World Bank accused of supporting evictions, rights abuses at Tanzanian park
In a report released last week, the US-based advocacy group The Oakland Institute accused the World Bank of complicity in what it said were...
99% of Caatinga biome could lose plant species due to climate...
An unprecedented study analyzed 420,000 occurrence records for 3,060 Caatinga plant species and concluded that 99% of the plant communities there are expected to...
Applications open for Airbus’s ‘Satellites for Biodiversity Award’
The second edition of the “Satellites for Biodiversity Award” has been announced by the Airbus Foundation and the Connected Conservation Foundation.The two organizations are...
Cut down once again: Uncontrolled logging puts new Sahel reforestation projects...
Reforestation projects to restore degraded lands in Chad and Cameroon, like the “Great Green Wall” and the “Reforestation 1400” projects, are facing increasing pressure...
World owes it to Tanzania to keep Eastern Arc forests standing,...
Tanzania’s Eastern Arc’s evergreen forests provide carbon sequestration that the world benefits, yet it’s local communities alone who shoulder the costs of keeping the...
Pope Francis condemns world leaders for deeply flawed UN climate process
Justin Catanoso
Article by: Justin Catanoso
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South Africa Today - Environment
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Frogs in the pot: Two in five amphibian species at risk...
The extinction risk for more than 8,000 amphibian species has significantly increased in the past 18 years, primarily due to climate change impacts, with...
World Bank still backs coal in Asia, despite climate claims, report...
A new report shows that the World Bank continues to supply funding to some of Asia’s largest coal developers through its financial intermediaries.The multilateral...
Sustainable infrastructure in the Pan Amazon: In search of an oxymoron
Mongabay has begun publishing a new edition of the book, “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon,” in short installments and in three languages: Spanish,...
Up in the air: Study finds microplastics in high-altitude cloud water
A new study found tiny microplastics — sized between 7.1 to 94.6 micrometers — in cloud water collected from high-altitude summits in Japan.The researchers...
What does land mean to Australia’s Indigenous groups fighting logging?
Many Indigenous Gumbaynggirr people in Australia feel an intimate connection to their ancestral lands, which holds the trees, animals, ancestral spirits and creation stories...
‘Wasn’t us,’ fire-hit Indonesia claims as Malaysia chokes on poor air...
Malaysia has blamed forest fires in neighboring Indonesia of causing smoke that has sent air quality levels to unhealthy levels across much of the...
