Targeting 3% of protected areas could accelerate progress on 30×30 goals,...
In December, world leaders adopted the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, targeting the conservation of 30% of Earth by 2030.However, Jeff Morgan, founder of Global...
New research finds slow forest recovery in the Andes — and...
New research led by the University of Oxford could help governments better prioritize restoration and conservation interventions across the tropical Andes.The study evaluated how...
Dams and plantations upend livelihoods in Ethiopia’s Lower Omo River Valley
Food insecurity, famine and malnutrition have blighted the agropastoralist communities of the Lower Omo River Valley in southwestern Ethiopia.A government source blames a long-term...
Fish deaths near Rio Tinto mine in Madagascar dredge up community...
In March 2022, following the release of wastewater from the Rio-Tinto-owned QMM mine in southeastern Madagascar, thousands of fish turned up dead in neighboring...
Sarawak Indigenous NGO squeezed by defamation case, silenced from reporting alleged...
For the fourth time, the hearing of a defamation suit filed by Malaysia-based timber company Samling against Indigenous rights group SAVE Rivers has been...
In Indonesia, clouds form over East Java’s promising band of avocado...
Global avocado production is rising to meet demand from increasingly health-conscious consumers.South and Central American producers remain the world’s largest, but production in Indonesia...
VPASA announces vaping industry waste partnership with eWASA
SOUTH AFRICA, PRETORIA, 15 May 2023 – The Vapour Products Association of South Africa (VPASA) is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with the...
It’s time to embrace community-led conservation vs. the colonial kind (commentary)
Conservation NGOs often enter countries like Fiji and advise local and Indigenous communities on how to protect their land and sea territories, or worse,...
Award-winning, Indigenous peace park dragged into fierce conflict in Myanmar
Two years since the Feb 1, 2021 military coup in Myanmar, Indigenous activists continue their struggle to protect the Salween Peace Park, an Indigenous...
Organic farming, and community spirit, buoy a typhoon-battered Philippine town
After their town was devastated by floods in 2004, residents of Kiday in the Philippines shifted to organic methods when rebuilding their farms.Today, the...
Fewer migratory birds stopping at key Bangladesh wetland amid human disturbances
Numbers of most species of migratory waterbirds in Bangladesh’s Tanguar Haor wetland, a key stopping point, have fallen over the past 15 years, a...
South African NPO partnership creates 895 jobs and prevents 1000 tons...
Litter4Tokens, a South African non-profit organisation (NPO) that employs people to collect and sort litter for recycling, has announced an impactful partnership with fellow...
