Road upgrade through remote Tanzanian park threatens wildlife (commentary)
After a pause of more than 10 years, road upgrading through Katavi National Park has restarted.Critics worry about the possible effects on long term...
How Bolivia pioneered agrarian reform in South America
Continuing with the experiences by country, this time it is the turn of Bolivia, which had its first approach to the distribution of public...
Postponement of century-old Indian Science Congress sparks controversy
Almost every year since 1914, the Indian Science Congress has brought together a wide range of scientists, academics, students and even Nobel laureates in...
Honduras arrests alleged mastermind of Berta Cáceres’s murder
On March 2 Honduran authorities arrested a hydroelectric company executive they say orchestrated the murder of indigenous activist Berta Cáceres two years ago.David Castillo...
The 1.5℃ global warming limit is not impossible – but without...
The 1.5℃ limit wasn’t plucked from thin air – it was informed by the best available science.
Limiting global warming to 1.5℃ this century is...
Online trade in arachnids threatens some species with extinction
A recent study reveals a vast and unregulated global trade in invertebrates, posing a risk of overexploitation of some species in the wild.A group...
Agribusiness boomtown; profits for a few, hardships for many
Luís Eduardo Magalhães (LEM) is a soy boomtown, built on Cerrado agribusiness. Its population has grown fourfold since 2000, to 83,000 people, and is...
Report: Half of plantations in Indonesia’s palm oil heartland are illegal
Nearly half of plantations in Riau province, Indonesia’s palm oil heartland, are illegal, according to a new report by the Eyes on the Forest,...
From India to Indonesia environmental laws are being relaxed
Some governments clearly aren’t letting the COVID-19 pandemic go to waste when it comes to venal consideration.
India’s government clearly isn’t letting the COVID-19 pandemic...
Indonesian voters want a clean energy plan, but candidates haven’t delivered
Candidates running in Indonesia’s presidential election next year must make clear their plans for transition the country away from fossil fuels and toward clean...
