When will families of slain Amazon land defenders get justice? (commentary)
Jorge Pérez Rubio
Article by: Jorge Pérez Rubio
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South Africa Today - Environment
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Bird-friendly maple syrup boosts Vermont forest diversity & resilience
A relatively new program in Vermont is helping both maple syrup-producing farms and their customers to improve forest habitat preferred by a diversity of...
‘The police are watching’: In Mekong countries, eco defenders face rising...
Activists, journalists, environmental lawyers and others who raise attention for environmental issues in the Mekong region say they feel threatened by authoritarian governments.Environment defenders...
Ecuador court ruling leaves a legal gray area in environmental consultation
Ecuador’s Constitutional Court struck down a controversial decree that tried to reform how environmental consultations for large-scale infrastructure projects are carried out with communities.Environmental...
Young African environmentalists feature in new cohort of global restoration stewards
Anna Obi Akpe, Kamanzi Claudine, and Steve Misati will receive funding, mentoring, and networking opportunities from international organizations in 2024 for their projects in...
Video: For farmer imprisoned over wildfires, fear and poverty linger
Aseanty Pahlevi
Article by: Aseanty Pahlevi
This story first appeared on Mongabay
South Africa Today - Environment
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Indonesia delays enforcement of widely panned fisheries policy
The Indonesian government has pushed back the implementation of a new fisheries policy based on catch quotas amid near-universal criticism from stakeholders.The fisheries ministry...
Brazil’s “End-of-the-World” auction for oil and gas drilling (commentary)
Brazil’s massive 13 December 2023 auction of oil and gas drilling rights betrays a glaring hypocrisy in view of the country’s discourse on climate...
Mega oil and gas auction in the Brazilian Amazon may threaten...
One day after the COP28 climate summit closed in Dubai, where Brazil’s president reinforced the need to slash greenhouse gas emissions, the country’s National...
Outcry as Brazil Congress overrides president to revive anti-Indigenous law
Brazil’s Congress has pushed through a new law that includes several anti-Indigenous measures that strip back land rights and open traditional territories to mining...
Brazil’s mammals help humanity, but those services are at risk, study...
Most of Brazil’s 701 native mammal species provide critical ecosystem services that benefit people, according to a new study.However, more than half of the...
COP28 cements goal to halt forest loss in 7 years, but...
While COP28 in Dubai included a goal to halt and reverse forest loss by the end of the decade, tropical forest nations say they...
