Blended finance can supercharge conservation (commentary)
Bringing together donors, nations, UN agencies, foundations, NGOs, and private investors, ‘blended finance’ can align private investment with public monies to fund conservation.A new...
Amazon deforestation linked to reduced Tibetan snows, Antarctic ice loss: Study
Earth’s climate is controlled by a complex network of interactions between the atmosphere, oceans, lands, ice and biosphere. Many elements in this system are...
Will new bottom trawling rules do enough to protect South Pacific...
The South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO) is an intergovernmental body that regulates fishing across the vast international waters of the South Pacific...
What the ‘Guardians of Life’ can teach the world about saving...
Nearly 80% of the world’s biodiversity is stewarded by Indigenous peoples and local communities, each practicing their own traditional ecological knowledge, or TEK.With the...
Dusky tetraka seen in Madagascar after 24-year absence
The dusky tetraka, a small yellow songbird that had eluded ornithologists for 24 years, has been found again in the tropical forests of northeastern...
Brazil’s Indigenous groups demand a voice in new soybean railway project
The Ferrogrão railway project was conceived with a view to reducing transportation costs between the Brazilian states of Mato Grosso and Pará, where soybeans...
China-funded bridge threatens Paradise Reef in southern Philippines
Samal Island, a popular tourist destination near Davao City in the southern Philippines, is fringed by a 300-meter (980-foot) coral system known as Paradise...
Deforestation threatens local populations in Republic of Congo’s Sangha
Between May 2021 and November 2022, more than 200,000 deforestation alerts were recorded around Ouesso, in the northwestern Republic of the Congo.Logging has drastically...
Panama ocean conference draws $20 billion, marine biodiversity commitments
The eighth annual Our Ocean Conference took place in Panama March 2-3.Participants made 341 commitments worth nearly $20 billion, including funding for expanding and...
New Funding Streams Activated After Fifth Successive Failed Rainy Season In...
MOGADISHU, Somalia, 09 March 2022 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- Start Network is pleased to announce US$4.2 million of new funding to help protect people in Somalia from ever-worsening drought....
Lula government scrambles to overcome Yanomami crisis, but hurdles remain
Within weeks of taking office, the new Brazilian government began an emergency operation to provide health care assistance to Indigenous people in the Yanomami...
Indigenous youths keep ancient forestry traditions alive in the Philippines
In the southern Philippines’ Misamis Oriental province, Indigenous Higaonon practice a forest management tradition known as panlaoy.Panlaoy requires immersion in the forest, with participants...
