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The rowing section of Roodeplaat Dam January 2022

GLOBAL ROWING REGATTA BREATHING NEW LIFE INTO ROODEPLAAT DAM

The World Rowing Masters Regatta 2023 has already made a lasting impact on Roodeplaat Dam and its surroundings before the start of the global...

Climate change spurs deadly virus in frogs in the U.K.

As temperatures climb,...
Conservationists upbeat as zebra shark reintroduction in Raja Ampat gathers pace

Conservationists upbeat as zebra shark reintroduction in Raja Ampat gathers pace

Five zebra shark pups were born in April, conservationists announced, part of a cohort of 24 hatched this year to restock the wild population...
Jumbo task as Malawi moves 263 elephants to restock a degraded national park

Jumbo task as Malawi moves 263 elephants to restock a degraded...

Over the last month, 263 elephants were relocated from Liwonde National Park to Kasungu National Park, both in Malawi.Liwonde, managed by African Parks, an...
UN refugee chief calls for greater focus on climate and conflict factors

UN refugee chief calls for greater focus on climate and conflict...

NEW YORK, USA, 03rd November 2022 -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Responses to climate change must also consider its link to both conflict and the displacement it...
Six months into Lula’s presidency, Amazon deforestation is dropping rapidly

Six months into Lula’s presidency, Amazon deforestation is dropping rapidly

The rate of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has fallen significantly since Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took office in January 2023, according to...
Hydropower in the Pan Amazon: A look at the private energy sector in Peru

Hydropower in the Pan Amazon: A look at the private energy...

Mongabay has begun publishing a new edition of the book, “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon,” in short installments and in three languages: Spanish,...
Farmers feel the pressure after conservation crackdown around Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Lake

Farmers feel the pressure after conservation crackdown around Cambodia’s Tonle Sap...

Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Lake is surrounded by a conservation area that consists of three zones: Zone 1 and 2, where farming is allowed, and...
Impunity shrouds killings of Indigenous Amazonian defenders

Impunity shrouds killings of Indigenous Amazonian defenders

According to information collected by 11 environmental and human rights organizations, 58 Indigenous people were killed in the Brazilian, Colombian, Ecuadoran and Peruvian Amazon...