Criminal mafias take over Colombian forests
The territories where these residual groups have grown stronger are the same ones that have a deforestation alert and where the cultivation of...
Colombian land defenders: ‘They’re killing us one by one’
CARMEN DEL DARIEN, Colombia – Community leaders in Colombia’s western Chocó are calling on the government to provide security after receiving ongoing threats from individuals...
There’s a safer, cleaner way to recover rare-earth metals from old...
The increasing demand for rare-earth metals
Rare-earth metals is the collective name for a group of 17 elements: 15 from the “lanthanides series” in the...
All lakes have been contaminated by microplastics, scientists say
Some of these lakes you think of as clear, beautiful vacation spots, but they are already polluted.
Microplastics pose grave threats not only to our...
Brazil Supreme Court quashes time frame proposal in win for Indigenous...
Brazil’s Supreme Court voted against the highly controversial time frame proposal, a legal challenge that would have stripped Indigenous rights and opened up traditional...
For threatened seabirds of NE Atlantic, climate change piles on the...
A new report shows that puffins and other seabird species in the Northeast Atlantic are at risk from climate change.It warns most seabird species...
“Save the Krill” urges Greenpeace report
A recent report by Greenpeace International describes the role of krill in Antarctica’s marine food chain and calls for nations to restrict their krill...
