Soraida Chindoy: the Indigenous guardian defending the sacred Putumayo mountains
An Indigenous woman from the Inga community in the Condagua reservation in Putumayo, Colombia, is leading the struggle against a Canadian mining company that...
Road paving in a Peruvian bird paradise threatens wildlife and ecotourism
In the Manu Biosphere Reserve of Southeastern Peru, one of the world’s most biodiverse protected areas, a winding dirt road has historically been the...
Irrawaddy dolphin death in Thailand’s Songkhla Lake underscores conservation needs
As few as 14 critically endangered Irrawaddy dolphins remain in the world’s smallest freshwater population of the species, in southern Thailand’s Songkhla Lake.The recent...
Green Corridors urges citizens to be mindful of water resources National...
‘Water for Peace’ is the theme for World Water Day which coincides with South Africa’s National Water Week (20-26 March). Green Corridors, the Durban...
UN probes controversial forest carbon agreement in Malaysian Borneo
The government of Sabah state in Malaysian Borneo will continue to move forward with an opaque nature conservation agreement despite concerns raised by the...
VR doccie – Umfula – Echoes of the River making an...
A Virtual Reality (VR) film Umfula - Echoes of the River , created by VR Capture and directed by Ballito-based Telmo dos Reis has...
Fanned by El Niño, megafires in Brazil threaten Amazon’s preserved areas
Researchers and protection agencies expected a dry season with more fires in Brazil’s Roraima state at the start of 2024, but the effects of...
Rising temperatures threaten the tiny animals responsible for groundwater quality
A new study compared temperatures inside 12 caves around the world with their respective surfaces, showing that average annual temperatures in underground systems tend...
Chocó land deal shows flaws in Ecuador’s forestry incentive program
A conflict over thousands of hectares of the Andean Chocó bioregion of northwestern Ecuador — now enmeshed in a decade-long legal battle — shows...
Fenced in by Sulawesi national park, Indigenous women make forestry breakout
The Moa Indigenous community live in a remote region of Indonesia’s Central Sulawesi province, on the fringe of a national park established in the...
Bringing forth water to combat food insecurity and climate change in...
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Sixty-four percent of the population of the Sahel lives in rural areas and depends primarily on rainfed farming for their livelihood. Despite the...
Fertilizer management could reduce ammonia pollution from 3 staple crops: Study
Nitrogen fertilizers are applied to crops to increase yield, but some of that nitrogen is lost to the atmosphere in the form of ammonia....
