Cutting forests for solar energy ‘misses the plot’ on climate action...
In many places, solar power projects are being sited on natural forestlands, even in America’s greenest state, Vermont. This ignores the fact that natural...
Otter-preneurs: Female sea otters lead the way in tool use for...
In Monterey Bay, California, southern sea otters face food scarcity as their preferred prey, urchins and abalone, have declined due to climate change, overfishing...
In Amazon’s tri-border Javari region, teens fall prey to drug gangs’...
Residents of the tri-border region between Brazil, Colombia and Peru have reported an increase in the recruitment of teenagers to work in illegal logging...
In Brazil’s Cerrado, aquifers are losing more water than they can...
A new monitoring model combining satellite images with artificial intelligence can identify variations in the volume of Brazilian aquifers.The Urucuia, one of the largest...
Innovative Nepali PSA seeks emotional connection to save red pandas
A public service announcement video featuring actors in costumes resembling red pandas uses a poem and theatrical performance to create an emotional connection with...
18 years on, how are sharks faring in French Polynesia’s shark...
While sharks are feared and threatened in many parts of the world, French Polynesia decided to protect them two decades ago by declaring its...
Collective effort monitors Amazon wildlife in heavily logged Brazil state
Indigenous communities, the government and civil society organizations are working to identify the status and whereabouts of animals in one of the most deforested...
Fishers decry ‘underhanded’ new initiative to protect Mexico’s vaquita
Over the past two years, the Mexican Navy has installed hundreds of anti-trawling hooks to prevent vaquitas being caught in illegal gill nets in...
Morningside Shopping Centre sets new standards in environmental stewardship
As part of its continuing mission to embed sustainability into every facet of its operations, Morningside Shopping Centre has highlighted significant advancements in its...
Green credentials of electric vehicles come under fire
Electric vehicles are often presented as a key technology for drastically reducing greenhouse gas emissions, thus helping curb climate change.But manufacturing electric cars requires...
No mercy for overfished yellowfin tuna at Indian Ocean fisheries meeting
Members of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission, the intergovernmental body that regulates fishing for tuna and tuna-like species in the region, met May 13-17...
All conservation is local: Interview with Angolan conservationist Kerllen Costa
Kerllen Costa is the manager for a project run by the Kissama Foundation to protect Afromontane forests on Mount Moco, Angola’s highest mountain.Costa says...
