Lapalala Wilderness Foundation recognises My Planet Rhino Fund’s contribution to its...
Lapalala Wilderness Reserve is a 45 000 hectare declared nature reserve with just over a 114km boundary within the Waterberg Biosphere. With a rich...
Climate change lawsuits take aim at French bank BNP Paribas
French bank BNP Paribas is being sued by a group of environmental and human rights advocacy groups that allege it provides financial services to...
Climate change is exacerbating human-wildlife conflict, but solutions await: Study
A review of 49 studies reveals that a variety of weather-related phenomena that are likely to become increasingly common due to climate change may...
Communities and nature suffer amid Nigerian bonanza
Commercial-scale gold miners are wreaking havoc in southwestern Nigeria’s Atorin-Ijesha region.Local officials largely condone these often illegal activities, while the federal authorities have been...
Restoration turns pastures into wildlife haven in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest
After centuries of intensive deforestation, experts say fragmentation and degradation are worse in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest than in the Amazon.Experts say restoration can complement...
Six newly described chameleon species reflect Tanzania’s Eastern Arc Mountains’ fragility...
Six new species of pygmy chameleon have been described from Tanzania’s Eastern Arc Mountains.The mountain forests are subject to intense human pressure, threatening the...
Indigenous Comcaac serve up an oceanic grain to preserve seagrass meadows
The Indigenous Comcaac community of northwestern Mexico is working to preserve eelgrass and promote the renaissance of the grain they obtain from it.Known as...
Fishing industry transparency is key for a thriving ocean (commentary)
As fish populations decline in many regions, unscrupulous fishing fleet operators have turned to illegal fishing, human trafficking, slavery and other abuses to cut...
Conservationists should all be feminists (commentary)
A new plan for global biodiversity conservation was set forth in December, when the Convention on Biological Diversity agreed to the post-2020 Global Biodiversity...
Three small steps for mankind, one giant leap for the climate
A new report proposes a set of three policy interventions by governments that could help parts of the global economy rapidly decarbonize.The authors identified...
In Sumatra, increased orangutan sightings point to growing threats to the...
Villagers in the Batang Toru forest in northern Sumatra say orangutan sightings in their farms and settlements have increased recently.They attribute this to the...
Fish fights erupt after mass coral bleaching, study finds
An international team of researchers studied the behavioral changes among butterflyfish on a series of reefs in the Indo-Pacific before and after the 2016...
