Do carbon credits really help communities that keep forests standing?
This is the second article in our five-part series on forest carbon credits and the voluntary market. Read Part One. Part Three, Part Four and Part Five will be published later this month. SEN MONOROM,...
View ArticleClimate change: Former oil executive Mukhtar Babayev to lead COP29 talks in...
Published22 minutes ago Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, Reuters By Matt McGrathEnvironment correspondent For the second year in a row, a minister with vast experience of...
View ArticleHow will we know when local communities benefit from carbon offset schemes?...
Recently, carbon offset projects have been in the media, and not in the positive way that carbon market participants would like to see. Critics have raised concerns not only about the validity of...
View ArticleClimate change is causing massive waves along California's coast
California is getting more big waves, after a series of them thrashed the coast last week. High waves are increasing due to climate change, with impacts for coastal erosion. The post Climate change is...
View ArticleThe woman who spent Christmas in search of a rare plant
Published1 hour ago Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, Rosemary Parslow By Helen BriggsEnvironment correspondent Rosemary Parslow crawls on her hands and knees across the...
View ArticleMonarch butterflies' migration patterns are changing. Scientists want you to...
Researchers in the South want people to report Monarch butterfly sightings this winter as more butterflies seem to skip the long migration to breeding grounds in Mexico. The post Monarch butterflies'...
View ArticleEarning the trust of a 40-stone silverback gorilla
Published20 minutes ago Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Lucy WallisBBC News When a...
View ArticleThe last of the Moon men: the stories of the surviving Apollo astronauts
Published1 hour ago Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, NASA By Ben FellBBC News They were the pioneers of space exploration – the 24 Nasa astronauts who travelled to the...
View ArticleBiden administration moves to protect forests with older trees from logging
NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Meg Krawchuk of Oregon State University about the Biden administration’s proposal to protect old growth forests. Old trees contain more carbon than younger trees. The...
View ArticleTogo monkey seizure turns spotlight on illicit wildlife trafficking from DR...
LUBUMBASHI, Democratic Republic of the Congo — On Dec. 2, Togolese authorities intercepted 38 monkeys at the airport. They were being sent from Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the...
View ArticlePalm oil giants push out smallholders in Guatemala; deforestation risks remain
Mario Rene Xol used to enjoy life in Aldea Tierra Negra, an Indigenous village bordering the Lachuá-Ik’bolay Key Biodiversity Area (KBA) in northeastern Guatemala. Since the arrival of palm oil in...
View ArticleCamera-traps help identify conservation needs of Thailand’s coastal otters
Otters, with their gleeful yikkering, playful presence and sinuous underwater grace, are emblematic of the joy and resilience of nature in many parts of the world. But they aren’t among the first...
View ArticlePeregrine lander: Technical hitch threatens US Moon mission
Published56 minutes ago Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Jonathan AmosScience...
View ArticleOil and gas legislation is total distraction, senior Tory says
Published6 hours ago Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, PA Media By Becky MortonPolitical reporter Plans to guarantee annual oil and gas licensing rounds are “a total...
View ArticleHistoric land win for Ecuador’s Siekopai sets precedent for other Indigenous...
After winning a historic lawsuit, an Indigenous community in Ecuador has finally obtained legal ownership of its land in a protected area — 80 years since being forcibly displaced. According to...
View ArticleWhere will all the electric cars be charged?
Published3 hours ago Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, Getty Images By Christine RoTechnology of Business reporter If electric cars are ever to become mainstream, then we...
View ArticleIllegal gold mining threatens Indus River water and biodiversity in Pakistan...
Illegal placer gold mining along the scenic Indus River in the area of Nizampur, District Nowshera, has escalated to alarming levels, posing a dual threat to national assets and the delicate...
View ArticleNorway to approve controversial deep-sea mining
Published1 hour ago Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, Alexander Semenov/Getty Images By Esme StallardClimate and science reporter, BBC News Norway is likely to become the...
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Oil-friendly Louisiana now has the power to approve carbon capture projects
Both Republicans and Democrats in deep-red Louisiana have warmed up to the idea of carbon removal, a practice that involves capturing carbon dioxide from large industrial operations and storing it a...
View ArticleReversing progress, Indonesia pulp & paper drives up deforestation rates again
JAKARTA — After years of declining deforestation, forest loss caused by Indonesia’s pulp sector is on the rise again, showing a fivefold increase in 2022 compared with 2017 levels, a new analysis...
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