Latest ‘plan for the planet’ calls for protecting 44% of land, home to 1.8b humans
Tue 1:54pm ByHow much of Earth’s terrestrial area needs protection to secure the planet’s biodiversity? A new…Coal mining threatens Ethiopia’s ancient coffee forest
Tue 1:41pm BySitting high in the hills of southwestern Ethiopia, the thick green forest of Yayu is a haven of…Indonesia issues long-delayed rules to protect migrant fishing workers
Tue 2:37am ByJAKARTA — Indonesia has issued a much-anticipated decree to boost the protection of Indonesian…Proposed copper and gold mine threatens the world’s ‘second Amazon’ in PNG
Jun 13, 2022, 3:20 pm ByThe Sepik River takes an unhurried 1,126 kilometers, or 700 miles, to snake from the lush highland…World is losing ‘magical’ tradition of human-animal mutualism, study warns
Jun 13, 2022, 1:05 pm ByGcina Dlamini blows through a whistle fashioned from a piece of dried fruit in the forest near his…Loggers close in on one of the world’s oldest biosphere reserves
Jun 13, 2022, 11:04 am ByISANGI, Congo — In a secluded corner of the Congo, machetes in hand, scientists make their way…‘GPS’ bird points to the sweet spot: Q&A with honey hunter Eliupendo Laltaika
Jun 13, 2022, 10:17 am ByEliupendo Laltaika spent much of his childhood in the village of Nainokanoka, in the northern part…In Indonesian Borneo, a succession of extractive industries multiplies impacts, social fractures
Jun 13, 2022, 8:34 am ByIndustrial logging, rubber, oil palm, then coal. The snowballing effects of these extractive…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…
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