Animal welfare advocacy must include wildlife & invertebrates (commentary)

Animal welfare advocacy must include wildlife & invertebrates (commentary)

Over recent decades, animal advocacy efforts have been mainly geared towards domesticated animals – including farmed, laboratory and companion animals – and with good...
Leading the charge in philanthropy across Asia: Interview with Lim Seok Hui

Leading the charge in philanthropy across Asia: Interview with Lim Seok...

Standing at the helm of a mission to scale collaborative philanthropy across Asia, and impact the world globally, is the Philanthropy Asia Alliance. And...
What’s at stake for the environment in Venezuela’s upcoming election?

What’s at stake for the environment in Venezuela’s upcoming election?

The lead up to Venezuela’s presidential election, scheduled for this Sunday, July 28, hasn’t been about the candidates’ experience or the viability of their...
Siamese crocodile hatchlings a ‘promising sign’ in Cambodia, but greater protection needed

Siamese crocodile hatchlings a ‘promising sign’ in Cambodia, but greater protection...

KOH KONG, Cambodia — The recent discovery of 60 Siamese crocodile hatchlings in the southwest of Cambodia has sparked hope among conservationists, with the...
Protecting Nigeria one child & one tree at a time: Interview with Doyinsola Ogunye

Protecting Nigeria one child & one tree at a time: Interview...

Driven to protect the planet one child, one tree and one recycled piece of plastic at a time, environmental advocate Doyinsola Ogunye is helping...
Biochar could play big role in Bhutan’s carbon storage — but it’s news to farmers

Biochar could play big role in Bhutan’s carbon storage — but...

A recent study reveals Bhutan’s potential to store 68% of its greenhouse gas emissions by converting crop residues into biochar, the highest among 12...
Activists in Cameroon repeatedly questioned by authorities following Mongabay story

Activists in Cameroon repeatedly questioned by authorities following Mongabay story

Following the publication of a Mongabay article, police and authorities have harassed and summoned civil society activists in Cameroon for questioning five times. The...
SA’s Hidden Treasure: Groundwater and its use

SA’s Hidden Treasure: Groundwater and its use

South Africa’s water crisis is well-documented, with surface water resources under immense pressure from overuse, pollution and climate change. There is another critical water...
Sun block: The promise and peril of solar geoengineering

Sun block: The promise and peril of solar geoengineering

This is Part One of a two-part story. Find Part Two here. A 2023 study published in JGR Atmospheres found that implementing a global...
To host 2025 climate summit, Brazil will carve up an Amazonian reserve

To host 2025 climate summit, Brazil will carve up an Amazonian...

In November next year, the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference, known as COP30, will take place in Belém, in the Brazilian Amazonian state...
PHOTOS: For Kenya’s Maasai, a new faith may undo age-old conservation traditions

PHOTOS: For Kenya’s Maasai, a new faith may undo age-old conservation...

LOITA FOREST, Kenya — Wrapped in fingers of moss, where the spindly upper branches of giant trees tickle the clouds, a highland tropical forest...
Nepal’s youngest national park looks to elevated lanes to prevent roadkill

Nepal’s youngest national park looks to elevated lanes to prevent roadkill

PARSA, Nepal — On the two-lane Amlekhgunj-Pathlaiya road, a long line of red and yellow trucks carrying petroleum forms as traffic is brought to...