Can nations ever get artisanal gold mining right?
Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is a pillar of stability and opportunity for at least 16 million people worldwide, particularly in rural, impoverished...
Rio’s grassroots agroforestry sustains birds, bees & communities
RIO DE JANEIRO – I didn’t know what to expect when I arrived at Cocotá. The large plaza, 11 hectares (27 acres) snatched from...
Communities fend off attacks as officials study Brazil’s anti-Indigenous land rights...
Indigenous communities across Brazil have suffered a wave of violence in recent weeks as the country reconsiders a controversial law that makes it harder...
DRC communities turn up heat on EU lenders funding palm oil...
On May 24, 2024, clashes broke out between members of a local community and security guards at an oil palm plantation in the northeast...
Cloud brightening over oceans may stave off climate change, but with...
Regional deployment of marine cloud brightening off the U.S. West Coast would be far less effective in the warmer world of 2050, and if...
Reporting confirms alleged Indigenous rights violations in Nepal hydropower project
KATHMANDU — The list of alleged crimes and lies is long: accusations of forging local signatures, signing children’s names on contracts, creating false reports,...
Streak of falling deforestation snapped at 15 months in Brazil’s Amazon...
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon increased on a month-over-month basis for the first time since March 2023, according to data released today by Brazil’s...
Global African Hydrogen Summit Harnessing Africa’s Green Resources for a Just,...
As the world grapples with the urgent need to address climate change and shift towards sustainable energy solutions, Africa stands poised to play a...
Forest degradation releases 5 times more Amazon carbon than deforestation: Study
Forest degradation — access roads, selective logging, fires, natural disturbances — is having a far greater impact on reducing carbon storage in the southern...
Study highlights environmental and economic benefits of agroforestry for DRC coffee...
Growing coffee in a forest with other trees and plants—a system known as agroforestry—can be as productive as growing it in a monoculture field,...
Colombia’s coca substitution program failing to help farmers or slow deforestation
For Indigenous communities in Colombia’s Amazonian and Andean forests, coca is sacred. Many ancestral traditions, such as healing and shamanic practices, include the use...
From selfies to treetops: Thai NGOs rescue and release captive gibbons
PHUKET, Thailand — The air is thick and sticky in the forest surrounding the Gibbon Rehabilitation Project center. Thanaphat Payakkaporn, head of the project,...
