From the Amazon to the Himalayas, an invasive catfish makes its...
Researchers discovered specimens of Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus, an Amazonian catfish, in a river in eastern Nepal, marking the first record of this species in the...
Zambian forest reserve rebounds with a little assistance
Conservationists and farmers have restored large parts of a forest reserve in Zambia in just four years through natural regeneration.The Katanino Forest Reserve had...
Study: Female chimps that don’t leave their birth groups can still...
Recent research published on the Ngogo chimpanzees of Kibale National Park shows that female chimps don’t always leave their birth group in search of...
Peru puts endemic fog oasis under protection
The Peruvian government has formally granted conservation status to the 6,449-hectare (16,000-acre) desert oasis site Lomas y Tillandsiales de Amara y Ullujalla on the...
Revealed: Illegal cattle boom in Arariboia territory in deadliest year for...
Karla Mendes
Article by: Karla Mendes
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South Africa Today - Environment
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How effective is the EU’s marquee policy to reduce the illegal...
The European Union’s Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Action Plan, adopted in 2003, is a unique regional attempt to rein in the...
Sugarcane megaproject poses latest threat to Papua’s forests, communities
Activists have warned of wide-ranging environmental and social impacts from a plan to establish 2 million hectares (nearly 5 million acres) of sugarcane plantations...
Photos: Exploring Mexico City’s Aztec-era farms, the chinampas
Chinampas are part of an agricultural system developed during the Aztec Empire in shallow lakes or marshes in the southern valley of what is...
Indigenous people in the Amazon are helping to build bridges &...
Working together, the Reconecta Project and the Waimiri-Atroari Indigenous people build bridges that connect the forest canopy over the BR-174 road, which crosses the...
Caught in the net: Unchecked shrimp farming transforms India’s Sundarbans
Niladry Sarkar
Article by: Niladry Sarkar
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South Africa Today - Environment
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To conserve large landscapes like the Florida Wildlife Corridor, payments for...
Florida has among the fastest-growing state populations of any U.S. state, averaging 1,000 new residents daily which drives the development of natural ecosystems, timberlands,...
Beekeeping helps villagers tend coastal forests in Thai mangrove hotspot
Community-led approaches to mangrove restoration are increasingly recognized as more effective than many state- or market-driven initiatives in terms of both ecological and economic...
