Environment

The East African Court of Justice (EACJ) has ruled in favor of the Tanzanian government after a five-year legal battle between Maasai communities and...

In April 2021, then-president Gotabaya Rajapaksa abruptly banned imports of chemical fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides, in an attempt to preserve Sri Lanka’s fast-depleting foreign...

Corals worldwide are facing various threats, the most pressing of which is warming water temperatures, which have increased by nearly 1 degree Celsius in...

Scientists recently identified a new species of air-breathing catfish, Clarias monsembulai, in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Salonga National Park — the first new...

In 2018, a trader listed water on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and then in 2020 introduced a futures market so consumers can factor the...

Global sports brand adidas is calling on residents living in suburbs along the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon route to register this week for two...

Isolated and recently contacted Indigenous peoples in the Peruvian Amazon have had their existence officially recognized after a 19-year process and are one step...

The Kichwa community of 12 de Octubre in Loreto experienced multiple oil spills earlier this year due to activities in the region by the...

To sustain wild bee populations, bee-attractive flowers need to be available during the entire growing season. Bees are very useful for us and not just...

Rosebank: In a first for South African indoor retail, Cape Town based, artisanal terrarium creator Anea will be launching its products inside a custom,...

Headwaters are vital to ecosystem health and have been difficult to study, but now a group of researchers has developed a new method that...

Human-wildlife conflict is a threat to species such as the Asian elephant and to the livelihoods and well-being of people living in the vicinity...