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Do we need to fireproof solar panels?

Do we need to fireproof solar panels?

There is a limit to how much heat solar panels can handle and fire damage can make them dangerous. Solar panels tend to be incredibly...
Study shows Javan leopard habitat shrinking, but real picture may be worse

Study shows Javan leopard habitat shrinking, but real picture may be...

Leopards lost more than 1,300 km² (500 mi²) of suitable habitat across the Indonesian island of Java between 2000 and 2020, a new study...
Global Ocean Census aims to find 100,000 marine species in 10 years

Global Ocean Census aims to find 100,000 marine species in 10...

A new initiative called the Ocean Census aims to expand marine biodiversity knowledge by finding 100,000 new marine species within a decade.It will send...
Q&A with archaeologist Eduardo Neves

Q&A with archaeologist Eduardo Neves

Research shows that the human presence in the world’s largest tropical rainforest dates back much further and was much more varied than previously thought.Archeologist...
Meet the ‘forest fishers’ restoring mangroves and livelihoods in Mexico

Meet the ‘forest fishers’ restoring mangroves and livelihoods in Mexico

Residents of the Mexican community of Costa de San Juan have restored more than 350 hectares (865 acres) of mangrove forest in the Alvarado...
Agroforestry in Cameroon and reforestation in South Africa

Agroforestry in Cameroon and reforestation in South Africa

An agroforestry initiative in a cocoa-growing community on Cameroon aims to prevent the expansion of cocoa farms into the nearby forest while also providing...
In a Bolivian protected area torn up for gold, focus is on limiting damage

In a Bolivian protected area torn up for gold, focus is...

Artisanal gold mining by local cooperatives abounds in protected areas across Bolivia, in particular the Apolobamba highlands near the border with Peru.The mining boom...
Maasai conservationist strives to protect Indigenous rights because ‘land is life’ (commentary)

Maasai conservationist strives to protect Indigenous rights because ‘land is life’...

“As a member of the Maasai community in Tanzania, I am all too aware of how for thousands of years, Indigenous communities have been...
Beyond World Earth Day 2023

Beyond World Earth Day 2023

Climate change threatens the well-being of South African children In South Africa, children and young people face a grave and often overlooked threat from the...
A frontline view of the fight against illegal mining in Yanomami territory

A frontline view of the fight against illegal mining in Yanomami...

In the Brazilian Amazon, Yanomami Indigenous people have been suffering a health crisis aggravated over recent years by the dismantling of Indigenous health care...
Still time to save Brazil’s Cerrado, study shows, but it’s running out fast

Still time to save Brazil’s Cerrado, study shows, but it’s running...

Conservation efforts in the still unfragmented natural habitats of the northern Brazilian Cerrado should be prioritized to prevent the loss of key and threatened...
Brazil’s President Lula recognizes six Indigenous lands, and says more to come

Brazil’s President Lula recognizes six Indigenous lands, and says more to...

During the largest gathering of Indigenous people in Brazil, President Lula recognized six Indigenous lands, resuming the demarcation process which stalled for over five...