Research adds to knowledge on nature and human well-being
University of Tokyo scientists offer new insights on how time with nature affects human well-being, with a view to protecting these assets.
Time spent in...
‘Birds are messengers’, says BirdLife’s Patricia Zurita
Next month BirdLife International, a global partnership of 115 organizations working to protect birds and their habitats, will mark its 100th anniversary by holding...
Q&A with authors Ankit Babu Adhikari & Pradeep Bashyal
The Indigenous Sherpa communities living in Nepal’s Himalayas find themselves at the forefront of climate change, say the authors of a recent book about...
New Brazil bill puts cattle pasture over Pantanal wetland
A bill loosening restrictions on cattle ranching in the Pantanal wetland has been approved by the Mato Grosso’s state legislature, prompting concerns it could...
Bangladesh struggles to protect the last of its last wild elephants
Habitat loss, forest degradation and encroachment into forest reserves are driving Asian elephants into human habitats in search of food, increasing human-elephant conflicts.In 2016,...
Invasive insects are inundating oak savannas in the Pacific Northwest
In the native range there are a handful of galls on a leaf. In the expanded range, there are thousands on a tree.
As the...
Blockchain for conservation? Maybe, but leave the crypto out
The increasingly popular blockchain technology is being used for conservation finance purposes, but it comes with some significant downsides, both functional and environmental.The “mining”...
Saving Sumatran elephants starts with counting them. Indonesia won’t say how...
Efforts to save the Sumatran elephant have been hamstrung by the Indonesian government’s delay in releasing an updated conservation plan, which includes the latest...
Lack of timely rains, fertilizer hits rice farmers in Nepal’s granary
The annual monsoon rains have failed to arrive in Nepal as anticipated ahead of the rice-planting season, leaving farmers facing another season of loss...
Study warns of increased poaching if road through Brazil’s Iguaçu is...
A recent study validates environmental groups’ concerns that reopening a long-closed road through Brazil’s Iguaçu National Park would lead to an increase in environmental...
Hydrogen has the potential to remake transportation
The most apparent advantage of hydrogen fuel is that it helps decarbonize transportation.
Green transportation is a crucial part of the fight against climate change....
Germany’s energy policy is a non-nuclear meltdown
Germany has had some of the highest energy prices in the EU, crippling the country’s competitiveness.
Germany has been hailed as the poster child for...
