As a medicine, study finds rhino horn useless — and potentially...
Fancy a taste of your own toenails? That’s what vendors in Vietnam or China could say when offering powdered rhino horn. This coveted “trophy”...
Crop fields make way for profitable orchards in Bangladesh, imperiling food...
In the last few years in mid-western Bangladesh, the trend of planting different types of fruit orchards, like mango, lychee and papaya, has gone...
Famous ‘spy’ beluga whale found dead in Norway
A beluga whale nicknamed Hvaldimir, who was initially suspected of being a Russian spy, was found dead on Aug. 31, according to Norwegian media....
Wildlife-rich mangroves suffer as Indonesia ramps up construction of new capital
JAKARTA — Tri Atmoko is a regular visitor to the mangrove forests of Balikpapan Bay on the east coast of Indonesian Borneo, where he...
Indonesia’s Farwiza Farhan among Ramon Magsaysay awardees for protecting Leuser Ecosystem
JAKARTA — Indonesian conservationist Farwiza Farhan says she couldn’t contain her tears when she learned that the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation had selected her...
Not merely ‘exploration’: PNG deep-sea mining riles critics & surprises officials
A deep-sea mining operation that recently took place off the coast of Papua New Guinea (PNG) has raised alarm bells for environmentalists and called...
In Nicaragua, activists challenge the value of international ‘green’ financing
Nicaragua has spent the last several years shuttering over a thousand civil society organizations, universities, media outlets and other organizations, often for criticizing President...
$35m debt-for-nature deal aims to protect Indonesia’s coral reefs
JAKARTA — A milestone debt-for-nature agreement to conserve coral reefs in Indonesia, the world’s largest archipelagic country, has drawn a mix of optimism and...
UK aid agency investing $35m in controversial DRC port
British International Investment (BII), the U.K.’s development finance institution and impact investor, recently announced that it will invest up to $35 million in a...
World’s top timber companies are dropping the ball on ESG reporting:...
JAKARTA — An analysis of eight years’ worth of data by the international conservation charity the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) reveals a troubling...
Could the ‘rights of nature’ save Yasuní and keep its oil...
With the past 10 years, the hottest on record, and four days in July the hottest ever recorded, the climate emergency is coming ever...
Crocworld and team release juvenile Crowned Eagle rescued from the ocean
Even South Africa’s most powerful Eagle sometimes needs a little assistance. This was the case for one juvenile Crowned Eagle that was rescued by...
