Cerrado Manifesto could curb deforestation, but needs support: experts
The Cerrado Manifesto, issued in 2017, calls for a voluntary pledge by companies to help halt deforestation and native vegetation loss in the Cerrado....
Do environmental advocacy campaigns drive successful forest conservation?
Of the 34 articles we looked at, 20 focused directly on the outcomes of environmental advocacy campaigns. Of these, seven were perception-based case...
Indonesia may achieve renewables target, but still favors coal for power
Indonesia is set to achieve its target for renewables portion in the national energy mix by 2025, but the country will still rely heavily...
‘Ropeless’ consortium aims to end entanglements of declining North Atlantic right...
‘Fishermen, engineers, manufacturers, scientists and managers’ have come together to develop ropeless fishing gear to keep North Atlantic right whales from getting entangled.Only 451...
Australia opens vast swaths of famed marine parks to fishing
Australia is known for protecting its sea life in a 3.3 million square kilometer (1.3 million square mile) system of marine parks that cover...
U.S. investment spurs land theft, deforestation in Brazil, say experts
In Brazil, large swathes of land are owned by the state, but can be legally claimed by small-scale farmers if they cultivate crops and...
AI can ‘help us move mountains’ for people and planet, Watson...
IBM Master Developer Neil Sahota believes artificial intelligence (AI) can help humanity ‘move mountains’ in terms of improving lives and the environment.Sahota helped develop...
In a land untouched by mines, indigenous holdouts fight a coal...
Smoothing the path to mining Officials and activists in Central Hulu Sungai said they believed they had set up all the necessary defenses...
Life is the bubbles in newly described deep-reef zone
Scientists have recently described a layer of the deep ocean zone as the “rariphotic,” calling it home to an array of unidentified reef fish...
Small section of controversial refinery wall in Indian ‘elephant corridor’ demolished
On March 13, officials tore down a 289-meter (948-foot) stretch of a 2.2-kilometer (1.4-mile) concrete wall built by an Indian oil refinery, allegedly blocking...
How a series of shady deals turned a chunk of Borneo...
In the leadup to the release of the second installment of Indonesia for Sale, our series examining the corruption behind Indonesia’s deforestation and land-rights crisis,...
The great Sandhill crane migration makes its annual stopover on the...
The annual migration undertaken by sandhill cranes in North America is considered one of the world’s great natural spectacles, on par with Africa’s wildebeest...
