What happens to villagers when a graphite mine comes knocking?
When representatives of an Australian mining firm arrived in Ambohitsy Haut village in southern Madagascar, they told residents they wanted to drill holes looking...
Nepali pangolin conservationist Tulshi Suwal among winners of Whitley Awards
Nepali pangolin conservationist Tulshi Laxmi Suwal has been named one of the winners of this year’s Whitley Awards, known as the “Green Oscars.”The 40,000...
Funders commit $102.5 million to support tribal-led conservation efforts in the...
The Native Americans in Philanthropy and the Biodiversity Funders Group launched a funding pledge to support tribal-led restoration and conservation efforts in the United...
The U.S. has cataloged its forests. Now comes the hard part:...
In April 2022, President Biden instructed the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management to do a thorough inventory of forested public lands...
U.N. parties are worlds apart on plastics treaty solutions
The United Nations Environment Programme will sponsor a Paris meeting in late May and early June in the ongoing effort to create an international...
Ground-nesting chimps hold lessons for conservation — and for human evolution
Eastern chimpanzees in the northern Democratic Republic of Congo frequently build nests and sleep overnight on the ground even in areas where predators are...
Colombia’s failed military operation to stop deforestation
In 2019, the Colombian government, led by Colombia’s former president, Iván Duque, launched Operation Artemis, which sought to stop deforestation, but it barely tackled...
Mating urge adds new pressure to human-elephant conflict in Nepal
Domesticated elephants kept in or near human settlements are a magnet for wild male elephants from Nepal’s Chitwan National Park.The males, looking to mate,...
Saving forests to protect coastal ecosystems: Japan sets historic example
For hundreds of years, the island nation of Japan has seen various examples of efforts to conserve its coastal ecosystems, vital to its fisheries.An...
High-carbon peat among 1,500 hectares cleared for Indonesia’s food estate
A number of reports have found that an Indonesian government program to establish large-scale agricultural plantations across the country has led to deforestation.More than...
Little hope in green transition in town with “the dirtiest air...
The majority of South Africa’s coal production is in the northern province of Mpumalanga, along with 12 of the country’s 15 coal-fired power stations.Research...
How do you study one of the world’s rarest whales?
Researcher Dana Wright is one of a handful of scientists studying one of the world’s rarest creatures, the North Pacific right whale.With about 500...
