Battling desertification: Bringing soil back to life in semiarid Spain
Southeastern Spain is experiencing the northward advance of the Sahara Desert, leading to declining rainfall, soil degradation, and climate change-induced droughts, threatening agricultural lands...
Origami-inspired sensor platforms tumble like leaves to study forests
Scientists have developed a tiny, lightweight, shape-shifting platform that can hold a variety of environmental sensors and be dropped from drones to study far-flung...
São Paulo nurseries bring the city’s rare and forgotten trees back...
São Paulo’s three municipal nurseries produce around 1.5 million native seedlings every year to green up the city.The Harry Blossfeld nursery alone produces 270,000...
Bangladesh survey records invasive alien plants threatening protected forests
According to a survey, 44 exotic invasive plant species were recorded in five protected forests in Bangladesh. Of them, seven species were found to...
The world needs African solutions: “Together, we can move from surviving...
Last week, at the global conference GLF Nairobi 2023: A New Vision for Earth, thousands of leading African changemakers, scientists, practitioners and community leaders of...
Stop playing politics with climate change: Q&A with Nigeria’s Nnimmo Bassey
The Niger Delta has endured extensive pollution and risks to human and environmental health in the past half-century due to oil production; an estimated...
Tensions flare as Ecuador’s environment consultation process is put to the...
In July, farmers in Las Naves, Ecuador, got into violent clashes with police while protesting a new environmental consultation process and a large-scale open-pit...
In biodiverse Nepal, wildlife crime fighters are underpowered but undeterred
Wildlife crime investigators in Nepal face various challenges, such as lack of training, resources, evidence and database, as well as political and legal pressure.They’re...
Marine mammals live longer in zoos thanks to better animal care
Life expectancy in four studied marine mammal species has increased by over three times in zoos and aquariums.
Animal care and management practices at zoos...
Brazil’s Indigenous communities turn to native beekeeping to recover nature
Indigenous territories located in different Brazilian biomes — the Amazon, the Cerrado and the Atlantic Forest — are hosting beekeeping projects aimed at both...
Avani Windhoek inspired by guests & takes action on World Clean...
In commemoration of World Clean Up Day on Saturday, 16 September, Avani Windhoek Hotel & Casino (part of the Minor Hotels group) proudly announced...
Fishing ban extension raises hopes for iconic Amazon pink river dolphin
The Amazon river dolphin, or boto, is an integral feature of the rainforest’s biodiversity and culture, and is central to several Indigenous tales.Even though...
