Vizzuality data set aims to give companies full view of supply...
Sustainability technology company Vizzuality has published an open-source data set that can help companies evaluate how much their products are contributing to ecological degradation...
Poverty-fueled deforestation of Nigerian reserve slashes hope for rare chimps
Less than 20 year ago, Akure-Ofosu Forest Reserve was regarded as a potential conservation site for endangered Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzees.
But between 2001 and...
Indonesian nickel project harms environment and human rights, report says
A new report highlights land rights violations, deforestation and pollution associated with a massive nickel mining and processing project on the Indonesian island of...
With climate change, Nepal’s leopards get a bigger range — and...
Climate change will make higher-elevation areas of Nepal suitable habitat for leopards, a new study shows.This is expected to push the big cats into...
How effective is environmental restoration?
How effective is environmental restoration? On today’s episode, we seek answers to that question through the lens of a much needed new project at...
Perceived perfection in our fruits and veggies comes at a cost
Some time ago, on the way home, I decided to buy an apple. It was a nice and round and red apple. I didn’t...
2023’s top ocean news stories (commentary)
Marine scientists from six international research and conservation institutions share their list of the top ocean news stories from 2023.Hopeful developments this past year...
Study: Wild meat trade from Africa into Belgium a health and...
Up to 4 metric tons of wild meat is illegally entering Europe through Brussels’ international airport alone every month, a new study says.The source...
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...
As U.N. members clinch historic high seas biodiversity treaty, what’s in...
On March 4, U.N. member states reached a landmark agreement on a legally binding treaty aimed at protecting the international waters of Earth’s oceans.The...
Takin’ out the trash: How do transnational waste traffickers operate?
Despite Western European countries having increasingly high rates of recycling, difficult-to-recycle plastic and other trash are frequently sent abroad.Sneaky use of waste codes, fake...
