The Andes are a key supplier of gold for the Amazon...
One of the most remarkable placer gold fields in the world is found in the Andean piedmont in the department of Madre de Dios...
Climate change threatens public health, raising the spread of food-borne diseases
Climate change threatens public health by affecting the distribution and spread of food-borne pathogens, according to a recent study by food scientists from Benha...
In the Sundarbans, women are embracing mangrove restoration as an alternative...
Dwelling near the erosion-prone riverbank of the mighty Pasur River, 43-year-old Shumi Mondol understands the importance of a mangrove barrier. Next to her cottage...
Sumatran province brings hammer down on illegal oil wells after fatal...
PALEMBANG, Indonesia — A law enforcement crackdown against widespread opportunist oil extraction has shuttered at least 95 illegal wells following a spate of deaths...
At-risk groups in Indonesia demand greater say in climate policymaking
JAKARTA — Civil society groups and communities most affected by the effects of climate change are calling on the Indonesian government to include them...
Reforestation to capture carbon could be done much more cheaply, study...
Trees are allies in the struggle against climate change, and regrowing forests to capture carbon may be cheaper than we thought. According to new...
Community consultations must also include women — not just men (commentary)
In all my travels — through coastal mangroves, tropical forests and savannas — northern Tanzania, home of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, stood out as...
50 years of data show that Madagascar’s mangroves are making a...
Lalao Aigrette has worked to protect the mangroves of her native Madagascar for more than 16 years. Growing up inland, she didn’t see the...
Bangladesh introduces awareness initiatives to curb panic over Russell’s vipers
The Russell’s viper was long thought to be nearly extinct in Bangladesh, where it is known as chandra bora, until about a decade ago....
Biden Administration mistakenly seeks delay of EU’s new deforestation regulation (commentary)
A crucial new European law to save global forests is under attack, by the Biden Administration – precisely at the time Biden seeks to...
As waterbodies lose oxygen, are we breaching a potential planetary boundary?
The Earth is in crisis — a reality made increasingly clear by intensifying heat, drought and storms, worsening pollution, land stripped of forests, and...
Sumatran tiger confirmed killed by snare in Indonesia’s West Sumatra province
PADANG, Indonesia — One of an estimated 400 of the world’s remaining Sumatran tigers was found dead on July 25 after becoming trapped in...
