New satellite readings show full extent of mining in the Amazon...
A new report from Monitoring of the Amazon Project (MAAP) compiles some of the most up-to-date and extensive analysis of mining in the Amazon.The...
Meet Japan’s Iriomote and Tsushima cats: Ambassadors for island conservation
Two rare subspecies of leopard cat, the Iriomote cat and Tsushima cat, can be found only on the Japanese islands they’re named after. With...
As population ‘flattens,’ North Atlantic right whales remain at risk
A new population estimate for North Atlantic right whales found about 356 individuals left in 2022, which suggests the population trend is “flattening.”In 2021,...
Indigenous Suruí turn invaders’ crop into high-quality Amazonian coffee
The Indigenous Paiter Suruí people of Brazil have reclaimed the coffee farms established by invaders on their land, in the process opening up a...
Oil firm Perenco eyes new blocks in DRC amid criticism of...
Oil multinational Perenco has bid on two new oil blocks being auctioned off by the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo.Perenco operates the...
It’s Time to Reap the Financial Rewards of Water and Sanitation
By Catarina de Albuquerque, CEO of the UNICEF-hosted Sanitation and Water for All global partnership and first UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights...
Forest conservation ‘off-track’ to halt deforestation by 2030: New report
The world lost 6.6 million hectares (16.3 million acres) of forest, an area larger than Sri Lanka, and deforestation rates increased by 4% in...
Young firefighter killed battling inferno in Borneo orangutan habitat
Said Jaka Pahlawan, an oil palm plantation foreman, was killed on Sept. 30 while fighting a fire in Indonesia’s Tanjung Puting National Park, a...
Sound recordings and AI tell us if forests are recovering, new...
Acoustic monitoring and AI tools were used to track biodiversity recovery in plots of tropical Chocó forest in northwestern Ecuador.The study found that species...
Report reveals investment blockages in countering Uganda’s climate change damage
New report offers pathways for impact investors in drive to mainstream radical climate protection technologies
KAMPALA, Uganda, 25 October 2023 -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Impact...
Mine in ‘world cobalt capital’ displaces locals and monks under questionable...
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Nepal’s tiger conservation gets tech boost with AI-powered deer tracking
Endangered tigers in Nepal heavily rely on spotted deer as their primary prey, making their conservation crucial.Researchers in Nepal are using vertical cameras and...
