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Why bottom trawling must be banned by the EU

Why bottom trawling must be banned by the EU

If we are sincere about protecting our ocean and its resources, we must end bottom trawling. This week, on Nov 21, we celebrate World Fisheries...
In Bangladesh, Ecologically Critical Areas exist only on paper

In Bangladesh, Ecologically Critical Areas exist only on paper

Since 1999, Bangladesh has declared 13 biodiversity-rich areas as Ecologically Critical Areas (ECAs) under the Environment Conservation Act.The government has failed to conserve the...
With plantation takeover, Brazil’s Indigenous Pataxó move to reclaim their land

With plantation takeover, Brazil’s Indigenous Pataxó move to reclaim their land

On June 22, a group of nearly 200 Indigenous Pataxó people occupied a eucalyptus plantation inside their demarcated territory in Brazil’s Bahia state, setting...
Protecting the peatlands and woodlands in Angola’s ‘source of life’

Protecting the peatlands and woodlands in Angola’s ‘source of life’

As negotiations over slowing climate change unfold at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt, a group of scientists and conservationists is pushing for recognition...
With fewer animals to spread their seeds, plants could have trouble adapting to climate change

With fewer animals to spread their seeds, plants could have trouble...

More than half of all plants rely on wildlife to disperse their seeds. Yet trouble is on the horizon for many of them. Picture a...
Air France to match its customers' voluntary contributions to the purchase of sustainable aviation fuel during the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games

Air France to match its customers’ voluntary contributions to the purchase...

As an official partner of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympics Games, Air France has announced that it will be matching the amount of each customer...

Yet another anti-trafficking activist convicted

Christopher Magnenjika, an...
South African youth call on the President to Listen to the Ocean

South African youth call on the President to Listen to the...

Johannesburg, 15 June 2021: President Cyril Ramaphosa joined leaders from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK, the US and others – in Carbis...
Rare hispid hares feel the heat from Nepal’s tiger conservation measures

Rare hispid hares feel the heat from Nepal’s tiger conservation measures

The deliberate burning of grasslands in Nepal to maintain tiger habitat poses a threat to another endangered species: the elusive and little-known hispid hare.The...
From logging in Cameroon to cocoa in Côte d’Ivoire

From logging in Cameroon to cocoa in Côte d’Ivoire

Conservationists have flagged logging activity by a company in Cameroon that’s clearing forest near a national park in apparent breach of its permits.A campaign...