In Brazil’s agricultural heartland, rivers run dry as monoculture advances
The Paraná River Basin has suffered an unprecedented drought since 2021, affecting hydropower generation, river-borne food shipments, and freshwater supplies for 40 million people...
Nearly half of replanted trees die, but careful site selection can...
A recent survey of reforestation efforts in South and Southeast Asia found that about half of trees planted as part of such projects died...
Wildfires are climbing up the snowiest mountains of the western U.S.
Forest fires are getting larger and hotter in the western U.S., shrinking the mountain snowpacks vital to communities and ecosystems.When a wildfire burns on...
Trafficking and habitat loss spell doom for Bangladesh’s western hoolock gibbons
The western hoolock gibbon is a globally endangered species but in Bangladesh is considered critically endangered, due to continued habitat depletion, hunting and trafficking.According...
Airbus Foundation looks to put satellites to new biodiversity conservation uses
The Connected Conservation Foundation and the Airbus Foundation are currently accepting proposals for an award to support the use of satellite imagery for biodiversity...
The Kichwa people going up against Petroecuador
In 1985, a road opened through the Kichwa community of Sinchiruco, in the northern Ecuadorian Amazon. With it came the Guanta 1 oil platform,...
Amid struggling COP15 talks, Indigenous leaders from Canada offer some solutions
Talks on a plan to protect land and water globally are underway at the COP15 meeting in Montreal, with the host nation Canada among...
Lianas affect forest carbon uptake differently by region, study shows
A new study has revealed that vine-like lianas typically infest smaller trees in Southeast Asia, in sharp contrast to prior findings in the Neotropics.Scientists...
Tech companies work to make fishing, aquaculture more sustainable
Several companies around the world are developing technology to make fishing and aquaculture more sustainable.These include the use of artificial intelligence to identify non-native...
Large wild herbivores may help slow climate change
Large animals, especially herbivores such as elephants, are often seen as being destructive of vegetation, so are not thought of as a nature-based climate...
Protecting wetlands is key to Indonesia hitting its climate goals, study...
Fully protecting Indonesia’s remaining peatlands and mangroves is crucial in meeting its greenhouse gas reduction goals under the Paris climate agreement, a new study...
Waste crime is ‘the new narcotics’ in the U.K.
The U.K.’s Environment Agency calls waste crime — where instead of delivering recycling or rubbish for proper disposal, companies simply dump it in the...
