Communities launch new Thawthi Taw-Oo Indigenous Park amid Myanmar civil war
Dec 17, 2024, 1:44 pm By
Amid Myanmar’s ongoing civil war, Karen and other ethnic minority communities have officially…Shipbreaking pollutes Türkiye’s coast despite European cleanup efforts
Dec 17, 2024, 1:18 pm By
ALIAĞA, Türkiye — Every day, as dusk settles over the Aegean Sea, small vans ferrying workers…Hundreds of whales to be harpooned as Iceland issues new hunting licenses
Dec 17, 2024, 12:18 pm By
On Dec. 6, Iceland’s caretaker government announced it had issued five-year licenses to hunt fin…‘Like you, I fear the demise of the elephants’
Dec 17, 2024, 10:55 am By
On June 13, 1959, the Watha hunter Galogalo Kafonde surrendered himself to colonial Kenya’s…Indonesia reforestation plan a smoke screen for agriculture project, critics say
Dec 17, 2024, 9:46 am By
JAKARTA — At the U.N. climate conference (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, the Indonesian government…Scientists, Māori experts uncover new insights into rare spade-toothed whale
Dec 17, 2024, 9:09 am ByThe spade-toothed whale is among the rarest and least-studied of whales. Until recently, only six…Asiatic wild asses return to Saudi Arabia after 100 years
Dec 17, 2024, 7:16 am By
It’s been a century since an onager or Asiatic wild ass was last seen in Saudi Arabia. But in…Scientists in Bali find what could be the world’s largest coral colony
Dec 17, 2024, 3:53 am By
When a massive coral colony was recently discovered in the Solomon Islands, it was believed to be…On Indonesia’s unique Enggano Island, palm oil takes root in an Indigenous society
Dec 17, 2024, 2:41 am By
ENGGANO ISLAND, Indonesia — Milson Kaitora’s grandparents never had trouble finding water to…Landmark ICJ climate change hearing concludes; opinion expected in 2025
Dec 17, 2024, 12:16 am By
The world’s top court has finished hearing its largest-ever climate change case. For the first…What’s the TFFF? A forest finance tool ‘like no other’ shows promise, pitfalls
Dec 16, 2024, 6:15 pm By
In 2023, at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai, the Brazilian government proposed a new funding…Brazil passes law to cap emissions and regulate carbon market
Dec 16, 2024, 5:31 pm By
Brazil has passed a law to cap on greenhouse gas emissions from companies and set up a nationwide…We must prioritize rangeland conservation for planetary health and biodiversity (commentary)
Dec 16, 2024, 3:31 pm By
In recent years, there has been an enormous increase in awareness about the importance of…‘Shifting baselines’ in Cabo Verde after 50 years of declining fish stocks
Dec 16, 2024, 1:43 pm By
In Cabo Verde, as in many low-income countries in Africa, the historical record of fish catch is…Armed conflict, not Batwa people, at heart of Grauer’s gorillas’ decline in DRC park
Dec 16, 2024, 1:09 pm By
A new study has concluded that the decline in Grauer’s gorillas in a sector of their main…Grassroots efforts sprout up to protect Central America’s Trifinio watershed
Dec 16, 2024, 11:21 am By
ESQUIPULAS, Guatemala — An estimated 8 million migrants have entered the U.S. during the Biden…Young people in Africa call for a fair increase in funding for climate adaptation
Dec 16, 2024, 10:51 am By
Yaounde – African youths have adopted “The Yaounde African call on more than doubling Adaptation…Brazil paper and pulp industry invests in blockchain to comply with EUDR
Dec 16, 2024, 10:32 am By
The European Union’s deforestation-free products regulation (EUDR) won’t affect the operations…High-flying concessions: Clandestine airstrips, coca crops invade Ucayali’s forests
Dec 16, 2024, 4:52 am By
Zooming in on the Peruvian jungle, many hectares of deforestation can be seen amid the thick…Greater Mekong serves up 234 new species in a year, from fanged hedgehog to diva viper
Dec 16, 2024, 1:11 am By
The dense tropical forests, isolated mountain peaks and limestone karst caverns of the Greater…
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