Environment

Clearing of forests for oil palm plantations can increase flooding risk and water contamination for downstream communities, a new study shows.The research focused on...

An analysis of two carbon credit projects in the Brazilian Amazon has found that they may be connected to illegal timber laundering.Prior to the...

Indonesia’s investment minister, Bahlil Lahadalia, has presented a government plan to give mining licenses to the country’s religious communities.Civil society groups have responded to...

Fires and unsustainable wood harvesting have depleted the Afromontane forests on Mount Moco, Angola’s highest mountain.The forests are home to a diverse variety of...

A connection to nature in the city is not easy to make. Finding a residential estate just 15kms from the centre of Sandton CBD...

The Caribbean Basin is drowning in waste, especially plastic trash that’s contaminating rivers and the surrounding sea, poisoning fish and turtles.For years, governments in...

The Maya Biosphere Reserve, stretching 2.2 million hectares (5.3 million acres) across northern Guatemala, has seen a wave of land invasions this year in...

A new report shows that major banks operating in Southeast Asia are failing to address the environmental and human rights consequences of their investments...

Dario Mejía Montalvo, an Indigenous leader of the Zenu people of Colombia, recently stepped down from his role as president of the United Nations...

The upcoming Tshwane Energy Summit on 19 - 20 June is set to ignite the Tshwane’s energy action plan to free the city from...

In South Africa, waste management is a critical issue that affects us all. While many communities rely on municipalities to manage waste appropriately, effectively,...

New satellite data documents the loss of vegetation in all types of ecosystems, not just tropical rainforests, around the world.The OPERA DIST-ALERT was developed...