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Migratory Amazonian catfish placed on the international protection list

Migratory Amazonian catfish placed on the international protection list

The gilded and piramutaba catfish (Brachyplatystoma rousseauxii and B. vaillantii, respectively) were recently placed on the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species (CMS)...
Why low-carbon fuels like green hydrogen are not benefiting from high fossil fuel prices

Why low-carbon fuels like green hydrogen are not benefiting from high...

Green hydrogen is essential for decarbonisation: to replace fossil fuels in various industrial processes. The number and scale of projects using and making hydrogen, a...
Suriname cancels controversial Mennonite pilot program, but bigger problems loom

Suriname cancels controversial Mennonite pilot program, but bigger problems loom

Suriname President Chan Santokhi confirmed to local media this week that he shuttered a pilot program setting aside 30,000 hectares (74,131 acres) for 50...

Earth has more trees now than 35 years ago

Tree cover increased...
Arctic greening won’t save the climate

Arctic greening won’t save the climate

Temperatures in the far northern region rise three times faster than the global average. But will a greener Arctic help us combat climate change? Satellite images show...
Fight for survival: The battle to save the last Tapanuli orangutans

Fight for survival: The battle to save the last Tapanuli orangutans

The Tapanuli orangutan was described in 2017 as a new great ape species, and with a population of less than 800, is the most...
Sumatran elephants pinned down by forest loss

Sumatran elephants pinned down by forest loss

Sumatran elephants in Indonesia’s North Aceh district are being increasingly pinned down in shrinking patches of forest amid the ongoing destruction of their habitat,...

30 percent by 2030? Study maps out how to protect the...

Scientists have mapped...