Blazing start to Amazon’s ‘fire season’ as burning hits August record
Fires in the Brazilian Amazon surged in August to the highest for the month since 2010, surpassing the blazes in August 2019 that drew...
Corporate social responsibility can help companies go green
With climate change becoming a more urgent issue, the environment has become CSR’s primary focus.
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is an umbrella term for corporations’...
Small conservation areas provide large benefits for biodiversity (commentary)
Small conservation areas are disproportionately important to maintaining biodiversity, according to a recent study.Many small patches, with the same total area as a few...
In revising its criminal code, Indonesia risks unraveling environmental laws
Indonesia’s plan to revise its outdated criminal code could lead to a systematic weakening of existing environmental laws, experts warn.The latest draft of the...
Seaweed an increasingly fragile lifeline for Philippine farmers
Commercial seaweed farming began in the Philippines in the 1970s and has grown to be one of the country’s most significant aquaculture enterprises, supporting...
Air pollution may cause heart attacks in nonsmokers
Air pollution is known to cause and worsen a wide range of adverse health conditions from pulminary ailments like asthma to mental problems like...
‘Brazilians aren’t familiar with the Amazon’: Q&A with Ângela Mendes
Environmental activist Ângela Mendes coordinates the Chico Mendes Committee as part of her efforts to keep alive the memory and legacy of her father,...
In Bali, snakefruit farmers hope agroforestry bears fruit as island reopens
Sibetan village on the Indonesian island of Bali is renowned for its organic snakefruit, known locally as salak.But following each biannual harvest, farmers face...
Maldives shark-fishing ban tested by ebbing support from small-scale fishers
A 2010 blanket ban on shark fishing in the Maldives doesn’t enjoy support from artisanal reef fishers, a new study suggests.Many fishers blamed sharks...
Protecting global forests with a limited budget? New study shows where...
A newly published study identifies where and when to protect forests with the goal of protecting the maximum number of additional plant species over...
Crimes against the Amazon reverberate across Brazil, analysis shows
Crimes associated with illegal logging, mining and other illicit activities in the Brazilian Amazon are being felt in 24 of Brazil’s 27 states, a...
Climate change hits northern Mexico, as officials look to solve water...
Water scarcity in northern Mexico has gotten worse over the last several years, especially in the state of Nuevo León and its capital city...
