BASF, Eramet drop $2.6b Indonesian nickel project that threatens isolated tribe
Germany’s BASF and France’s Eramet have pulled out of a $2.6 billion nickel-and-cobalt refinery in Halmahera, Indonesia, amid criticism that the mine supplying it...
‘It is indeed our problem’: Interview with Mário Soares on Brazil’s...
Mário Soares, a professor of biological oceanography at Rio de Janeiro State University who leads the Mangrove Studies Center (NEMA), has spent more than...
Nepal launches new plan to boost critically endangered Bengal florican
Nepal has launched a 10-year conservation action plan for the Bengal florican to recover and restore the population of the critically endangered bird to...
In northern Spain, climate change is killing shellfish — and women’s...
In Galicia in northwestern Spain, shellfish harvesting is traditionally women’s work.But the clams and cockles the shellfish pickers’ livelihoods depend on are increasingly harder...
Indonesia must integrate marine protection with fisheries subsidies, study says
Indonesia must integrate marine protection measures into its subsidies for small-scale fishers, according to a new study.Despite claiming exemption from the 2022 WTO agreement...
Sweeping reform package threatens environmental protections in Argentina, critics say
Lawmakers in Argentina passed a massive reform package to overhaul the economy, but many of its policies weaken protections for local communities and encourage...
Study: A third of Africa’s great apes at risk from mining...
Rising demand for the metals needed to power the global renewable energy transition potentially threatens more than a third of Africa’s great apes.Nearly 180,000...
The $91 billion wasted on nuclear weapons last year could transform...
Nuclear weapons have caused much damage to the environment and are the only devices ever created that have the capacity to destroy all complex...
Studying snakes without rattling them? There’s now tech for that
Scientists have used tiny, noninvasive radio transmitters and accelerometers to study the habitats and behaviors of red diamond rattlesnakes.While the radio transmitters help researchers...
34,000-year-old termite mounds in South Africa are still being used
Termite mounds in Namaqualand, South Africa, are at least 34,000 years old, according to a recent study.
The termite mounds are still used...
Your cute tote bag is not that green
As the fight against plastic intensifies, alternatives have come into the market in the form of cute cotton tote bags adorned with environmentally friendly...
‘Miracle’ in miniature as rare new plant defies deforestation in Ecuador
Botanists have identified a new plant species, Amalophyllon miraculum, in a small forest fragment in northwestern Ecuador, highlighting the importance of preserving even small...
