IPLC leaders in Africa demand a reckoning over protected areas. They...
The first Africa Protected Areas Congress in Rwanda culminated in the Kigali Call to Action, which foregrounded the role of Indigenous peoples and...
Nepal was supposed to double its tiger population since 2010. It...
There are officially 355 wild tigers in Nepal, according to the latest census, nearly triple the figure of 121 from 2010.Nepal is one of...
Brazilian miners ramp up their invasion of Yanomami land in Venezuela
Indigenous Yanomami communities in Venezuela are suffering from increasing invasions by Brazilian gold miners, locally known as garimpeiros.One of the most impacted areas is...
For World Tiger Day, bold new commitments are needed to expand...
July 29 marks World Tiger Day for 2022, an important year for tiger conservation.A coalition of conservation organizations today issued a statement calling for...
Deforestation intensifies in northern Malaysia’s most important water catchment
The Ulu Muda rainforest is one of the last large, continuous tracts of forest in the Malay Peninsula, providing vital habitat for countless species...
Indigenous Shuar community in Ecuador wins decades-long battle to protect land
Ecuador’s National System of Protected Areas now includes the 5,497-hectare (13,583-acre) ancestral Tiwi Nunka Forest in the country’s south.The Shuar Indigenous community of El...
Chimps digging wells shows learned behavior that may help amid climate...
A recent study using camera traps and direct observation documented well-digging behavior in a group of chimpanzees in Uganda, initiated by a female that...
In Congo, a carbon sink like no other risks being carved...
New research has revealed that the peatlands of the Congo Basin are 15% larger than originally thought.This area of swampy forest holds an estimated...
Rains quell fire risk around Cambodia’s Tonle Sap, but the future...
Cambodia has received an unusually high volume of rain since December, generally the start of the dry season, which has led to a relative...
Giant kangaroo fossil points to previously unknown species in New Guinea
Paleontologists have described a new genus of giant fossil kangaroo, named Nombe after the Nombe Rockshelter archaeological site where the fossil was originally found...
For residents of Jakarta’s port district, coal is the neighbor no...
Residents, officials and experts blame dust from a coal storage facility in Jakarta’s port district for a spate of health problems in a neighboring...
Nigerian refugees in Cameroon turn biomass into charcoal to spare trees
An initiative producing charcoal from food waste aims to ease pressure on forests around the Minawao refugee camp in Cameroon.An influx of refugees from...
