Sulawesi islanders grieve land lost to nickel mine
Oct 6, 2022, 2:03 am ByWAWONII ISLAND, Indonesia — The coconut palm has been a source of food and identity for centuries…Podcast: ‘Destructive & flawed’: Claire Nouvian on bottom trawling’s many impacts
10:23pm ByThe European Commission (EC) made headlines recently for moving to protect an area half the size of…Conservatives tighten grip on Brazil Congress, hampering environmental agenda
6:54pm ByAs the rest of the world closely watched Brazil’s presidential election on Oct. 2, the country’s…Malaysia revokes oil palm concession near UNESCO-listed Bornean park
5:07pm ByIn a surprise victory for Indigenous communities in Malaysian Borneo, the Sarawak state government…Trouble in the tropics: The terrestrial insects of Brazil are in decline
3:12pm ByIn 1978, when he moved to his current home on the rural outskirts of Campinas, Brazil, Thomas…‘Disclose the deal,’ East Africa pipeline opponents say (commentary)
1:39pm ByThe East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) will have vast consequences for Uganda’s people and…Forests & Finance: Sit-ins, seeds over seedlings, and fuel-saving cookstoves
11:15am ByLiberian forest communities were supposed to get a cut of logging fees. They say they got a sliver…Survey captures Bornean ecosystems and Indigenous lives around them
8:06am ByAfter two years tracking the sights, sounds and cultural significance of the forests that form their…New study identifies mature forests on U.S. federal lands ripe for protection
Tue 5:00pm ByIn a major new study, a team of scientists has published what it calls the first-ever, map-based…‘One more thing’ about plastics: They could be acidifying the ocean, study says
Tue 3:10pm ByThe trillions of pieces of plastic currently roving through the global ocean are known to be an…Element Africa: Diamonds, oil, coltan, and more diamonds
Tue 2:10pm ByFrom oil to diamonds, offshore prospecting looms over South African fishing town DORINGBAAI, South…The force is strong with space lasers helping researchers map the Amazon in 3D
Tue 1:50pm ByFor decades, satellite images have clearly captured how rampant deforestation is destroying the…The mine leak was bad. The DRC and Angola’s response are no better, report says
Tue 12:19pm ByThe July 2021 rupture of a tailings dam at a diamond mine in Angola killed off much of the aquatic…Will the Uinta Basin Railway derail U.S. climate change efforts? (commentary)
Oct 3, 2022, 8:04 pm ByThe Uinta Basin, named after the Ute Tribe, is located in Northeast Utah and Western Colorado, about…The Amazon will reach tipping point if current trend of deforestation continues
Oct 3, 2022, 2:01 pm ByAcross the entire 847 million hectares of Amazonian territory, some 26% of its forests are showing…As Indonesia paints rosy picture for orangutans, scientists ask: Where’s the data?
Oct 3, 2022, 11:46 am ByDutch biologist Erik Meijaard isn’t afraid to ruffle feathers. In the past 15 years, he’s…Labor groups seek to build on Indonesian palm oil court win in new cases
Oct 3, 2022, 2:06 am ByIndonesian palm oil workers and labor rights activists are looking to press their advantage…Maasai villages lose court case on evictions to create wildlife game reserve
Oct 1, 2022, 8:00 pm ByThe East African Court of Justice (EACJ) has ruled in favor of the Tanzanian government after a…Photos: How Sri Lanka’s forced organic transition crippled its tea industry
Oct 1, 2022, 8:25 am ByIn the months leading up to Sri Lanka’s presidential election in November 2019, leading candidate…Catfished: New species described from DRC after mistaken identity
Sep 30, 2022, 2:47 pm ByIn 2006 and 2010, Congolese researcher Raoul Monsembula collected catfish and other species from the…
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