World Earth Day: Behavioural science can save us from mass extinction
With households responsible for 72% of global greenhouse gas emissions, Dr Jako Volshenk, Senior Lecturer in Strategy and Sustainability at Stellenbosch Business School, says...
PNG youths’ loss of tradition is bad news for hunting —...
For millennia, hunting has been a prestigious and traditional activity in many Papua New Guinean cultures.With an increase in Western education and economic opportunities,...
Top French court orders closure of fisheries amid mass dolphin deaths
France’s Council of State has ordered the closure of certain fisheries during specific times of the year in a bid to lower the rising...
World’s newest great ape faces habitat loss, multiple threats: Will it...
Scientists designated the Tapanuli orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis) as a new species in 2017, and it was immediately noted as being the rarest and most...
Conflict brews in Peru as Mennonite settlers clear forest
Mennonite groups began arriving in the Peruvian town of the district of Padre Márquez in Peru’s Loreto region in 2020.Settling near the town of...
Mexico kills climate change fund, casting doubt on future environmental spending
Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled against an injunction that was filed to revive the country’s Climate Change Fund, which was designed to channel public and...
Report links financial giants to deforestation of Paraguay’s Gran Chaco
Major banks and financial institutions including BlackRock, BNP Paribas, HSBC and Santander continue to hold substantial shares in – or provide financial services to...
International mercury regulations fail to protect the environment, public health: study
Mercury is one of the most concerning chemicals affecting public health and the environment. The chemical can enter local watersheds and poison flora and...
Study shows mountain forests being lost at ‘alarming rate,’ especially in...
More than 7% of mountain forests worldwide were lost between 2001 and 2018, with rates of loss almost doubling after 2010.Forest loss varied by...
Earth Day 2023 – Five small changes can make South Africa’s...
The primary objective of Earth Day, celebrated globally on April 22 this year, is to promote sustainability and conservation with projects focusing on carbon...
Dingo heads Down Under for a daring wildlife adventure!
Considered South Africa’s own ‘Steve Irwin’, it was only fitting that South African wildlife crusader, Dingo Dinkelman, was invited as a guest of Australia’s...
Could biodiversity be a key to better forest carbon storage in...
A new project is reintroducing key species into Europe’s forests to help restore natural balance and boost the ability of woodlands to store carbon....
