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
9:04pm 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
4:11pm 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)
3:31pm 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
3:22pm 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
1:33pm ByThirty years ago, Brazil issued a decree officially recognizing the ancestral land of the Yanomami…New near-real-time tool reveals Earth’s land cover in more detail than ever before
12:40pm ByGoogle and the World Resources Institute (WRI) this week announced the launch of a new mapping tool…For traditional peoples in Brazil’s Maranhão state, progress brings violence
10:03am ByAldeli de Jesus Ribeiro, also known as Pan Akroá Gamella, has scars all over his body as a result…‘Protecting snow leopards benefits other species’: Q&A with Rinzin Phunjok Lama
4:32am ByKATHMANDU — Think of big cats in Nepal, and you’ll probably picture a Bengal tiger. And while…Indigenous agroforestry dying of thirst amid a sea of avocados in Mexico
Wed 5:42pm ByANGAHUAN, Mexico — “Cuchita is the fourth-generation herb collector of our family,” says Juana…Indonesia should take a leadership role in the Global Plastics Treaty (commentary)
Wed 12:45pm ByMarch 2 marked a historic day for the global effort to eradicate plastic pollution. The United…Can conservation technology help save our rapidly disappearing species? | Problem Solved
Wed 12:44pm ByDuring what scientists have named the “Sixth Mass Extinction” (the fifth one wiped out the…Chinese pond heron spotted in Nepal for first time
Wed 12:16pm ByKATHMANDU — The list of bird species found in Nepal has now grown to 891, after a bird never…New study offers answers for why tropical birds are more colorful
Wed 10:31am By“The closer one gets to the tropics, the greater the variety of structures, graceful forms and…‘Tendrils of hope’ for the ocean: Q&A with conservationist Charles Clover
Wed 9:53am ByIn 2004, Charles Clover published a book called The End of the Line that painted a dismal view of…End old-growth logging in carbon-rich ‘crown jewel’ of U.S. forests: Study
Wed 5:52am ByThe Tongass National Forest in the U.S. state of Alaska is a special place for conservation…Why Russia should not win the bid for Bolivia’s lithium (commentary)
Jun 7, 2022, 6:42 pm ByThe Arce government is currently negotiating with various foreign companies, including Argentina,…Foreign capital powers Brazil’s meatpackers and helps deforest the Amazon
Jun 7, 2022, 2:49 pm ByIt’s largely accepted that clearing land for cattle accounts for 70% of Amazon deforestation, with…Report sums up wealth of Sri Lanka’s biodiversity — and the threats it faces
Jun 7, 2022, 1:53 pm ByCOLOMBO — Sri Lanka has submitted its 6th National Report to the Convention on Biological…
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