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...
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...
Online trade in arachnids threatens some species with extinction
A recent study reveals a vast and unregulated global trade in invertebrates, posing a risk of overexploitation of some species in the wild.A group...
Study confirms Bolivian Indigenous park as stronghold for horned curassow
The critically endangered horned curassow is a bird found only in three protected areas in Bolivia, where it plays an important role in dispersing...
Water shedding likely to be far more disruptive than load shedding
Access to water is a basic human right, as emphasised by World Water Day on 22 March, which focuses on solving the global water...
Pressure mounting for the home of wild coffee and Ethiopian wolves
For small-scale wild-coffee producers like Nurut, who rely almost entirely on the harvest for their livelihood, that’s bad news. Just 100 meters (330...
Newly published carbon market standards aim to increase integrity, confidence
The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM), an independent governance body, released a set of core carbon principles (CCPs) intended to provide...
