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Report shows dire state of Mekong’s fish — but damage can still be undone

Report shows dire state of Mekong’s fish — but damage can...

Anton L. Delgado Article by: Anton L. Delgado This story first appeared on Mongabay South Africa Today - Environment This article is licensed under a Creative Commons...
Locals slam Zimbabwe for turning a blind eye to Chinese miner’s violations

Locals slam Zimbabwe for turning a blind eye to Chinese miner’s...

Mining workers and villagers near the Bikita Minerals lithium mine in Zimbabwe accuse the government and Chinese mining company Sinomine Resource Group of sidelining...
E-bikes could cut smog, energy use and congestion globally — but will they?

E-bikes could cut smog, energy use and congestion globally — but...

The global market for e-bikes is surging. These bicycles, usually equipped with pedals and an electric motor assist, are popular with consumers and commuters...
Maydany Salcedo: the environmental defender who catches the ire of armed groups

Maydany Salcedo: the environmental defender who catches the ire of armed...

In southwestern Colombia, Maydany Salcedo, 49, faces constant threats to her life and that of her family due to her opposition to illegal activities...
DNA analysis of rare Philippine fruit dove sheds new light on a 70-year mystery

DNA analysis of rare Philippine fruit dove sheds new light on...

The Negros fruit dove is known to science from a single female sample collected in the Philippines in 1953; nothing is known about its...
Adventure tours with tigers? Nepal’s proposed policy changes raise alarm

Adventure tours with tigers? Nepal’s proposed policy changes raise alarm

Nepal’s government is proposing zoning changes to allow adventure tourism activities such as canyoning, mountain biking and motorboating inside protected areas.The proposed changes are...
Cable car proposal is Nepal’s latest plan to commercialize national parks

Cable car proposal is Nepal’s latest plan to commercialize national parks

Nepal’s Ministry of Forest and Environment is considering allowing the construction of ropeways to carry cable cars within protected areas, according to a draft...
Expediting environmental policy: Interview with Bangladesh minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury

Expediting environmental policy: Interview with Bangladesh minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury

Dhaka is considered to have some of the poorest air quality of any city in the world, the result of industrial-scale coal- and wood-burning...
Cambodian official acquitted in trial that exposed monkey-laundering scheme

Cambodian official acquitted in trial that exposed monkey-laundering scheme

A U.S. court has acquitted a senior Cambodian official accused of involvement in smuggling wild-caught and endangered monkeys into the U.S. for biomedical research.Kry...
Nepal mulls policy shift to allow hotels back into tiger strongholds

Nepal mulls policy shift to allow hotels back into tiger strongholds

Nepal’s Ministry of Forest and Environment is working new regulations to permit hotels to operate within national parks like Chitwan, a draft of the...
This year’s ranking of EV carmakers from most to least ‘clean’: Report

This year’s ranking of EV carmakers from most to least ‘clean’:...

A new scorecard by a coalition of labor and environmental civil society organizations ranked the top 18 automakers against 80 measures of what a...
Indigenous Filipinos fight to protect biodiverse mountains from mining

Indigenous Filipinos fight to protect biodiverse mountains from mining

The global transition to renewable energy is driving a boom in applications to mine nickel and other critical minerals in the Victoria-Anepahan Mountains in...