Tracing chocolate’s environmental life cycle
Chocolate in all its delicious forms is one of the world’s favorite treats. Per capita consumption in the U.S. alone averages around 9 kilograms...
Saving Sumatran elephants starts with counting them. Indonesia won’t say how...
Efforts to save the Sumatran elephant have been hamstrung by the Indonesian government’s delay in releasing an updated conservation plan, which includes the latest...
In Brazil’s Pantanal, early flames signal a ‘new normal’
Fresh fires are engulfing swaths of the Pantanal, including Pantanal do Rio Negro State Park, a protected reserve with a rich biodiversity of plant...
Encircled by plantations, a Sumatran Indigenous community abides changing times
Residents of the village of Talang Durian Cacar on Indonesia’s Sumatra Island are struggling to earn decent incomes from unproductive oil palm trees.Jakarta-based NGO...
Reintroducing bison to the Great Plains would boost plant diversity and...
Bison were an integral part of North American grasslands before they were removed from over 99% of the Great Plains.
Once, not that long ago,...
In Indonesia’s West Sumbawa, tide turns on taste for turtle eggs
Consumption of turtle eggs is widespread in Indonesia’s West Sumbawa district, where they’re served to guests of honor such as local government officials.All seven...
