Indigenous and local communities see big gains in land rights, study...
Land legally designated or owned by Indigenous, Afro-descendant and local communities increased by 102.9 million hectares (254 million acres) between 2015 and 2020, according...
Over a third of conflicts over development projects affect Indigenous people:...
Roughly one-third of all environmental conflicts documented in an online crowd-sourced atlas affect Indigenous peoples, researchers have found.The mining of transition minerals has been...
Volunteers, First Nations work to bring back a disappearing oak prairie
The rain-shadow regions of North America’s Pacific Northwest, stretching from British Columbia to Oregon, are home to a unique carbon-rich oak-prairie ecosystem dominated by...
‘Tree islands’ boost diversity in oil palm plantations, study finds
Having “islands” of trees peppered across oil palm plantations can boost the biodiversity of the landscape while maintaining crop yields, a new study shows.Researchers...
Oil spill model on the cards for South Africa
Watch the full OIL SPILL MODEL RESULTS animation here: https://fb.watch/lhxOADHI_N/
Johannesburg, 21 June 2023: At any given time, an average of 90% of the oceans...
Not so fast, experts warn as Dhaka tries to clear the...
With one motor vehicle for every one of its more than 20 million inhabitants, Dhaka has grown into one of the most polluted and...
The green gold that wipes western Mexico’s forests from the map
In Jalisco, avocado orchards are spreading and dominating the landscape: In 2010, there were about 8,400 hectares (about 20,750 acres) of this monoculture, and...
communities turn to tree-planting, zero-logging, and mushrooms to protect forests
Communities in Gabon and Kenya organise to protect forests against logging.Renewed forest restoration efforts by a local council in Cameroon’s East region.Mushroom profits may...
offshore oil threatens fisheries, gold mining topples homes and forests
Mesin Gold’s mine at Bibiani threatens Ghanaian villagers’ health and homes.Fishers fear impacts of cross-border oil and gas exploration in waters shared by Cameroon...
Several reef sharks at greater threat of extinction than thought, study...
A new study found that five key reef shark species — gray, blacktip, whitetip and Caribbean reef sharks, and nurse sharks — declined by...
Southern African caterpillar that feeds millions may be next climate casualty
A new study projects a significant loss of habitat for an edible caterpillar, known as the mopane worm, in Southern Africa in the coming...
The agro-industry that devastates the Maya jungle
Hopelchén is today one of the leading soybean producers in the country. Occupying that place has had a very high cost for biodiversity. In...
