Cutting forests for solar energy ‘misses the plot’ on climate action...
I once had a sweet, brown pit bull mix named Thembi, who had impressive musculature and a magnificent nose. Often on our walks, I would feel the leash go taut and know she’d sniffed out something...
View ArticleMax sentence request for Javan rhino poacher too low, experts say
Indonesian prosecutors are seeking a five-year jail sentence for a poacher who confessed to participating in killing seven Javan rhinos from 2019-2023, essentially wiping out at least 10% the species’...
View ArticleExtinct ‘mountain jewel’ plant returned to wild – in secret location
22 minutes ago Georgina Rannard,BBC climate and science reporter BBC/Gwyndaf Hughes A plant that went extinct in the wild has been re-introduced to the UK mainland. We can’t tell you the exact...
View ArticleYour future’s in the trash can: How the plastic industry promoted waste to...
The world is awash in plastic waste. But plastic wasn’t always ubiquitous. We examine a decades-long effort by the plastics industry to get people hooked on disposable products and packaging. The post...
View ArticleGovernments are ramping up actions to fight environmental crime across the...
After more than a decade of record-breaking deforestation across the Amazon Basin, rates declined in 2023 compared to the previous year. Measures to curb deforestation were led by Brazil and Colombia,...
View ArticleExploring the science of Asian elephants: Interview with Sanjeeta Sharma...
KATHMANDU — Asian elephants traverse vast distances, ingesting things they encounter as they retrace the ancient paths their ancestors followed. In doing so, they alter landscapes, create habitats, and...
View ArticleAs catches fall, Sierra Leone’s artisanal fishers turn to destructive practices
PORT LOKO DISTRICT, Sierra Leone — At 5 a.m., as the horizon brightens and waves start to subside, more than a dozen wooden canoes along the shoreline between the settlements of Mahera Beach and Banda...
View ArticleWhat’s at stake for the environment in Mexico’s upcoming election?
MEXICO CITY — Mexico will hold elections on June 2 that are likely to shape the country for years to come. In addition to president, all 500 deputies in the lower house of Congress and all 128 seats in...
View ArticlePolar warning: Warming temperatures mean more than melted ice
Most of us will never travel to Earth’s poles, but every creature on this planet will likely experience the consequences of escalating global warming in the polar north and south. Rapidly rising...
View ArticleMongabay investigation is turned into art for World Press Freedom Day event
SANTIAGO, Chile — An award-winning investigation by Mongabay that revealed water contamination from oil palm plantations in Indigenous territories in the Brazilian Amazon was featured at an art...
View ArticleTackling water shortages with ‘Star Wars’ tech
35 minutes ago Susie Bearne,Technology Reporter Uravu When a severe drought hit the Indian city of Kozhikode, also known as Calicut, in 2016, residents including student Swapnil Shrivastav had access...
View ArticleEaling beavers: Dams, canals – and perhaps babies
9 hours ago Tom Edwards,Environment correspondent, London, @BBCTomEdwards PA The UK’s first urban beavers were introduced into a west London nature reserve back in October. The family of five are part...
View ArticleA fishing community celebrates its right to manage a Brazilian state park
It’s 1983 in Ilha do Cardoso State Park, at the southernmost tip of São Paulo state in Brazil. Within a year the country’s military dictatorship will be gone, though no one knows it yet. For now, it...
View ArticleOn World Otter Day, an uphill struggle for these creatures in Nepal
KATHMANDU — In September 2023, Nepali conservationists celebrated the rare sighting of a smooth-coated otter in Chitwan National Park, the first one had been spotted there in some two decades. But...
View ArticleEcuador’s Los Lobos narcotrafficking gang muscles in on illegal gold mining
The road leading to Podocarpus National Park winds around lush, forested mountains that seem to stretch endlessly on the horizon. Covering 1,463 square kilometers (565 square miles), the park stretches...
View ArticlePressure grows on banks to end business with Indonesian coal giant Adaro
JAKARTA — Calls are mounting for global financiers to cut ties with Adaro, one of Indonesia’s biggest coal companies, as the miner shows no sign of moving away from the fossil fuel despite its net-zero...
View ArticleHonduran environmental defenders hit hard by human rights crisis, report says
Honduras has struggled with a poor human rights record over the last decade, with the international community expressing concern about reports of torture, arbitrary killings, life-threatening prison...
View ArticleThere’s unprecedented funding for fire prevention this summer
Despite forecasts for a hotter than summer, federal wildland fire managers say they are hopeful unprecedented funding for fire prevention will keep things quiet. The post There’s unprecedented funding...
View ArticleSatellite to probe mystery of clouds and climate
53 minutes ago Jonathan Amos,Science correspondent, @BBCAmos Esa A sophisticated joint European-Japanese satellite has launched to measure how clouds influence the climate. Some low-level clouds are...
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