With plantation takeover, Brazil’s Indigenous Pataxó move to reclaim their land
On June 22, a group of nearly 200 Indigenous Pataxó people occupied a eucalyptus plantation inside their demarcated territory in Brazil’s Bahia state, setting...
Crops could soon be fortified against flooding, scientists say
“As we better understand signaling pathways, we can make crops more resilient to flooding.”
As the climate become more unpredictable, extreme weather events are on...
We need to focus both on increased consumption and population growth
The question of population is more complex that it may seem in the context of climate change.
The question of population is more complex that...
EU bill and new green policies spur progress on Brazil’s cattle...
Brazilian banks have created new rules for releasing credit to meatpackers and slaughterhouses in Amazonian states in which their clients must implement traceability and...
New funding boosts AI-enabled wildlife identification project in Australia
An artificial intelligence project to identify native species from camera-trap images in Australia has received a A$750,000 ($492,000) grant from the government.The project by...
New research finds slow forest recovery in the Andes — and...
New research led by the University of Oxford could help governments better prioritize restoration and conservation interventions across the tropical Andes.The study evaluated how...
Activists slam Bolsonaro rule change seen as ending demarcation of Indigenous...
The Brazilian government has drawn up a new statute for Funai, the country’s Indigenous affairs agency, without the input of Indigenous peoples.Indigenous rights activists...
Less money spent this Halloween could help the environment
It requires 10,000 liters of water to produce a kilogram of chocolate.
Because of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the expenditure for Halloween in 2020 will...
Plastic works its way up the food chain to hit fishing...
A recent study published in the journal Environmental Pollution found plastics in the scat of fishing cats dwelling in urban areas near Colombo, Sri...
