Maasai protesters shot, beaten as Tanzania moves forward with wildlife game reserve
Jun 14, 2022, 11:48 pm ByWhen 700 members of Tanzania’s anti-riot Field Force Unit (FFU) arrived in the Loliondo division…Mahogany, a pillar of the rainforest, needs support (commentary)
Jun 14, 2022, 9:21 pm ByMahogany is everything you would want in a tree: tall and majestic, with leaves up to half a meter…Zoo animals not immune to Sri Lanka’s economic rout as food prices surge
Jun 14, 2022, 7:20 pm ByCOLOMBO — Si Lanka’s main zoo is bracing for a food crunch for its 4,500 animals, amid runaway…‘That’s a scam’: Indian firm’s REDD+ carbon deal in the DRC raises concern
Jun 14, 2022, 4:17 pm ByIluka Alain was a bit surprised when the two men turned up on a motorcycle in December 2021 in…Latest ‘plan for the planet’ calls for protecting 44% of land, home to 1.8b humans
Jun 14, 2022, 1:54 pm 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
Jun 14, 2022, 1:41 pm 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
Jun 14, 2022, 2:37 am 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
2:44pm 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
Fri 4:17pm 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
Fri 3:28pm 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
Fri 11:58am 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
Fri 9:42am 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
Fri 7:00am 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…
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