Tapirs in Brazil’s Cerrado inspire research on human health & pesticides
Recent research has revealed human contamination by pesticides in the Brazilian Cerrado, following a previous study that also found contamination in tapirs in the...
In highly urbanized Japan, city farmers are key to achieving organic...
The Japanese government aims to convert at least 25% of all its farmland to organic by 2050, a significant jump from just 0.5% in...
The potential for tracking wildlife health & disease via bioacoustics is...
Bioacoustics is the passive, non-invasive recording of sounds emitted by a wide range of animals.Analysis of this information reveals the presence and behavior of...
Africa Climate Roundtable to unify African voices on climate resilience and...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 12 April 2024 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- African Risk Capacity (ARC) will be convening leading partners in Africa’s climate and food security space.
The meeting will...
Namibia to host international press conference in advance of highly anticipated...
Following its launch at COP28 UAE in December 2023, the pioneering Global African Hydrogen Summit, slated for Windhoek, Namibia on 3 - 5 September...
One of Colombia’s largest estuary ecosystems is drying up, communities warn
Decades of sediment pollution, contamination and government infrastructure projects have disrupted the natural flow of saltwater and freshwater into the Ciénaga Grande of Santa...
Maluku bone collector unearths troubling consequence of coastal abrasion
Due to runaway global demand for sand used in construction, coastal communities say mining of their beaches for sand is accelerating the damage done...
Effective climate activism requires honest conversations about its challenges
Climate activist Clover Hogan says environmental activists face growing challenges not just from outside their movements, but also from within.She shares how the prevalence...
As fires ravaged Indonesia in 2023, some positive trends emerged, data...
Indonesia’s 2023 fire season saw 1.16 million hectares (2.87 million acres) of land and forest go up in flames, and while this was five...
Analysis of largest elephant surveys ever shows stable population, but disturbing...
New research comparing data from the two largest-ever elephant surveys reveals the overall population in the Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area is stable, but...
Illegal mining in the Pan Amazon: an ecological disaster for floodplains...
Floodplains are extraordinarily productive because they are the connection between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. They are socially and economically vital because tens of thousands...
Alis Ramírez: A defender of the Colombian Amazon now living as...
Because of her opposition to mining, indiscriminate logging in forests and the social and environmental consequences of oil exploration, María Alis Ramírez was forced...
