Fight for survival: The battle to save the last Tapanuli orangutans
The Tapanuli orangutan was described in 2017 as a new great ape species, and with a population of less than 800, is the most...
Protection and restoration in Cameroon and Senegal, fire threat in Angola
A new project aims to reform Cameroon’s domestic timber market and reduce unregulated felling of trees.Scientists fear pockets of species-rich afromontane forest in Angola’s...
Is there a ‘lighter side’ to our possible environmental apocalypse? (commentary)
Ocean activist and author David Helvarg deals with dark thoughts about the state of the world environment with humor in a new op-ed.“As a...
Ecuador banned gas flaring over a year ago. Why is it...
In September 2021, a provincial court gave oil companies 18 months to eliminate gas flaring in the Amazon because of its role in spiking...
Scientists and fishers team up to protect Bolivian river dolphin
Hunting, fishing, pollution and degradation and loss of habitat are the main threats facing the Bolivian river dolphin, a species of river dolphin that...
Indigenous Amazon forests absorb noxious fumes and prevent diseases from wildfires,...
A new decade-long study estimates forests in Indigenous lands in the Brazilian Amazon can potentially prevent about 15 million cases of respiratory and cardiovascular...
Biogas project offers lifelines to Kenyan community, forest, and rare species
For decades, forest reserves in Kenya’s central highlands have been under pressure from surrounding communities seeking firewood, timber and space for farmland.This pressure has...
Indonesia’s ‘food estate’ program repeating failures of past projects
Some of the large-scale food plantations established by the Indonesian government under a “food estate” program have reportedly been abandoned.A field investigation in 2022...
Brazilian gold miners get free rein in Venezuela’s Indigenous lands
In Southern Venezuela, Brazilian gold miners known as garimpeiros exploit Venezuelan Indigenous lands, leaving behind mass environmental destruction.Deforestation, sedimentation and contamination of water, soil...
Report sums up Bolsonaro’s destruction legacy and Amazon’s next critical steps
A damning report confirms what many environmentalists already knew: that the destruction of nature in Brazil from 2019 to 2022 was a deliberate campaign...
CAPS, new gas megaproject, aims to power Central Africa, but at...
The Central Africa Business Energy Forum proposes to build 6,500 kilometers (4,000 miles) of pipelines linking oil and gas resources across 11 countries in...
A Ramadan reflection on Islam and climate action (commentary)
Muslims everywhere are currently observing Ramadan, a month of fasting and striving to grow their faith through prayer and acts of goodness.This month also...
