Bolivia has a soy deforestation problem. It’s worse than previously thought.
Recently released satellite data from Bolivia shows that soy plantations were responsible for over 900,000 hectares (2.2 million acres) of deforestation between 2001 and...
An opportunity to create a new crediting framework (commentary)
Biodiversity credits have the potential to accelerate funding for biodiversity conservation while benefiting local communities and biodiversity custodians.To make voluntary biodiversity credits work for...
Q&A with Colombian Mining Minister Irene Vélez Torres
Illegal gold mining has long plagued Colombia’s ecosystems and communities, while small-scale miners have lamented the difficulties they face in formalizing their operations.Despite Colombia’s...
For some Colombians, vows of mining reform are just a flash...
Afro-Colombian communities practicing mercury-free gold mining say a reform of the country’s mining industry is urgently needed, but aren’t convinced the new government can...
Whether it’s a wine cellar or a doctors’ rooms you’re making...
Plascon Professional Hygiene™ Low Sheen paint has obvious applications in South Africa’s healthcare sector because it contains a multitude of properties designed for environments...
Companies, big banks are still lagging on deforestation regulations: report
Global Canopy’s annual Forest 500 report reviews the top 350 most influential companies and 150 financial institutions exposed to deforestation risk in their supply...
Russian invasion hinders global biodiversity conservation, study shows
A new policy paper outlines the impacts of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on biodiversity and conservation efforts.The authors found that the escalation of the...
Bauxite mining in Pará poisons Quilombola people
Since Brazil’s military dictatorship, the town of Barcarena, in Pará state, has been home to an industrial complex that comprises several mining companies —...
End of the tuna FAD? Indonesia hopes so, but EU isn’t...
Indonesia has welcomed measures to cut back on the use of fish-aggregating devices, which critics blame for Indian Ocean tuna being caught at unsustainable...
Brazilian Indigenous anthropologists turn the tables from ‘objects of study’ to...
Three Indigenous women leaders who are also artists and anthropologists are reshaping the relationship between the peoples anthropologists study and those who do the...
On Lombok, rising sea levels force fishers into different jobs
Residents of the Indonesian island of Lombok say sea levels are rising at alarming levels, swallowing seaside towns.People are abandoning their family trade of...
New species of ‘Tolkien frog’ emerges from Middle Earth of Ecuadoran...
A new species of frog has been described from the tropical Andes of Ecuador and named after J.R.R. Tolkien, the author of famous works...
