Congo Basin communities left out by ‘fortress conservation’ fight for a...
Since the colonization of the Congo Basin by Europeans, many Indigenous communities have been cordoned off from land they once relied on in the...
Indigenous chief shot in head in Brazil’s ‘palm oil war’ region;...
On May 14, Indigenous chief Lúcio Tembé was shot by gunmen on an unpaved road in Brazil’s northern Pará state. This is the latest...
As Shell, Eni quit Niger Delta, state-backed report describes legacy of...
A new report commissioned by the governor of Bayelsa state in Nigeria said that over the course of 50 years, oil companies spilled 10-15...
For weary Niger Delta residents, shocking oil pollution report offers little...
A new report commissioned by the Bayelsa state government in Nigeria holds international oil companies like Shell, TotalEnergies, and ExxonMobil responsible for spilling at...
Targeting 3% of protected areas could accelerate progress on 30×30 goals,...
In December, world leaders adopted the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, targeting the conservation of 30% of Earth by 2030.However, Jeff Morgan, founder of Global...
New research finds slow forest recovery in the Andes — and...
New research led by the University of Oxford could help governments better prioritize restoration and conservation interventions across the tropical Andes.The study evaluated how...
Dams and plantations upend livelihoods in Ethiopia’s Lower Omo River Valley
Food insecurity, famine and malnutrition have blighted the agropastoralist communities of the Lower Omo River Valley in southwestern Ethiopia.A government source blames a long-term...
Fish deaths near Rio Tinto mine in Madagascar dredge up community...
In March 2022, following the release of wastewater from the Rio-Tinto-owned QMM mine in southeastern Madagascar, thousands of fish turned up dead in neighboring...
Sarawak Indigenous NGO squeezed by defamation case, silenced from reporting alleged...
For the fourth time, the hearing of a defamation suit filed by Malaysia-based timber company Samling against Indigenous rights group SAVE Rivers has been...
In Indonesia, clouds form over East Java’s promising band of avocado...
Global avocado production is rising to meet demand from increasingly health-conscious consumers.South and Central American producers remain the world’s largest, but production in Indonesia...
VPASA announces vaping industry waste partnership with eWASA
SOUTH AFRICA, PRETORIA, 15 May 2023 – The Vapour Products Association of South Africa (VPASA) is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with the...
It’s time to embrace community-led conservation vs. the colonial kind (commentary)
Conservation NGOs often enter countries like Fiji and advise local and Indigenous communities on how to protect their land and sea territories, or worse,...
