Mining company tied to Cambodian military officials grabs community forest
STUNG TRENG, Cambodia — Rain poured down in torrential sheets as Ouk Mao guided reporters through the winding dirt tracks that were, in August, rutted...
Sweden’s ‘nature friendly’ reputation is being shot to pieces (commentary)
The majority of foreign visitors, and even most Swedish inhabitants, consider their country to be one that values nature. The image is also continually...
Record São Paulo wildfires kill 3 as police probe suspected arson...
A surge in fires across Brazil’s São Paulo state has killed three people and injured dozens, leading experts to suspect an orchestrated arson campaign....
Peruvian logger loses FSC label after latest clash with isolated Mashco...
The Forest Stewardship Council has suspended its certification of a controversial logging company in the Peruvian Amazon accused of encroaching on the traditional territory of...
A Mexican marine park shelters giant manta rays: Interview with Madalena...
Swimming with giant manta rays (Mobula birostris) feels like an underwater dance. Their slow, rhythmic movements are astonishing to Madalena Pereira Cabral. She describes...
Spiders turn male fireflies into female mimics to lure more prey
Fireflies use their characteristic flashing signals to find and attract mates. It’s a courtship ritual that can seem magical on a warm summer evening....
In Vietnam, environmental defense is increasingly a crime
Until recently, the Hanoi-based nonprofit where Hưng works as a legal advocate distributed its research online, freely circulating information it intended to support policies...
How do ‘rights of nature’ and ‘legal personhood’ laws differ, and...
Nations across the globe are trialing “rights of nature” laws and “legal personhood” for various ecosystems and a range of reasons, from Indigenous reconciliation...
Protected areas in SE Asia could do better with more resources,...
For the last two decades, countries around the world have been in a frenzy to earmark large swaths of their lands and waters as...
Study finds Amazon fires nearly 30 times likelier due to climate...
Climate change is turning the humid rainforest of the western Amazon into an ecosystem nearly 30 times more prone to fire, according to the...
Failed U.S. ‘war on drugs’ endangers Central American bird habitats, study...
Every year, between November and February, the golden-cheeked warbler makes its way down from the U.S. state of Texas to Central America. But as...
Meet the Miombo, the largest forest you’ve never heard of
Growing up in the village of Domboshava in central Zimbabwe, Edwin Tambara, the African Wildlife Foundation’s director of global leadership, recalls how the surrounding...
