Second chance for Lula as controversial Amazon dam goes up for...
In the biological and cultural hotspot of the Volta Grande in Brazil’s Amazon, Indigenous communities and scientists have teamed up to monitor the impacts...
Low-key return for rescued rhino calves to Nepal’s Chitwan National Park
Two of three rhino calves rescued from the wild have been returned to Nepal’s Chitwan National Park in what officials say was a “low-key...
Studies show oyster reef restoration can work out well — given...
Researchers have found that the restoration of eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) reefs in the U.S. have been largely successful, improving oyster production, enhancing habitat,...
Putting one of Africa’s rarest wildcats on the radar
Black-footed cats (Felis nigripes) are the smallest and also one of the rarest wildcat species in Africa. They’re very reclusive, extremely hard to find,...
A Guarani community brings native bees back in the shadow of...
The Guarani living in the Jaraguá Indigenous Territory in the northwestern corner of the mega city of São Paulo have managed to recover nine...
British Columbia’s last chance on northern spotted owls
The northern spotted owl population in British Columbia has declined precipitously since pre-colonization. Earlier this month, two captive born males, which had been released...
From nuisance to new green industry?
Since 2011, sargassum has worsened as a nuisance — possibly due to an influx of synthetic fertilizers into the Atlantic Ocean — with the...
Does the Global Biodiversity Framework give due consideration to market mechanisms?...
The recently approved “Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework” is meant to guide countries’ efforts to conserve biodiversity.It provides specific guidance on how its targets may...
Congo Basin communities left out by ‘fortress conservation’ fight for a...
Since the colonization of the Congo Basin by Europeans, many Indigenous communities have been cordoned off from land they once relied on in the...
Indigenous chief shot in head in Brazil’s ‘palm oil war’ region;...
On May 14, Indigenous chief Lúcio Tembé was shot by gunmen on an unpaved road in Brazil’s northern Pará state. This is the latest...
As Shell, Eni quit Niger Delta, state-backed report describes legacy of...
A new report commissioned by the governor of Bayelsa state in Nigeria said that over the course of 50 years, oil companies spilled 10-15...
For weary Niger Delta residents, shocking oil pollution report offers little...
A new report commissioned by the Bayelsa state government in Nigeria holds international oil companies like Shell, TotalEnergies, and ExxonMobil responsible for spilling at...
