Colombia’s ‘tree of life’ births a new culinary and conservation movement
Tamandua is a collective of families and small farmers who create food products from the nuts of the guáimaro tree, a keystone species of...
EU demand for frogs’ legs raises risks of local extinctions, experts...
The European Union is the world’s largest consumer of frogs’ legs from wild-caught species, most of them imported from Indonesia, according to a group...
Study aims to unmask fishing vessels, and owners, obscured by loopholes
A new study reveals information about the shifting identities of the global fishing fleet, which can help tackle illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU)...
Win-win solution for Pantanal jaguars and ranchers
Conflicts between cattle ranchers and jaguars are among the biggest threats to the big cat population in the Brazilian Pantanal, experts warn.Studies reveal that...
Murders of 2 Pataxó leaders prompt Ministry of Indigenous Peoples to...
On Jan. 17, 17-year-old Nawir Brito de Jesus and 25-year-old Samuel Cristiano do Amor Divino were shot dead in Brazil’s northeastern Bahia state, according...
Venezuela’s oil spill crisis reached new heights in 2022: report
There were 86 oil spills and gas leaks in Venezuela last year, according to a report published by the Observatory of Political Ecology of...
Invasive rats topple ecological domino that affects reef fish behavior
A recent study reveals that the presence of invasive rats on islands can lead to behavioral changes in fish living on coral reefs offshore....
Violence in Brazil’s Amazon are also crimes against humanity, lawyers tell...
Three organizations, including Greenpeace Brazil, filed a case with the International Criminal Court (ICC) pressing for the investigation into a network of politicians, law...
Q&A with the U.S. National Agroforestry Center’s new director
Agroforestry is a climate solution that’s growing in popularity in the U.S., where a new leader is set to promote and support its adoption.The...
Indigenous people protect some of the Amazon’s last carbon sinks: Report
A new report says forests managed by Indigenous communities tend to be carbon sinks rather than carbon sources, while areas under different management are...
Reciprocal Water Agreements protect millions of hectares of Bolivian forest
In return for committing to protect their water producing forests, farming families living in upper watersheds receive incentives to help them develop sustainable production...
Understanding reptile intelligence can aid conservation and safeguard ecosystems (commentary)
Reptile intelligence has long been considered inferior to that of birds and mammals. But recent studies in reptile cognition show reptiles have a profound...
