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Brazil guts environmental agencies, clears way for unchecked deforestation

Brazil’s conserved areas at grave risk At ICMBio, the situation is similar. O Estado de S. Paulo reported that 350 fines, imposed by...
Return to agroforestry empowers women in Nepal

Return to agroforestry empowers women in Nepal

Although farmers traditionally practiced agroforestry in Nepal, they gave it up with the advent of the green revolution.A women’s group in Kavre district decided...
WWF’s Living Planet Report Reveals Average Two-thirds Decline in Wildlife Populations Since 1970

WWF’s Living Planet Report Reveals Average Two-thirds Decline in Wildlife Populations...

WWF is calling for urgent action to reverse the trend by 2030 by ending the destruction of natural habitats and reforming our food system. 2020...

Scarlet macaws stalked by wildlife traffickers in Guatemala

One of the most important tasks in the conservation of this emblematic species is constant monitoring, which is why hidden cameras have been...
Bolsonaro trails in polls, but his base in Congress looks likely to persist

Bolsonaro trails in polls, but his base in Congress looks likely...

With Brazil’s presidential election scheduled for Oct. 2, environmental activists have expressed hope that a turning point in favor of nature could be just...
China has a larger carbon footprint than the developed world

China has a larger carbon footprint than the developed world

China’s greenhouse gas emissions passed the 14 gigaton threshold for the first time in 2019. Climate change is a global threat and so only global...
For water quality, even a sliver of riverbank forest is better than none

For water quality, even a sliver of riverbank forest is better...

Costa Rica currently has laws in place to protect riparian zones along waterways, but they are unevenly enforced.Implementing these laws, even at the bare...
No answers for Ghanaian fishery observer’s family months after suspected death

No answers for Ghanaian fishery observer’s family months after suspected death

Samuel Abayateye, a 38-year-old father of two, was working as a fisheries observer when he was reported missing from his assigned vessel in October...
Off Mexico’s coast, world’s largest limpet is slipping into extinction

Off Mexico’s coast, world’s largest limpet is slipping into extinction

Scutellastra mexicana, the world’s largest limpet, is at risk of extinction and requires urgent conservation action, according to a group of researchers.Once widely dispersed,...