Gold rush in Ecuador’s Amazon region threatens 1,500 communities
Mar 11, 2022, 4:00 pm ByIn Ecuador’s central Napo province, legal and illegal gold mining in rivers is expanding, causing…Patrols work, but community-based conservation needs a rethink, study shows
Mar 11, 2022, 8:03 am ByUganda’s Kibale National Park is a primate haven, home to 13 primate species, including…From teak farms to agroforestry: Panama tests reforestation strategies
Mar 10, 2022, 10:21 pm ByCOLÓN, Panama — Roughly 3 million years ago, a land mass arose from the ocean creating an isthmus…WWF report calls forests a vital public health solution
Mar 10, 2022, 5:21 pm ByDuring the pandemic, as researchers looked to wet markets and the animal trade in search of the…Moore Foundation pledges extra $300m to boost conservation of Amazon
Mar 10, 2022, 4:26 pm ByTo achieve earmarked conservation efforts in the Amazon, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation has…Tiger and bear rescue spotlights captive wildlife tourism woes in Thailand
Mar 10, 2022, 1:45 pm ByThe future of Phuket Zoo was uncertain long before the COVID-19 pandemic closed Thailand’s borders…In West and Central Africa, palm oil investors buckle under community pressure
Mar 10, 2022, 11:33 am ByWhen commodity prices spiked in the late 2000s, multinational agribusiness giants smelled profits.…South America hosts nearly half of 9,000 tree species unknown to science
Mar 10, 2022, 10:56 am By“Since childhood I have always been fascinated by the diversity of living things on our planet and…Indonesian ex-minister gets sentence cut for ‘good work’ fueled by corruption
Mar 10, 2022, 10:30 am ByJAKARTA — Indonesia’s former fisheries minister has had his jail sentence for corruption slashed…Podcast: Are ‘nature based solutions’ the best fix for climate change?
Mar 9, 2022, 11:22 pm ByToday we look at mangrove restoration and the effectiveness of nature based solutions to climate…To cooperatively stop deforestation for commodities, navigating ‘legal’ vs ‘zero’ is key (commentary)
Mar 9, 2022, 7:25 pm ByIllegal deforestation represents an outsized share of global deforestation. Tropical forest loss is…Photos: On Colombo’s outskirts, an urban birding paradise flourishes
Mar 9, 2022, 7:01 pm ByCOLOMBO — Lake Diyawanna in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka’s administrative capital, sits…In a national park plagued by encroachers, Indonesia tries a new approach
Mar 9, 2022, 3:53 pm ByBESITANG, Indonesia — Suwardi, a 51-year-old from Indonesia’s North Sumatra province, used to…Study finds major brands selling cat food that contain protected sharks
Mar 9, 2022, 3:26 pm ByShark meat from vulnerable species is being processed into cat food for major brands, according to a…The isolated tapirs of the Atlantic Forest face an uncertain future
Mar 9, 2022, 11:36 am ByIn Brazil, calling someone a tapir is usually an insult. But there’s plenty of reason it should be…Climate change set to upend global fishery agreements, study warns
Mar 9, 2022, 9:45 am ByUnlike boundaries on the land, the ocean is contiguous — fish move and transcend international…Indonesian fishing boat found with banned trawl net highlights enforcement challenges
Mar 9, 2022, 1:16 am ByNATUNA, Indonesia — A fishing vessel seized by authorities in Indonesia for a zoning violation was…Greek conservationists collaborate to protect endemic species in face of climate change
Mar 8, 2022, 8:51 pm ByHigh above sea level on the central Greek mountain of Oiti, the mythological place of Hercules’…Gold used in Italian wedding rings linked to Amazon deforestation
Mar 8, 2022, 7:53 pm ByA leading Italian group that refines gold for use in jewelry is getting some of its precious metal…‘Comical’ bat not seen in 40 years is found again in a Rwandan park
Mar 8, 2022, 4:15 pm By“When we caught it, we all just looked at it and said, ‘You look ridiculous. Look how big your…
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