Global carbon capture and storage potential way overblown, study finds
A new study finds that the potential for carbon capture and storage is much more limited, by a factor of five or six, than...
Record number of Indigenous land titles granted in Peru via innovative...
In a defining moment for the rights of Indigenous peoples in Peru, 37 land titles were secured in the Amazon in record time, from...
Scientists find unexpected biodiversity in an African river, thanks to eDNA
When Manuel Lopes-Lima set out to survey aquatic biodiversity on the Corubal River in 2022, he’d set his expectations very low. The river that...
International organizations join forces to boost South–South cooperation – with a...
SouthSouthNorth (SSN) joins as the 34th Charter Member of the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF)
The GLF and SSN will support local actors...
Colombia voluntary biodiversity credit methodology is first to be approved
Cercarbono, a Colombia-based certifier of carbon projects, has approved a methodology that can be used to generate voluntary biodiversity credits, an emerging finance scheme...
The ocean ‘belongs to all of us’: Interview with Palau President...
Surangel S. Whipps Jr., president of the tiny Pacific island nation of Palau, wants more countries to join him in calling for a moratorium...
African environment ministers meet over pressing challenges
ABIDJAN — Environment ministers from across Africa are meeting in Côte d’Ivoire this week to discuss urgent challenges and strengthen ambition and action against...
Drought forces Amazon Indigenous communities to drink mercury-tainted water
One year after being hit by its worst drought ever recorded in the Amazon, Brazil is facing it all again. According to the National...
Mysterious African manatees inspire a growing chorus of champions
As a young student, Aristide Kamla had “big plans” when he traveled to Lake Ossa in Cameroon to conduct his master’s degree fieldwork with the...
‘Stop the stupidity’: Indonesia’s top court orders end to mine in...
JAKARTA — A controversial zinc-and-lead mine being developed on the Indonesian island of Sumatra has hit a roadblock after the country’s Supreme Court ordered...
More alarms over Indonesia rhino poaching after latest trafficking bust
PALEMBANG/PANDEGLANG, Indonesia — Authorities in Indonesia are investigating possible links between a recent bust of rhino horns for sale and a killing spree of...
Maldives drops plan to reopen longline tuna fishing following protests
Longline fishing for tuna will remain closed in the Maldives, the island country’s president announced on Aug. 29. The decision came after local fishers,...
