Philippine tribe fights to save a sacred river from a dam
Each year, members of the Dumagat-Remontado tribe gather at the Tinipak River to observe an Indigenous ritual to honor their supreme being and pray...
Retailer targets rivers on World Cleanup Day
The Shoprite Group has partnered with the Department of Water and Sanitation to host nationwide river cleanups on World Cleanup Day (21 September 2019)...
On the hunt for a silent salamander-killer
It’s like searching for a needle in a haystack — except the needle is invisible and the hay stretches for thousands of miles. Oh,...
South African MPA Day becomes a global celebration in 2022
The inaugural Marine Protected Areas (MPA) Day, held on 1 August 2021, was a major success with the national event now set to go...
To protect its iconic condors, an entire Bolivian town declared itself...
Quebracho and Condor Natural Reserve in the Cordillera de Laderas was created on Aug. 24 this year in response to the poisoning deaths of...
Indigenous peoples and communities drive climate finance reform
At COP26, the United Nations climate conference in 2021, 22 philanthropies and governments pledged $1.7 billion to support Indigenous and community forest tenure as...
Poverty-fueled deforestation of Nigerian reserve slashes hope for rare chimps
Less than 20 year ago, Akure-Ofosu Forest Reserve was regarded as a potential conservation site for endangered Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzees.
But between 2001 and...
