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‘Alarming’ heat wave threatens Bangladesh’s people and their food supply

‘Alarming’ heat wave threatens Bangladesh’s people and their food supply

Temperatures across Bangladesh have hit record highs as the country swelters in the heat wave currently sweeping across much of Asia.Dhaka recorded its highest...
A problem for wild cats, both big and small

A problem for wild cats, both big and small

Millions of snares dot the forests and protected areas of Southeast Asia, set to feed the illegal wildlife trade and wild game demand, where...
For weary Niger Delta residents, shocking oil pollution report offers little hope

For weary Niger Delta residents, shocking oil pollution report offers little...

A new report commissioned by the Bayelsa state government in Nigeria holds international oil companies like Shell, TotalEnergies, and ExxonMobil responsible for spilling at...

Indigenous peoples unite in fight to heal the Salish Sea

Indigenous communities on...
Agro giants buy grains from farmers fined for using Indigenous land in Brazil

Agro giants buy grains from farmers fined for using Indigenous land...

Bunge, Cargill, COFCO, Amaggi, ADM do Brasil, Viterra and General Mills bought soy and corn in an area where “grain laundering” is admitted by...

2 Brazil mining waste disasters in 3 years raise alarms

Even as Brazil’s...
U.S. conservation investment routed to eucalyptus expansion in Brazil’s Cerrado

U.S. conservation investment routed to eucalyptus expansion in Brazil’s Cerrado

The Timberland Investment Group (TIG), owned by investment bank BTG Pactual, is expanding its planted forest operations in the Cerrado. Its newest office is...
Shampoo containing plastic microbeads KYtan/Shutterstock

Why microbeads are such a threat and why they’re so hard...

Plastic is everywhere. It is used across a spectrum of applications from durable industrial equipment, household appliances to throw-away single-use items and even the...
Several reef sharks at greater threat of extinction than thought, study shows

Several reef sharks at greater threat of extinction than thought, study...

A new study found that five key reef shark species — gray, blacktip, whitetip and Caribbean reef sharks, and nurse sharks — declined by...

Forest soils take longer to recover from fires and logging than...

Australian National University’s...