Indigenous activists demand justice after 5 shot in Amazonian ‘palm oil...
Between Aug. 4 and Aug. 7, security guards for a palm oil company allegedly shot and wounded five Tembé Indigenous people, in the latest...
As Bangladesh’s crab fishery booms, its wild stocks suffer the fallout
Crab harvests in Bangladesh are booming to meet thriving export demand, but the rates at which wild stocks are being depleted may be unsustainable,...
Getting the bread: What’s the environmental impact of wheat?
Wheat is the most widely planted crop on Earth by land mass, with 217 million hectares (536 million acres) — an area the size...
Guns, Corals and Steel: Are Nuclear Shipwrecks a Biodiversity Hotspot?
In our last Reefscape story, we explored the northern Marshall Islands in search of answers about the long-term effects of nuclear fallout on coral...
What would it cost to protect the Congo Rainforest?
The Congo Basin holds the world’s second-largest rainforest — the majority of which is in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) — playing a...
Brazil cap-and-trade carbon framework in sight, but agriculture gets a pass
Brazil’s Senate is expected to vote this month on a bill introducing a cap-and-trade carbon market aimed at regulating industry emissions.Thousands of companies across...
Can agroforestry chocolate help save the world’s most endangered rainforest?
Ecuador’s Jama-Coaque Reserve, home to a vibrant cloud forest ecosystem, is part of what may be world’s most endangered tropical forest, of which only...
