Last of the reef netters: Decline of an Indigenous, sustainable salmon fishery

Last of the reef netters: Decline of an Indigenous, sustainable salmon...

Reef net fishing is an ancient, sustainable salmon-harvesting technique created and perfected by the Lummi and other Coast Salish Indigenous people over a millennium.Rather...
Indonesia launches new front in climate campaign focusing on seagrass

Indonesia launches new front in climate campaign focusing on seagrass

Indonesia has published a road map for seagrass protection and rehabilitation, as part of its efforts to mitigate the impacts of the climate crisis.Seagrass...
Enviva, the world’s largest biomass energy company, is near collapse

Enviva, the world’s largest biomass energy company, is near collapse

The forest biomass energy industry took a major hit this month, as Enviva, the world’s largest producer of wood pellets — burned in former...
Jurisdictional REDD+ ready to fund forest-positive, socially-inclusive development in the Amazon and beyond (commentary)

Jurisdictional REDD+ ready to fund forest-positive, socially-inclusive development in the Amazon...

Jurisdictional REDD+ (JREDD) is designed to fund regional transitions to forest-positive, socially-inclusive rural development. It is fundamentally different than private forest carbon projects, which...
End of impunity for Indigenous killings in sight for Brazil’s Guajajara

End of impunity for Indigenous killings in sight for Brazil’s Guajajara

Karla Mendes Article by: Karla Mendes This story first appeared on Mongabay South Africa Today - Environment This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0...
‘We won’t give up’: DRC’s Front Line Defenders award winner Olivier Ndoole Bahemuke

‘We won’t give up’: DRC’s Front Line Defenders award winner Olivier...

Elodie Toto Article by: Elodie Toto This story first appeared on Mongabay South Africa Today - Environment This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0...
Glencore’s coal expansion plans face shareholder and Indigenous opposition

Glencore’s coal expansion plans face shareholder and Indigenous opposition

Swiss-based mining giant Glencore says it plans to challenge the proposed listing of a heritage site, the Ravensworth Homestead, that could deter the planned...
Circular economy poised to go beyond outdated oil, gas and coal, experts say

Circular economy poised to go beyond outdated oil, gas and coal,...

The exploitation of oil, gas and coal is now destabilizing all nine planetary boundaries and driving a triple crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss...
Climate Change is no longer a thing of the Future.

Climate Change is no longer a thing of the Future.

Johannesburg, 21 November 2023 – The Working on Fire (WOF) - Kishugu Joint Venture, responsible for implementing the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the...
French banks accused of money laundering linked to Amazon deforestation

French banks accused of money laundering linked to Amazon deforestation

A coalition of NGOs has filed a criminal complaint against several French banks for allegedly financing meat companies driving deforestation in Brazil.Between 2013 and...
New platform offers toolkit for companies to prove their eco claims

New platform offers toolkit for companies to prove their eco claims

Claudia Geib Article by: Claudia Geib This story first appeared on Mongabay South Africa Today - Environment This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0...
Lethal or not? Australia’s beaches are a crucible for shark control methods

Lethal or not? Australia’s beaches are a crucible for shark control...

For decades, Australia’s east-coast states have attempted to keep beachgoers safe from sharks by deploying entangling shark nets and culling species deemed dangerous.Recent figures...