Carbon-cutting hopes vs. real-world impacts
Liquid biofuels are routinely included in national policy pathways to cut carbon emissions and transition to “net-zero.” Biofuels are particularly tasked with reducing emissions...
Five years since the death of Sudan, new film highlights hope...
Though the northern white rhino is functionally extinct – following the loss of Sudan, the last known living male, five years ago this week...
In Chile’s Patagonia, another salmon plant angers water defenders
The Dumestre salmon plant near the Chilean city of Puerto Natales is receiving backlash from conservationists who say the facility will dump waste into...
Water shedding likely to be far more disruptive than load shedding
Access to water is a basic human right, as emphasised by World Water Day on 22 March, which focuses on solving the global water...
World Water Day: Angola investing in water resource management to combat...
Johannesburg, 22 March23: As the worst drought in over 40 years continues to grip the south of Angola, the country is spending US$450 million...
Restoring the planet, one forest at a time
Photo: GLFx Peruvian Amazon chapter. The endangered native Amazonian tree Palo Rosa being transported to a planting site.
On the International Day of Forests, four...
Bearded pigs a ‘cultural keystone species’ for Borneo’s Indigenous groups: Study
A recent study examined the impacts of ecological and sociocultural influences on bearded pig populations in Malaysian Borneo.The researchers found that the presence of...
Video of rare West African lion cubs sparks hope for the...
New video of a West African lioness and her three cubs is exciting news for conservation as it sparks hope for the recovery of...
Kenyan science interns turn Lake Victoria’s fish waste into oil and...
Fish processing on Lake Victoria in Kenya generates tons of waste that harms the environment and leads to oxygen depletion and algal blooms...
Peru congress debates stripping isolated Indigenous people of land and protections
A new bill under debate in Peru’s congress seeks to reevaluate the existence of every Indigenous reserve for isolated peoples to determine whether to...
Can gaming solve a puzzle for camera trap conservationists? (commentary)
Artificial intelligence programs for camera trap image recognition have become quite good at identifying common wildlife, but they struggle with rare animals.Before AI can...
Brazil tackles illegal miners, but finds their mercury legacy harder to...
As the details of the humanitarian crisis in the Yanomami Indigenous Territory unfold amid action to remove illegal miners, mercury left by the rampant...
