Ethiopian women plant trees, restoring lands & livelihoods
Apr 1, 2026, 4:37 pm By
In the southern Ethiopian region of Sidama, unsustainable farming practices and tree cutting for…Thai court rules gold mine liable, but villagers face uncertain justice
Apr 1, 2026, 2:17 pm By
BAN KHAO MO, Thailand — On March 24, 2026, residents of this small community achieved a landmark…American Samoa said ‘no’ to deep sea mining, Washington heard ‘faster’ (commentary)
Apr 1, 2026, 12:07 pm By
At 7:45 a.m. one recent January day in American Samoa, a delegation from Greenpeace and Pacific…Marina Silva steps down as Brazil’s environment minister to run for Congress
Apr 1, 2026, 12:07 pm By
SAO PAULO (AP) — Marina Silva is stepping down as Brazil’s environment minister so that she can…A ‘big book’ documenting Cameroon’s sharks & rays fills critical conservation gap
Apr 1, 2026, 11:16 am By
BUEA, Cameroon — To his fishing peers, Ojah Alfred, 45, is a fisher like they are. But to…Working together, Indigenous peoples & researchers describe new Amazonian palm
Apr 1, 2026, 10:06 am By
In 2025, botanists Rodrigo Cámara-Leret and Juan Carlos Copete embarked on a two-hour boat ride…‘Sharing is off the table’ as drought reshapes the lives of Ethiopia’s pastoralists
Apr 1, 2026, 3:00 am By
JIJIGA, Ethiopia — The land here used to speak. At dawn in Kebribeyah district, Somali Regional…State fishing village plan in Indonesian Papua sparks Indigenous opposition
Mar 31, 2026, 11:41 pm By
Indigenous leaders in Indonesia’s South Papua province have rejected a government plan to build a…Oil surge sharpens calls for Indonesia to shift away from fossil fuels
Mar 31, 2026, 11:23 pm By
JAKARTA — As the U.S.-Israel war on Iran drives oil prices above $100 a barrel and disrupts global…Meaningful conservation demands truth, not just facts, says political ecologist
Mar 31, 2026, 7:00 pm By
The people and policies that control how humans treat the natural world are increasingly dominated…What ‘paper parks’ reveal about the limits of conservation policy (commentary)
Mar 31, 2026, 6:36 pm By
Conservation has no shortage of ambitious policy. Marine protected areas now cover roughly 8% of the…The underwater meadows that help keep beaches from disappearing
Mar 31, 2026, 2:57 pm By
Seagrass meadows, which rarely draw the attention given to coral reefs or mangrove forests, perform…An invasive guava is muscling out Madagascar’s forests — and lemurs are helping
Mar 31, 2026, 2:44 pm By
Madagascar is renowned for its lemurs, which are threatened due to hunting and deforestation.…Brazil is uniquely positioned to weather rising world oil prices
Mar 31, 2026, 2:29 pm By
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil is finding protection in a decades-old buffer against shocks that is both…Peru-Brazil Bioceanic Railway brings too much risk to the Amazon, experts warn
Mar 31, 2026, 1:16 pm By
The idea of a railway line stretching across the width of South America — from Peru on the Pacific…Indonesia reviews firms in river basins after latest floods affect 7% of Bornean province
Mar 31, 2026, 9:38 am By
BANJAR, Indonesia – Indonesia’s government continues to review mines and plantations in the…‘Ancient’ carbon venting from lakes in the Congo Basin peatlands: Study
Mar 31, 2026, 9:35 am By
Across the central Congo Basin lies a bastion of carbon that scientists are just beginning to…With high seas treaty in place, West African countries plan for protected area
Mar 31, 2026, 8:51 am By
With the High Seas Treaty coming into force in January, efforts to establish protected areas in the…Baby octopus in Argentina: Photo of the week
Mar 31, 2026, 6:19 am By
These eggs belong to a small octopus known in Argentinian Patagonia as pulperos. So little is known…Conservation depends on rangers. Their wellbeing is often an afterthought
Mar 31, 2026, 5:27 am By
The gunfire began just before six in the morning. At first, Christine Lain thought it might be a…
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