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Jan 23, 2025, 12:50 pm By
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Jan 23, 2025, 12:09 pm By
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Jan 23, 2025, 8:08 am By
Hundreds of tortoises have died following severe floods at a sanctuary in southwestern Madagascar…World Bank cancels $150m tourism project in Tanzania after abuse claims
Jan 23, 2025, 4:22 am By
The World Bank has cancelled a $150 million project to boost tourism to Tanzania’s Ruaha National…Rising deforestation threatens rare species in Indonesia’s ancient Lake Poso
Jan 22, 2025, 4:28 pm By
Over the course of just eight years, the forests surrounding Indonesia’s Lake Poso, an ecological…Survey uncovers ‘wildlife treasure’ in Cambodian park — but also signs of threats
Jan 22, 2025, 4:02 pm By
The first biodiversity survey ever conducted in one of northwestern Cambodia’s last forest…Five-month-old male gorilla, victim of illegal wildlife trade, seized in Istanbul
Jan 22, 2025, 1:57 pm By
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Jan 22, 2025, 1:30 pm By
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Jan 22, 2025, 10:02 am By
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Jan 22, 2025, 7:05 am By
The southern states of the U.S. are facing a winter storm this week that will bring heavy snow and…Indigenous communities rise up against prison projects in Ecuador
Jan 22, 2025, 5:04 am By
Intense protests flared up last December in communities opposed to Ecuadorian President Daniel…Study shows degradation changes a forest’s tree profile and its carbon storage
Jan 22, 2025, 4:00 am By
As forests continue to be cleared and forested landscapes degraded by human activity, their loss can…Coal gasification, an old technology, is quietly expanding across Asia
Jan 21, 2025, 4:15 pm By
In Nagasaki prefecture, on the southern Japanese island of Kyushu, J-Power, the operator of the…Traditional ecological knowledge isn’t dying — it’s adapting and transforming (Commentary)
Jan 21, 2025, 4:13 pm By
Several years ago, I took a solo trip to the Huánuco region of the central Peruvian Amazon. After…Brazil’s ‘innovative’ reforestation agenda discussed in Davos (commentary)
Jan 21, 2025, 12:47 pm By
In the quiet Swiss town of Davos, Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain unfolds as young Hans…New study assesses threat to wildlife from cacao expansion in Congo Basin
Jan 21, 2025, 11:43 am By
Cacao cultivation is a major threat to the Congo Basin rainforest, with new research showing just…
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