New database unveils the role of Asian hornbills as forest seed...
Equipped with bulky beaks and impressive wingspans, hornbills are vital long-distance seed dispersers in tropical forests. But while a lot is known about the...
Extractive industries look at degraded land to avoid further deforestation in...
Mining and power generation companies invest in the Amazon because it is profitable. But their development is costly, so before setting up, the companies...
An ancient Indigenous lagoon system brings water back to a dry...
The town of Catacocha, located in the south of Ecuador, is in a province known for being almost a desert: dry forest, barren soil...
Venezuela’s shrimp farms push for sustainability against hardship and oil spills
Venezuela’s aquaculture industry used to go unnoticed in a national economy revolving around the oil industry, but has gained prominence since 2019 despite revenue...
Setback for Guinea mine that threatens World Heritage chimp reserve
Liberian President Joseph Boakai is backing U.K.-Indian firm ArcelorMittal over access to a key railway in northern Liberia.U.S. firm HPX wants to use the...
On a Borneo mountainside, Indigenous Dayak women hold fire and defend...
Indigenous women in Indonesian Borneo often have to combine domestic responsibilities with food cultivation, known as behuma in the dialect of the Dayak Pitap...
Will a billionaire bankroll biodiversity? CBD Decision 15/9 as potential ‘goldmine’...
Decision 15/9 established a “multilateral mechanism for benefit-sharing from the use of digital sequence information on genetic resources” during COP15 of the UN Convention...
Environmental defenders paid the price during Panama’s historic mining protests –...
Maxwell Radwin
Article by: Maxwell Radwin
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South Africa Today - Environment
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Shade-grown coffee benefits birds, forests & people in Venezuela
The Aves y Cafe program in Venezuela aids rural communities by encouraging community-centered shade coffee agroforestry, while protecting rare and migrating birds.The project has...
Impunity and pollution abound in DRC mining along the road to...
Didier Makal
Article by: Didier Makal
This story first appeared on Mongabay
South Africa Today - Environment
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Hold my ointment: Wild orangutan observed healing wound with medicinal plant
Researchers observed a wild orangutan in Sumatra treating a facial wound with a plant known for its healing properties, marking the first documented case...
Pemex waste contaminates Mexican communities while talking ‘sustainability’
A recent investigation found that communities in the Mexican state of Tabasco have been living near toxic waste sites caused by chemical sludge dumped...
