Indigenous efforts to save Peru’s Marañon River could spell trouble for...
In March, the Federation of Kukama Indigenous Women in the Parinari district of Loreto won a lawsuit against the oil company Petroperú and the...
Sumatra villages count cost of deadly river tsunami swelled by illegal...
Several days of extreme rainfall beginning March 7 triggered fatal flash flooding across Indonesia’s West Sumatra province, resulting in at least 30 deaths and...
Hyundai ends aluminum deal with Adaro Minerals following K-pop protest
The South Korean auto company Hyundai has ended its 2022 agreement for procuring aluminum for its electric vehicles from Adaro Minerals, which plans to...
Caribbean startups are turning excess seaweed into an agroecology solution
Sargassum, a type of brown macroalgae, has been inundating beaches across the Caribbean since 2011. It comes from the Sargasso Sea in the Atlantic...
Brazil’s illegal gold trade takes a hammering, but persists underground
Measures throughout 2023 to curb the illegal gold trade in Brazil led to a 20% drop in the country’s exports of the precious metal.In...
Global coral beaching now underway looks set to be largest on...
Scientists say that coral reefs are currently undergoing a global bleaching event, with more than 54% of the world’s coral reef areas in the...
Climate change could drive mammal extinction in Brazil’s Caatinga, study warns
According to a new study, 91.6% of terrestrial mammal communities in the Caatinga will lose species by 2060, with 87% of them being deprived...
Rapid growth of Bolivia’s lithium industry creating new problems for local...
A lithium plant is using untested equipment and potentially mismanaging its use of freshwater, raising concerns for residents about whether the Bolivian government can...
It will take 880 years to achieve UN ocean conservation goals,...
Indigenous conservationist Angelo Villagomez will speak at the Our Ocean conference, one of the largest and highest profile conferences of its kind, this week...
On the trail of Borneo’s bay cat, one of the world’s...
The bay cat, named for its brownish-red coat, is arguably the most elusive of all the world’s wildcats. And among the most endangered.The bay...
Faced with an extreme future, one Colombian island struggles to rebuild
In 2020, Hurricane Iota destroyed most of the housing and infrastructure on the Island of Providencia, in Colombia’s Caribbean archipelago of San Andres.Although the...
The whole truth about whole grains
NAIROBI, Kenya 17 April 2024-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- According to a new report by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) entitled The Whole Truth about Whole Grains, there is...
