World Nature Conservation Day: We all have a role to play
World Nature Conservation Day, celebrated on the 28th July, aims to draw attention to the conservation status of some of the most critically endangered...
Tigers may avoid extinction, but we must aim higher (commentary)
“I was extremely skeptical that the world could achieve the grandly ambitious goal set at the 2010 Global Tiger Summit of doubling tiger numbers,...
Q&A with Native conservationists on Biden’s 30 by 30 project
In the 1800s, several Native American tribes were forced to adapt to a new climate when the government removed them from their ancestral lands...
Turkey’s authoritarian development ignores planetary boundaries
Turkey, an increasingly autocratic country since Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his AKP political party came to power in 2002, was the very last G20...
Monarch butterflies are officially endangered
The iconic monarch butterfly has been listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, meaning the species is likely to go...
New DNA test aims to help bust illegal trade in precious...
There’s a brisk illegal trade in precious red corals, from the family Coralliidae, but law enforcement currently has a difficult time telling commonly traded...
Cut off from Sundarbans and denied compensation, Bangladesh communities face arrest
The first month of a three-month ban on anyone entering Bangladesh’s Sundarbans mangrove forest has seen 59 people from forest-dependent communities arrested, sparking criticism...
Q&A with deep-sea mining opponent Debbie Ngarewa-Packer
New Zealand parliamentarian and Māori activist Debbie Ngarewa-Packer has spent more than two decades serving in leadership roles, using her positions to advance social...
Restoring Mexico’s ‘Garden of Eden’ is a process of deep regeneration
The region of Los Tuxtlas in the Mexican state of Veracruz is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve — a volcanic mountain range clad in rainforest...
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...
First-of-its-kind freshwater mangroves discovered in Brazil’s Amazon Delta
Researchers on an expedition in the Amazon River Delta have found mangroves growing in freshwater — a phenomenon never before documented in deltas or...
Ban on use of destructive net fails to make an impact...
Fisheries observers say a year-old ban on a seine net considered unsustainable and destructive has been largely ineffective.Reports show fishers continue to use the...
