2022, 5:19 pm ByJAKARTA — A China-backed zinc and lead mine being developed in Indonesia’s Sumatra Island may…Biomass cofiring loopholes put coal on open-ended life support in Asia
Aug 29, 2022, 4:53 pm ByAmid calls for developed nations to phase out coal use by 2030, and for developing countries to do…
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