#AllEyesonPapua goes viral to highlight threat to Indigenous forests from palm oil

#AllEyesonPapua goes viral to highlight threat to Indigenous forests from palm...

Hans Nicholas Jong Article by: Hans Nicholas Jong This story first appeared on Mongabay South Africa Today - Environment This article is licensed under a Creative Commons...
Report: Illegal fishing and labor abuse rampant in China’s Indian Ocean fleet

Report: Illegal fishing and labor abuse rampant in China’s Indian Ocean...

Elizabeth Claire Alberts Article by: Elizabeth Claire Alberts This story first appeared on Mongabay South Africa Today - Environment This article is licensed under a Creative Commons...
Media must help reduce conflict between tigers and people in the Sundarbans (commentary)

Media must help reduce conflict between tigers and people in the...

The Sundarbans is the world’s largest mangrove forest, supporting millions of people and myriad wildlife, including endangered tigers, which are increasingly killed for the...
Water is key as study shows restoration of drained tropical peat is possible

Water is key as study shows restoration of drained tropical peat...

Rewetting of tropical peatland that was drained for agriculture can lead to the recovery of the native ecosystem, a long-term study of a former...
Unrest and arrests in Sumatra as community fights to protect mangroves

Unrest and arrests in Sumatra as community fights to protect mangroves

Police in Indonesia’s Langkat district, North Sumatra province, arrested three people in April and May over alleged criminal damage linked to a conflict over...
On a remote island, Honduras plans mega-prison in an unstudied reserve

On a remote island, Honduras plans mega-prison in an unstudied reserve

To address the country’s ongoing security crisis, Honduras is preparing the construction of a maximum-security prison on the uninhabited Islas del Cisne (Swan Islands),...
Riding the Tren Maya: A journey on Mexico’s controversial new railway line

Riding the Tren Maya: A journey on Mexico’s controversial new railway...

Reporter Maxwell Radwin and videographer Caitlin Cooper set out to ride the Tren Maya from Cancún toward Palenque and back.On their journey, they looked...
Emissions from loss of plant diversity spells massive climate trouble: Study

Emissions from loss of plant diversity spells massive climate trouble: Study

A new study suggests that the loss of plant species due to climate change and human activities could release vast amounts of stored carbon...
Amazon deforestation threatens one of Brazil’s key pollinators, study shows

Amazon deforestation threatens one of Brazil’s key pollinators, study shows

Orchid bees, which help pollinate species from at least 30 plant families and play a big role in Brazil’s agriculture, have long been under...
Restoring Indigenous aquaculture heals both ecosystems and communities in Hawai‘i

Restoring Indigenous aquaculture heals both ecosystems and communities in Hawai‘i

The loko i’a system of native fishponds in Hawai‘i has for generations provided sustenance to Indigenous communities, supported fish populations in surrounding waters, and...
As Big Tech eyes the carbon market, will it work this time?

As Big Tech eyes the carbon market, will it work this...

Tech giants Meta, Microsoft, Google and Salesforce have announced the launch of an alliance that aims to invest in nature-based carbon removal projects.The Symbiosis...
In the Pan Amazon, environmental liabilities of old mining have become economic liabilities

In the Pan Amazon, environmental liabilities of old mining have become...

The ‘legacy’ of older mines translates into environmental liabilities, as failures can cause leakages of toxic sludge or fuel into river systems, rapidly spreading...