Extreme drought in western Pará pushes family farmers into agroforestry
Lost crops, reduced fish numbers, low water levels in rivers and difficult access to potable water have all led to a state of disaster...
Why language is central to the survival of cultures and communities
More than half the world’s languages could go extinct by 2100, The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues says.Roughly 4,000 of the world’s...
Understanding Energy Law: An Overview of the Regulatory Landscape
Energy Law involves the regulation of, and transactions within, the energy sector from its procurement to its generation and distribution, and includes the ancillary...
The Cloud vs. drought: Water hog data centers threaten Latin America,...
Droughts in Uruguay and Chile have led residents to question the wisdom of their governments allowing transnational internet technology companies to build water-hungry mega-data...
Amazon-produced cacao offers climate solutions
Cacao plantations in the Brazilian state of Pará have helped to recover about 150,000 hectares (370,660 acres) of degraded land in the last 25...
Pest plants and animals leave a frightening $1.7 trillion bill
These species can threaten the health of plants and animals, including humans. And they cause huge economic harm.
They’re one of the most damaging environmental forces on...
Your lesson for World Cleanup Day – when you recycle your...
Our country’s post-consumer recycling rates for beverage bottles are high but they could be higher if South Africans would learn one simple rule –...
Vast new MPAs are PNG’s first to be co-managed by Indigenous...
On Nov. 12, the government of Papua New Guinea declared two large new marine protected areas totaling more than 16,000 square kilometers (6,200 square...
The First Hydropower Standard Will Not Stop Damage to Central and...
8 September 2021 - Launched today at the World Hydropower Congress, the new Hydropower Standard is a commitment from the hydropower industry to reduce...
Why we’ll need to realign environmental awareness
We urgently need to rethink how we live our lives and consider the environmental impacts of everything we do.
Like it or not, the world...
How the IMF RST and Innovative Climate Finance Can Serve Africa
By Ali Mansoor and Awa Mbaye
LAGOS, Nigeria, 20 July 2023 -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- African countries have been encouraged to seek alternative funding schemes to tackle...
