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…Tracking rhino horn trade: Interview with International Rhino Foundation’s Nina Fascione
Aug 29, 2025, 10:20 am By
How are rhinos faring around the world? As per new findings, it’s a “mixed bag.” According to…Newly hatched Socorro dove chicks bring hope to species extinct in the wild
Aug 29, 2025, 10:15 am By
Eight Socorro dove chicks hatched at Chester Zoo in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this year. These brown…As forest elephants plummet, ebony trees decline in Central Africa’s rainforests
Aug 29, 2025, 9:05 am By
In 2017, when Vincent Deblauwe joined the Cameroon-based Congo Basin Institute (CBI) to study…Data debunks spike in Sri Lanka’s elephant killings, points at media hype
Aug 29, 2025, 6:41 am By
COLOMBO — In recent months, elephants have stolen the spotlight yet again in Sri Lanka’s…Liberian communities await justice at Salala rubber plantation after World Bank complaint
Aug 29, 2025, 6:15 am By
Five months after the World Bank’s private investment arm submitted its action plan to address…Brunei built Southeast Asia’s longest bridge. What does this mean for wildlife?
Aug 29, 2025, 12:36 am By
For local communities in Brunei, the longest bridge in Southeast Asia does more than connect remote…Brazil’s Atlantic Forest still losing ‘large amounts’ of mature forest, despite legal protection
Aug 28, 2025, 3:15 pm By
By 1970, scientists had spent 65 years thinking the black lion tamarin, a small monkey with a…The call of a native frog is heard again in Southern California thanks to help from Mexico and AI
Aug 28, 2025, 1:46 pm By
THE SANTA ROSA PLATEAU ECOLOGICAL RESERVE, Calif. (AP) — Efforts to restore the red-legged frog to…Officials struggle with land invasions in Mexico’s Balam Kú Biosphere Reserve
Aug 28, 2025, 1:26 pm By
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s Balam Kú Biosphere Reserve has been invaded over the past year by people…Rewilding project aims to restore resilience to fire-prone Spain via wildlife
Aug 28, 2025, 12:06 pm By
Some 30,000 years ago, Stone Age people decorated a cave, today known as Cueva de los Casares, in…Indigenous people gain formal role in Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization
Aug 28, 2025, 12:03 pm By
The Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) recently announced the creation of a formal role…
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