Forest fires are getting worse, 20 years of data confirm
Fires are now causing an additional 3 million hectares (7.4 million acres) of tree cover loss per year than they did in 2001, according...
Endangered species listing of long-tailed macaques: ‘shocking, painful, predictable’ (commentary)
“Conservationists such as myself are in shock as it reflects the utter failure of the state of things if even the most opportunistic and...
Bad weather knocks down Brazil’s grain production as ‘exhaustively forewarned’
Brazil’s agricultural GDP declined by 8% in the first quarter of 2022 due to a severe drought in the country’s south caused by a...
Impunity shrouds killings of Indigenous Amazonian defenders
According to information collected by 11 environmental and human rights organizations, 58 Indigenous people were killed in the Brazilian, Colombian, Ecuadoran and Peruvian Amazon...
Study tracks global forest decline and expansion over six decades
Globally, there was a net loss of 817,000 square kilometers (315,000 square miles) in forest area between 1960 and 2019, according to a new...
An elusive lizard thought to live only in India makes an...
Researchers have confirmed the presence of the Sikkim grass lizard in eastern Nepal, nearly 100 kilometers from its known range in India’s Sikkim state.The...
An emerald-green hummingbird lost to science reemerges in Colombia
In the Santa Marta mountains of Colombia, an experienced bird-watcher unexpectedly spotted a Santa Marta sabrewing hummingbird.This was only the second time the critically...
Nearness to roads and palm oil mills a key factor in...
A new study in Indonesia’s palm oil capital of Riau has found that proximity to roads and processing mills are key factors determining whether...
In Bolivian Amazon, oil blocks encroach deep into protected areas
Investigative journalism alliance ManchadosXelPetróleo has found that oil blocks auctioned off by the Bolivian government overlap with protected areas in the country’s Amazonian region,...
Aziil Anwar, Indonesian coral-based mangrove grower, dies at 64
Aziil Anwar, a civil servant turned award-winning mangrove restorer, has died from diabetes-related complications.Aziil gained prominence in the 1990s by pioneering a way to...
Sand mining a boon for illegal industry at expense of Bangladesh’s...
Demand from Bangladesh’s construction industry for sand has led to a boom in unregulated and illegal mining from rivers, activists say.An estimated 60-70% of...
In Sumatra, rising seas and sinking land spell hard times for...
Fishers operating near the port of Belawan on the Indonesian island of Sumatra are reporting declining catches and a hit to their livelihoods from...
