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The packed-earth trail winds through the dense and tangled forest of Vanuatu, the ocean crashing…The long struggle of women farmers to halt a zinc mine in North Sumatra
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Jan 26, 2026, 4:24 pm By
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The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) shared with the U.S. administration a list of state-backed…Patagonia fires reignite debate over Argentina’s underfunded environmental agencies
Jan 26, 2026, 8:00 am By
Fires have surged through the forests of Argentina’s Patagonia region since the start of the year,…José Zanardini, the priest who tried to reconcile faith and Indigenous autonomy
Jan 26, 2026, 12:59 am By
For much of South America’s history, the arrival of a missionary has carried two reputations at…Many Amazon climate disasters are missing from official records, study finds
Jan 24, 2026, 4:32 am By
More than 12,500 extreme climate events were registered in the Amazon biome between 2013 and 2023,…Honeyguide birds learn local human dialects
Jan 23, 2026, 11:44 pm By
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For Isabel Esterman, impact in her journalism doesn’t come from a single ground-breaking story,…Kirtida Mekani, Singapore’s tree lady, has died, aged 66
Jan 23, 2026, 11:30 am By
Singapore sells itself as an engineered miracle: a dense city that works, where heat, rain, and…In Brazil, planting forests for carbon credits could help ecosystem restoration
Jan 23, 2026, 11:12 am By
In Eunápolis, in the southern Brazilian state of Bahia, the clearing of Atlantic Forest for…World Bank watchdog looks into Nepal cable car project amid Indigenous outcry
Jan 23, 2026, 5:35 am By
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Jan 22, 2026, 7:59 pm By
The first time Virgilio Viana saw the Amazon, he was a 16-year-old traveling with two school…Making 60% of the ocean manageable (Commentary)
Jan 22, 2026, 7:45 pm By
For most of modern history, the open ocean has been treated as a place apart. Beyond the…Interpol-backed police make nearly 200 arrests in Amazon region gold mining sweep
Jan 22, 2026, 7:05 pm By
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Police and prosecutors from Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana and Suriname…Francis Hallé, the botanist who took a raft into the rainforest canopy
Jan 22, 2026, 4:00 am By
In most forests, a visitor’s eye is trained on what can be reached. The trunk can be measured. The…Indonesia revokes forest and mine permits over role in deadly Sumatra landslides
Jan 22, 2026, 1:38 am By
JAKARTA — The Indonesian government has revoked the permits of 28 companies over environmental…Philippines hosts new Asia-Pacific hub for sustainable agriculture, cuisine
Jan 21, 2026, 11:16 pm By
BACOLOD CITY, Philippines — For five days last November, the city of Bacolod in the central…
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