Bangladeshi farmers eye moringa as a climate and economic solution
In Bangladesh, farmers are increasingly tapping into a growing global market for moringa, a tree prized for its nutritional value and potential as a climate solution. The fast-growing,...
View ArticleConservationists aim to save South America’s super tiny wild cat, the guina
For more than 200 million years, the ancient Valdivian Temperate Forest in southwestern Chile has been a refuge for plant and animal species found nowhere else on Earth. This global biodiversity...
View ArticleThe conservation sector must communicate better (commentary)
The Business of Conservation conference was held in Rwanda in August 2023. In the lead up, my social media feeds were full of NGOs I follow advertising their attendance and the sessions they were...
View ArticleNew kelp fossils may help explain the Pacific Ocean's underwater jungles
Newly discovered kelp fossils peg their existence to 32 million years ago. These fossils may help explain how the Pacific Ocean’s underwater ‘forests’ came to be. The post New kelp fossils may help...
View ArticleSanctioned timber baron wins new mining concessions in Cambodia’s Prey Lang
PREAH VIHEAR, Cambodia — “I would like to announce to the public and the journalists that on November 2, the Ministry of Mines and Energy requested [Prime Minister Hun Manet] not to expand mining...
View ArticleIndigenous women filmmakers form collective, using cameras to fight for rights
While the name Katahirine seems like it could be for an observatory or some ambitious outer space project, it is rather the name of the first audiovisual network created and run by Indigenous women in...
View ArticleIn Mexico, Xalapa’s chronic water scarcity reflects a deepening national crisis
Xalapa, Veracruz, MEXICO — In April 2023, Julia Martínez was washing her two children when she turned on the tap, but no drops came out. She did her best to get rid of the soap and then used drinking...
View ArticleNew coffee genetic map promises better brews
Published22 minutes ago Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, Getty Images By Helen BriggsEnvironment correspondent Scientists have unravelled the genetic secrets of coffee in...
View ArticleLessons from Finland’s attempt to transition to a circular economy
In 2016, Finland became the first country in the world to adopt a national circular economy road map, with the ambition to become a world leader in moving away from an unsustainable “take-make-waste”...
View ArticleWe need a better understanding of how crops fare under solar panels, study shows
The dream of agrivoltaics is to generate your electricity and eat your edamame too. But a recent study in Agroforestry Systems shows that agrivoltaics — growing food beneath solar panels — is not so...
View ArticleUncovering the illegal jaguar trade in Bolivia with Emi Kondo | Mongabay...
In the latest episode of Mongabay Sessions, Romi Castagnino, associate video producer at Mongabay, talks with director Emi Kondo about her wildlife documentary, Jaguar Spirit: An Awakening Journey....
View ArticleJava’s crumbling coastline and rising tide swamp jasmine flower trade
PEKALONGAN, Indonesia — For decades, Sobirin provided for his family by picking flowers here on the north coast of Indonesia’s Java Island. Now in his 70s, much of the farmer’s income used to grow near...
View ArticleWhite House announces funding to help schools replaces buses with cleaner...
Electric school buses are expensive but federal dollars are helping school boards across the country switch out some old diesel buses for clean energy buses. Georgia will get $60 million in funding....
View ArticleMexico’s first black-and-white hawk-eagle nest is a treasure trove for...
It was a tourist who first found the nest. It was March 2020, and the visitor was walking through the Lacandon Jungle in southern Mexico. When he reached the highest point, he looked up and pointed to...
View ArticleWorld's first IVF rhino pregnancy 'could save species'
Published23 minutes ago Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, Jan Zwilling By Rebecca Morelle and Alison Francis BBC News Science A fertility breakthrough has offered hope for...
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Good health depends on a stable climate. This fellowship teaches health...
The vision “Medicine is a practice. And it’s not hard for people who were trained as clinicians to see that there’s another practice that they can learn, which is community organizing.” Pedja...
View ArticleEcuador-China free trade agreement poses serious environmental risks, critics...
Ecuador’s new free trade agreement with China is getting backlash from critics worried about public health risks and potential damage to the environment. The agreement, which was signed last May but...
View ArticleKenyan villagers show how to harvest more octopus by fishing less
MUNJE, Kenya — From the middle of 2023, a favored octopus fishing ground just offshore from the village of Munje was strangely empty. Members of the village’s beach management unit diligently kept...
View ArticleDirect funding of Indigenous peoples can protect global rainforests & the...
Last week, Indigenous leaders from around the world joined business leaders and politicians for the World Economic Forum’s 2024 Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland. While much of the discussion on...
View ArticleRare snow leopard sighting in Nepal’s ‘home of tiger’ puzzles conservationists
KATHMANDU — Until Tuesday afternoon for residents of Urlabari town in the eastern plains of Nepal, snow leopards (Panthera uncia) were animals they knew little about. The leopards they knew well were...
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