How should we use forests to build the future?
Lead experts from FAO and UNDP discussed the most important forest report of the year, linking climate and economy.
On 2 May 2022, the Food...
Trump’s elephant, lion trophy hunting policy hit with double lawsuits
In policymaking, the Interior Dept. announced it was allowing U.S. citizens to import elephant and lion body parts to the United States last November....
Somalia: ‘Dire and grim’ drought, impacting more than 7 million
NEW YORK, USA, 02nd June 2022-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Accompanying Somalia’s newly-appointed drought envoy on his first field visit, the United Nations’ top humanitarian official...
South Korean company under fire for alleged deforestation in Papua oil...
A report by WRI shows ongoing deforestation in an oil palm concession in Papua, Indonesia, operated by a subsidiary of South Korea’s POSCO Daewoo.The...
Rocket-fueled ‘space’ pollution has impacts on Earth
Rocket launches have reached a record-setting pace, with far more expected in the future. A new study finds climate impacts here on Earth.
Last year...
The land deals behind the downfall of Indonesia’s top judge
Under Hambit, the business of government was carried out in a series of high-end hotels and restaurants in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia,...
Inside Sierra Leone’s Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary (video)
The Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary, located on the outskirts of Freetown, is a refuge for orphaned chimpanzees in Sierra Leone.Part of a network of sanctuaries...
For the Caiçaras, environmental laws in Brazil at odds with tradition
The origin of the Caiçaras trace back to the early mixture of indigenous tribes, European settlers and African slaves in Brazil.For the last 300...
Wildlife ‘rehabbers’ wage herculean fight for a noble cause
Rehabilitators who help injured creatures or abandoned baby animals have a role to play in conserving wildlife across the U.S.One estimate of the number...
Deforestation in Borneo threatens one in four orangutans, study says
Deforestation in Borneo will destroy the habitat of more than 26,000 orangutans, a quarter of the population of the critically endangered species, by 2032,...
