How predatory fishing has decimated Brazil coastal fish populations for decades
A study by the ReefSYN group analyzed reef fish landings between 1950 and 2015, finding significant changes in the species caught.Reduced catch volumes, increased...
In largest ever study, Indigenous and local communities report the impacts...
Sonam Lama Hyolmo
Article by: Sonam Lama Hyolmo
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South Africa Today - Environment
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Report links H&M and Zara to major environmental damage in biodiverse...
A report by U.K. investigative NGO Earthsight links supply chains of fashion giants H&M and Zara to large-scale illegal deforestation, land-grabbing, violence and corruption...
Panama delays promised relocation of sinking island community
The government of Panama continues to delay the process of relocating almost 1,300 Indigenous Guna inhabitants from an island experiencing rising sea levels due...
International hesitancy to adopt environmental regulations threatens Indigenous rights
In recent years, state and corporate actors have been hesitant to adopt measures to reach climate and biodiversity goals, in some cases watering down...
The environmental mismanagement of enduring oil industry impacts in the Pan...
The history of extractivism in the Pan Amazon shows that environmental damage has been commonplace, only now there are new demands from the parent...
Indigenous efforts to save Peru’s Marañon River could spell trouble for...
In March, the Federation of Kukama Indigenous Women in the Parinari district of Loreto won a lawsuit against the oil company Petroperú and the...
Sumatra villages count cost of deadly river tsunami swelled by illegal...
Several days of extreme rainfall beginning March 7 triggered fatal flash flooding across Indonesia’s West Sumatra province, resulting in at least 30 deaths and...
Hyundai ends aluminum deal with Adaro Minerals following K-pop protest
The South Korean auto company Hyundai has ended its 2022 agreement for procuring aluminum for its electric vehicles from Adaro Minerals, which plans to...
Caribbean startups are turning excess seaweed into an agroecology solution
Sargassum, a type of brown macroalgae, has been inundating beaches across the Caribbean since 2011. It comes from the Sargasso Sea in the Atlantic...
Brazil’s illegal gold trade takes a hammering, but persists underground
Measures throughout 2023 to curb the illegal gold trade in Brazil led to a 20% drop in the country’s exports of the precious metal.In...
Global coral beaching now underway looks set to be largest on...
Scientists say that coral reefs are currently undergoing a global bleaching event, with more than 54% of the world’s coral reef areas in the...
