Travel Smart and Sustainably this Tourism Month
As September marks Tourism Month and Heritage Month, and with National Recycling Day on the 18th, there’s no better time to explore the beauty...
Van Dyck Flooring achieves respected Global GreenTag certification
Flooring products manufactured by Van Dyck, a sister company to radial truck recycler Mathe Group, have been certified by Global GreenTag, one of the...
Study shows most Amazon beef & soy demand comes from Brazil...
Since the first roads opened the way to the cheap and unexplored lands of northern Brazil in the 1950s, the Amazon Rainforest has been...
Rio Tinto-linked mine still not fulfilling promises to Mongolian herders
In 2004, nomadic herders in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert faced a daunting prospect. One of the world’s largest copper-gold mines, Oyu Tolgoi, was settling in,...
As Ghana pushes mining in forests, a cautionary tale from a...
APAMPRAMA, Ghana — Since 2017, the Ghanaian government has aggressively pursued small-scale miners operating in forest reserves across the country, blaming them for the...
Ghana hollows out forests and green protections to advance mining interests
In 2022, the West African nation of Ghana lost 18,000 hectares, or 44,500 acres, of forests — an area the size of 30,000 football...
As Amazonian rivers recede under drought, manatees are left exposed to...
Amazonian manatees are an elusive species inhabiting the murky depths of the Amazon Rainforest’s rivers and lakes. They were able to endure the high...
Eucalyptus expansion worsens droughts and fires in Brazil’s Cerrado, conservationists say
Suzano, the world’s largest exporter of eucalyptus pulp, vigorously promotes an environmentally and socially responsible agenda: promising to slash carbon emissions, reduce poverty, and...
Biden-Harris Administration must strengthen position on plastic reduction treaty (commentary)
With a final round of negotiations on a global plastics treaty set to take place later this year in Busan, South Korea, an autopsy...
CITES suspends Bangladesh as illegal wild bird trade continues
Bangladesh, a signatory nation of CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora), has failed to control illegal...
Indonesia’s new ‘green’ capital drives environmental damage far and wide
JAKARTA — For the first time since it declared independence in 1945, Indonesia held its official national day celebrations outside Jakarta this year. Flag-raising...
Budget constraints limit wildlife protection in major Nepali road project
NARAYANGHAT, Nepal — Amid the clatter of drills and honking trucks hauling cement, sand and concrete, vehicles large and small navigate muddy tracks and...
