Fishing industry transparency is key for a thriving ocean (commentary)
As fish populations decline in many regions, unscrupulous fishing fleet operators have turned to illegal fishing, human trafficking, slavery and other abuses to cut...
Rolling car tires into the global circular economy
More than 1 billion car tires reach the end of their life each year, and dealing with the resulting waste is an escalating management...
New illegal logging threatens Liberia’s forests amid vague ban
Large-scale commercial operators are evading Liberian forestry regulations by illegally processing wood destined for export on-site in forests.Timber milled in forests with chainsaws is...
As livelihoods clash with development, Vietnam’s Cần Giờ mangroves are at...
Cần Giờ, a coastal district of Ho Chi Minh City, is home to a 75,740-hectare (187,158-acre) mangrove forest, planted and maintained as part of...
Is there a climate link to Miami’s condo catastrophe?
Coastal cities across the globe are dealing with land subsidence even as the sea is rising. It may have contributed to Miami’s tragedy.
The tragic...
Durban businesses collaborate on a solution to hazardous illegal dumping in...
Tons of waste are regularly dumped into Durban’s Umgeni River every year, impacting the water quality and posing health threats to wildlife, fisherfolk, paddlers...
Could ‘half-Earth’ conservation save orangutans?
Half-Earth proposes that half of the Earth’s surface should be designated a human-free nature reserve.
Half-Earth is a proposal by the late naturalist and “father...
In Gabon, camera-trap developers find the ideal proving ground for their...
Rich in forests and biodiversity, the Central African country of Gabon has long proved a fruitful testing ground for camera-trap technology.Snapshots of species once...
Six new catfish species, facial tentacles and all, described in Amazon
Researchers have described six new species of catfish from the Amazon and Orinoco river basins in South America.
All six species belong to the...
Researchers and customs officials unite to fight wildlife trafficking using eDNA
A novel, fast-acting...
