Cerrado’s current drought impossible without human-caused climate change: Study
Under severe drought for decades, Brazil’s Cerrado is experiencing an ongoing water crisis. Its aquifers are losing water faster than they can replenish, rivers...
In Nepal, a cable car in a sacred forest sparks swift,...
PANCHTHAR, Nepal — On a remote stretch of road in far-eastern Nepal, three figures stepped in front of a minibus. Two were young men,...
Agroforestry offers Thai rubber farmers a pathway to profit and sustainability
BANGKOK — Little by little, the canopy of branches and interlocking leaves closes overhead as our vehicle rollicks deeper into the plantation. Pakamart Tongkam...
Most ‘compostable’ bioplastics are anything but, says new report
Plastic trash has become one of the most visible global environmental crises of our time. Single-use plastics make up nearly half of all plastics...
‘Lost’ snow leopard to remain at Kathmandu zoo, officials say
KATHMANDU — A Himalayan-dwelling snow leopard that somehow wound up in Nepal’s lowland plains at the start of the year will not be released...
Magnate’s visit to Indonesia’s untouched Aru Islands revives Indigenous concerns
ARU ISLANDS, Indonesia — When the ship with “J7Explorer” embossed across its hull approached the shoreline on May 13, some on the Aru Islands...
New Indigenous reserve in the Amazon among first steps to protect...
In May 2024, Indigenous organizations in Peru’s Amazon achieved a milestone in a campaign that lasted for almost two decades. Indigenous peoples living in...
Hydropower plants disrupt fishers’ lives in Amazon’s most biodiverse river basin
HUMAITÁ, Brazil — At dawn, 20 fishers received a tip that matrinxãs were swimming down the Aripuanã River toward the Madeira, the Amazon Basin’s...
Cambodia’s largest mangrove forest is ‘teeming with life,’ biodiversity survey finds
A recent deep-dive biodiversity survey in Cambodia identified hundreds of unique species swimming, flying, crawling and prowling within one of mainland Southeast Asia’s largest...
Time for a copal comeback? The natural resin could boost Amazon’s...
As a young man, Djalma Moreira Lima used to walk throughout the rainforest to collect copal resin. He would wander around for hours looking...
A tribe once declared ‘extinct’ helps reintroduce salmon to the Columbia...
NELSON, British Columbia — For thousands of years, the stretch of the Columbia River that passed through Kettle Falls, Washington, was so full of...
In Nepal, criticizing government conservation policies is becoming harder
KATHMANDU — When Nepal’s government approved a controversial measure at the start of the year to permit hydropower development inside protected areas, there was...
