Mexico court drops injunctions, paving way for controversial Tren Maya railway
Aug 15, 2022, 7:15 am ByA major section of Mexico’s Tren Maya railway line could be moving forward with construction,…Bolivia’s former ‘death road’ is now a haven for wildlife
Aug 12, 2022, 5:52 pm ByIn Bolivia, the infamous “Death Road” has become a haven for life. Once the only route north…Drawing the wrong lessons from Sri Lanka’s organic farming experience (commentary)
Aug 12, 2022, 3:39 pm BySince the downfall of Sri Lanka’s former president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, in mid-July, some…In a hotter, drier climate, how serious is fire risk to island seabirds?
Aug 12, 2022, 1:06 pm ByFor years, seabird ecologist Jennifer Lavers longed to survey the colonies of short-tailed…Amazon deforestation on pace to roughly match last year’s rate of loss
Aug 12, 2022, 12:54 pm ByDeforestation in Earth’s largest rainforest is on track to rival last year’s 15-year-high…Toxic rare earth mines fuel deforestation, rights abuses in Myanmar, report says
Aug 12, 2022, 11:17 am ByThe dramatic expansion of rare earth mining in northern Myanmar in recent years is fueling human…‘Protection too small, pressure too high’ for tree species globally, study finds
7:45pm ByTrees play a critical role in supporting life on Earth, and over the past few years, everyone from…Climate change and overfishing threaten once ‘endless’ Antarctic krill
6:28pm ByAntarctic krill — tiny, filter-feeding crustaceans that live in the Southern Ocean — have long…Drought-beset South African city taps aquifer, shirks long-term solutions: Critics
6:25pm ByA drought-stricken South African coastal metropolis, facing a likely large-scale shutdown of its…‘The water is brown’: Community in Guyana rings the alarm over unsustainable mining near river
5:52pm ByCHINESE LANDING, Guyana – When first entering the territory of the Carib Indigenous community in…Indigenous lands, knowledge are essential for saving primates from extinction, says new study
5:27pm ByThe declining population of non-human primates, like monkeys, apes, tarsiers or prosimians, mainly…Indonesia backtracks on plan criticized for ‘privatizing’ fisheries resources
2:54pm ByJAKARTA — The Indonesian government has abandoned a plan to contract out long-term fishing rights…No critical examination of flawed environmental assessments in Nepal, experts say
2:00pm ByKATHMANDU — When Nepal’s Supreme Court recently canceled government plans to build an…Analysis: Pesticides are creating a biodiversity crisis in Europe
12:31pm ByTravelling by train from central London, it doesn’t take long before the city gives way to a…Photos: Meet the Indonesians on the front lines of human-elephant conflict in Sumatra
1:32am ByCOT GIREK, Indonesia — Nestled between a vast palm oil plantation and the Sumatran rainforest is…Cambodian government cancels development of Phnom Tamao forest amid outcry
1:30am ByPHNOM TAMAO, Cambodia — Prime Minister Hun Sen has stepped in to cancel all development projects…Love ‘em and loathe ‘em: Mediterranean grapples with tasty, voracious invasive crabs
Wed 6:26pm ByDJERBA, Tunisia, and SICILY, Italy — On the deck of the Ghanem, which in Arabic means…Overlooked and at risk, seagrass is habitat of choice for many small-scale fishers
Wed 3:51pm ByJAKARTA — Seagrass meadows are the fishing grounds of choice for many households in four…Study highlights elusive Cameroonian gorillas, and the threats encircling them
Wed 2:36pm ByGunshots, grassland and a tiny population of critically endangered gorillas coexisting with nearby…Private road sparks fears for Cameroon’s Ebo Forest
Wed 1:11pm BySince March, bulldozers have opened around 40 kilometers, or 25 miles, of dirt road running north…
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