“Largest of its kind” dam in Cameroon faces backlash from unimpressed...
Cameroon is constructing a new 420-megawatt capacity hydroelectric dam in Batchenga, aiming to reduce the country’s significant energy deficit by 30%.The massive dam project...
Wild cats threatened by ‘underrecognized’ risk of spillover disease
Researchers warn that disease spillover from livestock and domestic animals represents a serious conservation threat to wildlife, including felids in tropical areas around the...
Ecuador’s Indigenous Siekopai communities sue for title in protected area
Approximately 800 Siekopai occupy territory in the Western Amazon along the Ecuador-Peru border but haven’t been able to obtain a constitutionally guaranteed title to...
Thailand bets on coal despite long losing streak for communities
Despite its declaration of ambitious emissions reductions targets, Thailand is on track to build four new coal-fired power generators by 2034.Two of the generators...
As Brazil starts repaving an Amazon highway, land grabbers get to...
Paving work has begun on a stretch of highway running through one of the remotest and best-preserved parts of the Brazilian Amazon — even...
Indonesian beauty queen founds Indigenous coffee brand in her native Lombok
Beauty pageant contestant Mahniwati was born into a strong Indigenous community on Indonesia’s Lombok Island.During her pageant activities, Mahniwati saw that despite their wealth...
Study highlights ‘friends with benefits’ relation between gorillas and chimps
A new long-term study points to lasting social relationships between chimpanzees and gorillas in the wild.The study showed that individuals from both species actively...
Brazil’s 20-year Amazon reforestation carbon sink project
The Peugeot-ONF Forest Carbon Sink project, implemented more than 20 years ago in northwestern Mato Grosso state, within the “arc of deforestation” of the...
‘Critically endangered’ listing for East African dugong population is needed (commentary)
Though found in relative abundance in parts of northern Australia, the only known viable dugong population in East Africa calls the waters around the...
A ‘super reef’ recovery raises hopes — but also questions about...
Experts documented the substantial recovery of coral reefs around the southern Line Islands in the central Pacific after the area was hit by a...
In Brazil, a heavily fined firm is also accused of waging...
Escalating violence triggered by land disputes between Indigenous and traditional communities and palm oil companies has intensified in recent months in the Brazilian region...
With fracking promising a quick energy boost, can Colombia say no?
For the first time, Colombia’s government is openly supporting a ban on fracking because of its environmental impacts, saying it plans instead to accelerate...
