South Korean company under fire for alleged deforestation in Papua oil...
A report by WRI shows ongoing deforestation in an oil palm concession in Papua, Indonesia, operated by a subsidiary of South Korea’s POSCO Daewoo.The...
Spray painting the way to greener future for Jozi inhabitants
Art for Glass competition encourages artists to paint the city green
Many individuals are keen to recycle, but often use the excuse that they...
Path to progress or to environmental devastation?
Splitting the forest International experts on infrastructure development are also concerned about the specifics of the road expansion strategy. “You cannot deny the...
As poachers poison wildlife, Zimbabwe finds an antidote in tougher laws
Poisons like cyanide can be a deadly weapon for poachers, allowing them to kill dozens of animals without needing access to firearms or the...
Report finds projects in DRC ‘REDD+ laboratory’ fall short of development,...
The Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) released a new report that found that 20 REDD+ projects in a province in DRC aren’t set to...
Element Africa: A ‘disaster’ pipeline, an oil-field spill, and a mining...
A report by Human Rights Watch based on interviews with displaced families says an oil pipeline running from Uganda to Tanzania will be disastrous...
Frogs may be ‘fighting back’ against deadly pandemic
Chytridiomycosis is caused by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), a type of chytrid fungus.Scientists believe Bd originated in Africa, and has spread around the world where...
Camera-traps help identify conservation needs of Thailand’s coastal otters
Otters are sometimes described as the “tigers of the mangrove” in Southeast Asia, where they’re well-known to display extraordinary resilience and adaptability to human...
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...
Air pollution may cause heart attacks in nonsmokers
Air pollution is known to cause and worsen a wide range of adverse health conditions from pulminary ailments like asthma to mental problems like...
Snack giant PepsiCo sourced palm oil from razed Indigenous land –...
In the last few years it is likely that PepsiCo has been using in its production palm oil from deforested land claimed by the...
