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Lula’s deforestation goals threatened by frustrated environmental agents

Lula’s deforestation goals threatened by frustrated environmental agents

Brazilian environmental agents worked hard in 2023 to control the Amazon deforestation, with impressive results that President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has used...
Forensic DNA tests offer new tool to fight illegal ivory trade

Forensic DNA tests offer new tool to fight illegal ivory trade

New DNA research shows how forensic experts can connect the dots within the illegal ivory trade, and make a better case to protect wildlife. Genetic...

Watch: James Watt, the farmer who challenged a palm oil fiefdom

We met James Watt in his home village of Bangkal during the reporting of “The palm oil fiefdom,” in early 2017. Bangkal lies on...
Top architecture prize goes to climate-minded African Kéré

Top architecture prize goes to climate-minded African Kéré

Kéré’s approach to architecture integrates sustainable design and social justice while reflecting his African heritage and values. Architect Diébédo Francis Kéré, a native of Burkina...

Oil palm, rubber could trigger ‘storm’ of deforestation in the Congo...

Earthsight documented approximately 500 square kilometers (193 square miles) of deforestation to clear the way for new rubber and oil palm plantations in Central...
Mzansi Meat Co. Unveils Africa’s First Cultivated Beef Burger

Mzansi Meat Co. Unveils Africa’s First Cultivated Beef Burger

Local cultivated meat company Mzansi Meat Co. has unveiled Africa’s first cultivated beef burger – a massive milestone for the brand and a breakthrough for food security on the continent. The...

Sarawak’s Penan now have detailed maps of their ancestral homeland

The project began in 2002, when the Bruno Manser Fund partnered with a Penan organization called Keruan. Keruan took the lead in bringing...
Shipping poses grave risks to whale sharks worldwide

Shipping poses grave risks to whale sharks worldwide

The maritime shipping industry may be causing the decline of whale sharks, a hugely important species in the oceans. Whale sharks, as their name indicates,...

Agribusiness boomtown; profits for a few, hardships for many

Luís Eduardo Magalhães (LEM) is a soy boomtown, built on Cerrado agribusiness. Its population has grown fourfold since 2000, to 83,000 people, and is...
Drones could be used to scare off pesky birds from vineyards

Drones could be used to scare off pesky birds from vineyards

Drones have plenty of uses in conservation work as they can be employed to keep an eye from the sky on loggers and poachers,...

How the farmers of Seruyan rose up a against a palm...

In the leadup to the release of the second installment of Indonesia for Sale, our series examining the corruption behind Indonesia’s deforestation and land-rights crisis,...
Put women’s rights ‘front and centre’ of climate policies: Bachelet

Put women’s rights ‘front and centre’ of climate policies: Bachelet

NEW YORK, USA, 28 June 2022-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Although climate change threatens everyone, women and girls often suffer its harshest and most violent consequences,...