A Ramsar site in Bangladesh fast loses its fish diversity amid...
Born and raised in the locality of one of Bangladesh’s Ramsar site Tanguar Haor, 58-year-old farmer Bazlur Rahman says he feels proud to belong...
Easy to catch, yet little known: Meet the Chinese mountain cat
In 2018, Han Xue-song, then a researcher with the Beijing-based Shan Shui Conservation Center, was in the Sanjiangyuan region on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, surveying...
How ‘waste colonialism’ underpins Asia’s plastic problem (commentary)
‘Out of sight, out of mind’ is a typical approach to waste and is one of the main reasons why the waste trade persists....
Lithium mining brings sickness to Jequitinhonha Valley communities
ITINGA, Minas Gerais, Brazil — It is the middle of the night in Minas Gerais, and work at the lithium mine in Jequitinhonha Valley...
Growing fossil fuel presence at COP concerns many
The increasing presence of lobbyists for coal, oil and gas at the global climate talks is raising concerns about the United Nations’ ability to...
Controversial study finds cattle and wildlife can co-exist in Kenya’s Maasai...
A new study conducted in Kenya is challenging the conventional wisdom that cattle are inherently bad for wildlife, reports Mongabay’s Ashoka Mukpo. In contrast...
Brazil to adopt full beef traceability by 2032 amid China, EU...
Brazil will soon begin tracing individual cattle from birth to slaughter, aiming to make the sector 100% traceable by 2032, Agriculture and Livestock Minister...
Weak laws on native seeds undermine Brazil reforestation efforts: Study
A recent study found that collectors of seeds of native plant species in Brazil lack the legal framework needed to achieve the nation’s large-scale...
I’m boycotting COP29 because local Indigenous action matters more (commentary)
The first United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that I worked on was in 2009. I didn’t actually go but rather volunteered...
44% of reef-building coral species at risk of extinction: IUCN
Some 44% of the world’s warm-water, reef-building coral species are facing risk of extinction, according to the latest update by the IUCN Red List...
EU delays and weakens anti-deforestation law, adding ‘no-risk’ loophole
The European Parliament approved a move to postpone a watered-down version of its anti-deforestation law, with implementation pushed back 12 months to the end...
Thousands of birds seized in massive Indonesian bird-trafficking bust
Authorities in Indonesia have rescued more than 6,500 wild birds being trafficked from the island of Sumatra and destined for Java, in what’s been...
