A lawsuit over oil, deaths over mining, and worries over lithium
A community in Nigeria’s oil heartland is suing Shell in a U.K. court for oil-related pollution and compensation dating back to 1989.Two teenage boys...
In Nepal, conservationists suspect link between canine distemper and human-leopard conflict
A new study shows for the first time that leopards in Nepal are exposed to canine distemper virus.Researchers suggest the virus could make the...
Many plants and animals are facing extinction in the U.S.
A third of wild plants and an even larger share of animals are at risk of going extinct in the United States, according to...
Food companies are setting their sight on net zero. Will they...
Nestlé, PepsiCo and Kraft Heinz have announced long-term commitments to creating a sustainable food system.
Amid consumer pressure and increasing backlash for the food industry’s...
Brazil-U.S. cooperation is key for global forest conservation (commentary)
On Friday, Brazilian President Lula visits President Biden in Washington, D.C., to discuss topics including the U.S. joining the multilateral Amazon Fund, aimed at...
Lula’s government must go far beyond undoing Bolsonaro policies on Amazon...
Despite the hope embodied in Brazil’s new president, the protection of Indigenous peoples and reducing deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon still face an uphill...
Updated guide gives practical advice for buyers of tropical forest carbon...
An updated guide written by eight conservation and Indigenous organizations offers a detailed path forward for companies that want to compensate for their carbon...
New reserve in Ecuador secures over 3 million acres of forest
The Tarímiat Pujutaí Nuṉka Reserve covers 1,237,395 hectares (3,057,671 acres) of Andean and Amazonian forests in the Morona Santiago province of eastern Ecuador.The area...
VuVukile approves investment in sustainable backup power to ensure continuous and...
Vukile Property Fund (JSE: VKE), the specialist retail property REIT (real estate investment trust), will invest around R350 million in backup power as it...
New silent frog species described from Tanzania’s ‘sky island’ forests
Scientists have described a new-to-science species of frog from Tanzania’s Ukaguru Mountains with a unique trait: it’s silent.The males of this species have tiny...
Win for science as BP pressured into cleaning up offshore gas...
BP is launching an offshore gas platform with a pipeline through the world’s largest cold deep-water coral reef off the coast of Senegal and...
Peatland restoration in temperate nations could be carbon storage bonanza
Much maligned and undervalued over the centuries, temperate peatlands have seen a lot damage in that time — drained for agriculture, planted with trees,...
