‘Let’s understand the value of the forest’ says Liberia’s Silas Siakor
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Sep 1, 2025, 7:22 am By
Researchers reviewing the diversity of bats in the Western Himalayas in India recently confirmed a…Liberia has a new plan to protect its rainforests. Can it work?
Sep 1, 2025, 7:20 am By
Around half of West Africa’s remaining rainforests are in the small coastal nation of Liberia.…How scientists unmask climate change’s role in extreme weather
Sep 1, 2025, 7:12 am By
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Sep 1, 2025, 6:26 am By
KATHMANDU — Debate is growing in Nepal over moves to start breeding the Bengal florican, a…An Indigenous-led solar canoe initiative expands across the Amazon
Sep 1, 2025, 3:00 am By
A solar-powered canoe initiative originally launched in Ecuador’s Amazon in 2017 has now expanded…Marc Stalmans, ecologist who helped restore Gorongosa’s wildlife, dies at 66
Aug 31, 2025, 5:02 pm By
Marc Stalmans, who died of natural causes on August 30th at 66, spent much of his life restoring…On Java’s Mount Slamet, two former trappers find new calling as bird protectors
Aug 31, 2025, 11:13 am By
BANYUMAS, Indonesia — As youngsters, Ari and Junianto would clamber over the upland above…Cruise industry expansion collides with Cozumel’s coral reef
Aug 30, 2025, 4:22 pm By
Villa Blanca Reef off Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula is home to emblematic and endangered species,…Kafue River Transect
Aug 30, 2025, 2:19 am By
From its source in the wetlands near Zambia’s northwestern border, through the industrial zones of…Cape Town faces backlash over proposal to kill baboons
Aug 29, 2025, 5:08 pm By
In Cape Town, South Africa, an ongoing conflict between people and baboons has escalated to the…Carbon offset markets are unfair to communities in Borneo & beyond (commentary)
Aug 29, 2025, 3:14 pm By
I write this while waiting for my tablet to die. Tomorrow, I’ll return to air-conditioning, stable…Despite pledge, Colombia still has ways to expand Amazon oil exploration
Aug 29, 2025, 2:50 pm By
Over the last several years, the Colombian government has taken steps to end oil and gas drilling in…A ‘sea war’ brews off Gambia as desperate local fishermen attack foreign vessels, and each other
Aug 29, 2025, 1:33 pm By
BANJUL, Gambia (AP) — A “sea war” is brewing off the West African nation of Gambia as…Climate change is driving fish stocks from countries’ waters to the high seas: Study
Aug 29, 2025, 1:14 pm By
Fish and other marine organisms, though deeply affected by human activities, don’t respect human…As plastics treaty talks break down, are there paths to a breakthrough?
Aug 29, 2025, 12:06 pm By
Events this August raise a critical question: Can the United Nations process to combat global…Scientists decode the unusual silver-blue color of an ancient South African plant
Aug 29, 2025, 12:04 pm By
Most plants get their coloration from pigments, but an endangered South African cycad gets its…Nepal’s Supreme Court halts industrial development in Buddha’s birthplace
Aug 29, 2025, 11:48 am By
KATHMANDU — Whenever Chandra Prakash Pathak visits neighboring farms in his hometown of Lumbini,…Indonesia’s fish farm expansion to absorb D.C.-sized swath of protected forests
Aug 29, 2025, 11:34 am By
WEST JAVA, Indonesia – A billion-dollar push to expand fish farming on the island of Java to…Donovan Kirkwood, protector of South Africa’s rarest plants, dies at 51 in search for one of the world’s most endangered species
Aug 29, 2025, 11:22 am By
In late August, high in South Africa’s Jonkershoek mountains, a small group of botanists picked…
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