Razones por la que mujeres indígenas Ecuatorianas marchan en 8M
Mujeres de diferentes nacionalidades indígenas viajaron desde sus territorios a Puyo, Ecuador, para marchar por las calles de la ciudad como lo hacen cada año en el Día Internacional de la Mujer. The...
View ArticleEcuadorian Indigenous Women on why they march
Women from different Indigenous nationalities traveled from their territories to Puyo, Ecuador on March 8 to march through the city’s streets as they do every year on International Women’s Day The post...
View ArticleFires surge in the Amazon, but deforestation continues to fall
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has continued on a downward trajectory despite a sharp increase in fires associated with the severe drought in the region, reveals data released by Brazil’s...
View ArticleIceland volcano lava nears Grindavik in new eruption
PublishedJust now Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Kathryn ArmstrongBBC News A state of...
View ArticleA volcano in Iceland is erupting for the fourth time in 3 months
A volcano in Iceland erupted Saturday evening for the fourth time in three months, sending orange jets of lava into the night sky. The post A volcano in Iceland is erupting for the fourth time in 3...
View ArticleThe U.S. Coast Guard's new system reduces the number of whales hit by vessels
The U.S. Coast Guard has developed a new system to try to reduce the number whales hit by vessels. It’s trying it out in the waters in and around Seattle. The post The U.S. Coast Guard's new system...
View ArticleBattle over deep-sea mining heats up
Published1 hour ago Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, Martin Katz / Greenpeace By Justin RowlattClimate editor, BBC News Greenpeace could be thrown out of the UN body...
View ArticleSpying on wildlife with biorobots: Interview with engineer Kamilo Melo
Kamilo Melo was building a robot shaped like a salamander for his Ph.D. in 2015 when an unexpected assignment came knocking on his door. Two producers at the BBC were keen to rope him in for a nature...
View ArticleIn Peru, conservationists and authorities struggle to get turtle eggs off the...
IQUITOS, Peru — “Oh, they’re so delicious,” said Soledad Coronil, an elderly local woman, as she enjoyed a boiled tortoise egg earlier this year. “You have to open the shell and dig out the insides,...
View ArticleFertilizer management could reduce ammonia pollution from 3 staple crops: Study
More effective management of nitrogen fertilizers could reduce emissions of a harmful air pollutant from the cultivation of three staple crops by up to 38%, according to a study published in the...
View ArticleFenced in by Sulawesi national park, Indigenous women make forestry breakout
SOUTH KULAWI, Indonesia — In a forested valley in the interior of Sulawesi Island, Elisabet Heta gathers up a clutch of farming tools used by the Moa Indigenous people and leaves home. “I want to go to...
View ArticleOman’s mountain oases offer ancient farming lessons for a warming future
In some ways, village life on Oman’s Jabal Akhdar Mountain is the same as it has always been. Water still runs through the ancient aflaj channels. People still cultivate pomegranates, walnuts and...
View ArticleChocó land deal shows flaws in Ecuador’s forestry incentive program
By now, dozens of countries have some version of a forestry incentive program, with the government paying local property owners to keep their trees in the ground. But a lot of the programs have come...
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American chestnut trees once thrived in the Appalachian Mountains, but no longer. Now researchers and advocates disagree on plan to bring them back. We’ll also hear about how families experienced...
View ArticleRising temperatures threaten the tiny animals responsible for groundwater...
Underground ecosystems are everywhere. From gargantuan lightless mazes to pore-sized bedrock gaps inhabited by microfauna — super tiny animals — these ecosystems are believed to be the most widespread...
View ArticleFanned by El Niño, megafires in Brazil threaten Amazon’s preserved areas
Record-breaking fires have flared up across the Amazonian state of Roraima, in northern Brazil, amid one of the worst droughts in 25 years. The number of hotspots in the state this past February alone...
View ArticleUN probes controversial forest carbon agreement in Malaysian Borneo
The state government of Sabah in Malaysian Borneo has reaffirmed its plans to proceed with an opaque nature conservation agreement despite concerns raised by the United Nations. Representatives of...
View ArticlePregnant stingray Charlotte brings in traffic, business to North Carolina town
Charlotte the stingray in a small North Carolina aquarium has been attracting visitors since she got pregnant without a mate. Businesses in Hendersonville are delighted by the influx. The post Pregnant...
View ArticleIrrawaddy dolphin death in Thailand’s Songkhla Lake underscores conservation...
The recent death of a critically endangered freshwater Irrawaddy dolphin in southern Thailand’s Songkhla Lake has brought the plight of the waterbody’s tiny remaining population into stark focus. As...
View ArticleBiden administration bans the final kind of asbestos still legal in the U.S.
NPR’s Steve Inskeep talks to Ellie Borst, who covers chemicals for Politico’s E&E News, about the EPA joining more than 50 other countries that have already outlawed chrysotile asbestos. The post...
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