Citizens demand sustainable solution to haze crisis in northern Thailand
Citizens in northern Thailand have mounted a legal challenge against the prime minister and several government departments for inaction to tackle air pollution that...
Boosted with fresh donations, Amazon Fund reboots stalled projects
Created in 2008, the Amazon Fund supports rainforest conservation projects with donations from Germany and Norway but was paralyzed during former President Jair Bolsonaro’s...
Tap African knowledge and culture for Congo Basin forest conservation (commentary)
The Congo Basin is home to the world’s second largest rainforest, but it is under increasing strain from development, logging, mining, and other pressures.One...
Two hoots and a hooray for owl release!
It’s great news for two owls who have found a wonderful new home in the wild at a Curry’s Post farm in the KZN...
Peatlands, Indonesia’s carbon trove, are mostly unprotected, study finds
A new study finds that less than 16% of Indonesia’s peatlands in need of conservation measures are currently protected.The remainder, covering a combined area...
Sumatra’s young primate whisperer brings bullhorn to macaque conservation
Abdulrahman Manik, also known as Detim, has spent years saving monkeys from marginal lives on the sides of roads, where they forage for food...
Latest environmentalist arrest shocks Vietnam’s battered civil society
Prominent Vietnamese environmentalist Hoang Thi Minh Hong has been arrested, becoming the latest civil society activist to face charges of tax evasion.Hong’s NGO, the...
‘Shocking’ levels of pangolin deaths from electric fences (commentary)
Pangolins are considered the world’s most trafficked mammal, and despite this massive illegal trade, South Africa loses more of them each year to something...
Q&A with Michael J. Watts
Michael J. Watts is a professor emeritus of geography at the University of California, Berkeley, and an expert on the Bayelsa State Oil and...
Q&A with XPRIZE’s Kevin Marriott
The semifinal testing for a $10 million competition to identify technology that automates the assessment of rainforest biodiversity is underway in Singapore.The five-year competition...
Nearly 30% of all tree cover in Africa may be outside...
A team at the University of Copenhagen has generated a map of tree cover in 45 African countries down to individual tree crowns by...
Southern Sun and Miss Earth South Africa join forces to celebrate...
Orange Farm, Johannesburg – As Southern Sun continues with efforts to responsibly manage its environmental footprint, the group’s commitment was emphasised this World Environment...
