Global ‘Slow Food’ movement embraces agroecology (commentary)
I have spent more than 20 years visiting communities and working with farmers around Uganda and across East and southern Africa. I have come...
A future where we might ‘get climate right’: A conversation with...
Solving our ecological and climate problems looks a lot less like a techno-utopia and more like a mosaic of actions both to protect and...
Arctic sea ice hits summer minimum; Antarctic hovers at new winter...
For sea ice scientists, September is the time for polar highs and lows. Around mid-month, the Antarctic winter sea ice approaches its highest extent,...
NGOs raise concerns over oil exploration in Republic of Congo national...
Oil exploration in the Republic of Congo’s Conkouati-Douli National Park threatens the local biodiversity, communities and environment, according to U.S.-based NGO Earth Insight. The...
California sues ExxonMobil for ‘deceiving the public’ about plastic recycling
California is suing oil and gas giant ExxonMobil for allegedly lying to the public about the promise of plastic recycling, the state’s attorney general...
Record-breaking floods in northern Thailand intensify scrutiny of Mekong dam project
In the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi, communities in northern Thailand’s Chiang Rai province are taking stock of the toll wreaked by heavy rains and...
New approach to land management in Africa aims to climate-proof ecosystems
Across Africa, numerous ecosystems are under pressures degrading their ecological, economic and cultural value. The Niger Delta in the continent’s west and Mount Elgon...
Inaugural Planetary Health Check finds ocean acidification on the brink
The first ever pulse check of the planet’s health shows that the Earth is far beyond it’s safe operating space for humanity. Six of...
‘Dream birds’ in the mist: First photo of ‘lost’ bird in...
Michael Harvey recalls the moment he first saw a flock of yellow-crested helmetshrikes flitting through a cloud forest in the eastern Democratic Republic of...
IOM Intensifies Emergency Response to Severe Flooding across West and Central...
GENEVA, Switzerland, 26 September 2024 -/African Media Agency (AMA)/ – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is scaling up its emergency operations to...
Permits granted for Colombia’s Alacrán mine amid pollution, deforestation concerns
Permits granted for the construction of an industrial mining project in northern Colombia are raising concerns among residents and conservationists, who say they might...
485 million years of data: Study tracks global temperature and CO2...
From the first birds and fish to pine trees, dinosaurs, woolly mammoths and humans, most life on Earth has evolved and flourished over the...



















