After Bruno Pereira’s murder, widow Beatriz Matos strives for Indigenous rights
In an interview with Mongabay, anthropologist Beatriz Matos, widow of Indigenous specialist Bruno Pereira, tells of the duties she assumed on Feb. 14 as...
Madagascar bush fires prompt exasperated NGO to curtail tree planting
Graine de Vie, a Belgian NGO present in Madagascar since 2009, claims to be the leading reforestation organization in the country.Weary of repeated bush...
Activists slam Sri Lanka’s bid to seek X-Press Pearl compensation in...
The Sri Lankan government will seek compensation in Singapore’s courts for a 2021 ship sinking that became the worst maritime disaster in the country’s...
Proposal to export 100,000 crop-raiding macaques sparks outcry in Sri Lanka
Following the Sri Lanka Agriculture Ministry’s confirmation of a request from a Chinese company to import 100,000 toque macaques for their zoos, environmentalists have...
Stork brings a happy surprise to Crocworld for a special Mother’s...
In true fairy-tale fashion, the stork has visited Crocworld Conservation Centre – but this time, quite literally! Mother’s Day will be an extra special...
Small farmers in limbo as Cambodia wavers on Tonle Sap conservation...
In 2021, Cambodia's government began enforcing a ban on farming in designated conservation zones around the Tonle Sap wetland, moving to protect the health...
‘Extinct’ snails return to Tahiti in largest wildlife reintroduction ever
In April, conservation experts reintroduced more than 5,500 Partula snails to the French Polynesian islands of Moorea and Tahiti.About 30 years earlier, these endemic...
Rio Tinto must repair the damage caused by their Madagascar mine...
The giant mining conglomerate Rio Tinto has a large ilmenite mine which abuts wetlands and lies in the vicinity of a river and two...
Questions over accounting and inclusion mar Guyana’s unprecedented carbon scheme
Guyana has put nearly all the forests in the country on the carbon market, allowing it to sign a carbon credit deal with petroleum...
‘Alarming’ heat wave threatens Bangladesh’s people and their food supply
Temperatures across Bangladesh have hit record highs as the country swelters in the heat wave currently sweeping across much of Asia.Dhaka recorded its highest...
Cambodian activists commemorate 11th anniversary of Chut Wutty’s murder
April 26, 2023, marks 11 years since Cambodian environmental activist Chut Wutty was gunned down, with no one ever facing justice for his death.Wutty...
Scientists explore remote seamounts to protect hammerhead sharks
Since 2000, the Malpelo and Other Marine Ecosystems Foundation has conducted 40 expeditions on and around Malpelo Island, a rocky outpost about 500 kilometers...
