Macron touts forest conservation while promoting gas project on PNG visit
During a recent visit to Papua New Guinea, French President Emmanuel Macron spent time with both fossil fuel executives and conservationists.Macron attended a presentation...
Captive to coal: Indonesia to burn even more fossil fuel for...
Indonesia is building several new coal-fired power plants for industrial users, despite its stated commitment to start phasing out coal and transition to clean...
To protect the oceans, we must map them (commentary)
About 80% of our oceans remain “unmapped, unobserved, and unexplored,” according to NOAA.Technologies like un-crewed marine drones, high-resolution satellites, and remote operating vehicles are...
Wildlife management platform EarthRanger goes mobile with new app
Since it was launched in 2017, the EarthRanger software has helped protected-area managers, law enforcement agencies and wildlife conservationists to collect, visualize and track...
Falcon trafficking soars in Middle East, fueled by conflict and poverty
Worth thousands of dollars, migratory falcons are increasingly targeted by trappers in the Middle East, notably in Syria, where their value skyrocketed during the...
Zika, dengue transmission expected to rise with climate change
A new study foresees a 20% increase in cases of viruses like dengue, Zika and chikungunya over the next 30 years due to climate...
Kenyan fishers put new twists on an age-old marine conservation system
Over the past two decades Kenyan fishing communities have been setting up no-fishing zones called tengefus, Swahili for “set aside.”The idea was inspired by...
Indigenous activists demand justice after 5 shot in Amazonian ‘palm oil...
Between Aug. 4 and Aug. 7, security guards for a palm oil company allegedly shot and wounded five Tembé Indigenous people, in the latest...
Three new studies on Indigenous conservation for International Indigenous Peoples Day
Indigenous peoples and local communities have nuanced, in-depth knowledge of climate change impacts that needs to be recognized by scientists and policy-makers, according to...
Video: Rio de Janeiro’s defender of mangroves
Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro has suffered for decades from inefficient sewage treatment, oil spills and mangrove deforestation.For more than 30 years, biologist...
Translocation is a viable option for Brazil’s threatened porcupines: Study
Brazil’s thin-spined porcupine (Chaetomys subspinosus) is a picky eater that lives only in dense coastal habitats with well-developed canopies that allow the animals to...
Sandton Central’s traffic signal backup power initiative surges ahead with support...
The Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) and Sandton Central Management District (SCMD) have made significant strides in their pioneering initiative of connecting traffic signals to...
