The $91 billion wasted on nuclear weapons last year could transform ecosystem...
The overwhelming sums of money being wasted on nuclear weapons every year should be spent on conserving our planet instead, argues a new report from my organization, the International Campaign to...
View ArticleStudy: A third of Africa’s great apes at risk from mining of transition metals
Scientists have warned that mining of the metals needed for the global clean energy transition could threaten Africa’s already beleaguered great apes unless strong conservation measures are...
View ArticleSweeping reform package threatens environmental protections in Argentina,...
A sweeping reform package introduced by the new government in Argentina is drawing criticism from conservation groups, who say new state programs and weakened regulations could endanger the...
View ArticleIndonesia must integrate marine protection with fisheries subsidies, study says
JAKARTA — In continuing to provide controversial subsidies for small-scale fishers, Indonesia must also integrate marine protection measures into social protection schemes, a new study has said....
View ArticleCan the world’s largest music festival be sustainable? Glastonbury is trying
Efforts to make the world’s biggest music festival sustainable affect everything from trash pickup to wheelchair access to child safety. Is it possible for 200,000+ campers to “leave no trace?” The...
View ArticleIn northern Spain, climate change is killing shellfish — and women’s livelihoods
Reporting for this story was supported by Journalismfund Europe under the Earth Investigations Programme. GALICIA, Spain — The first sleepy rays of morning light are starting to illuminate the beach of...
View ArticleNepal launches new plan to boost critically endangered Bengal florican
KATHMANDU — Nepal’s government has launched a new action plan for the conservation of the critically endangered Bengal florican, a bird whose population is declining amid mounting challenges across its...
View ArticleArctic ‘dirty fuel’ ban for ships comes into force
A ban on the dirtiest and most climate-damaging fuel for ships has come into effect in Arctic waters. Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) is a tar-like, thick but relatively cheap oil that is widely used in shipping...
View Article‘It is indeed our problem’: Interview with Mário Soares on Brazil’s mangroves
As a child, Mário Soares ventured into a mangrove in the Guaratiba neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro for the first time. Throughout his life’s journey, this place remained with him. After graduating in...
View ArticleBASF, Eramet drop $2.6b Indonesian nickel project that threatens isolated tribe
JAKARTA — German chemical giant BASF and French miner Eramet have pulled out of a multibillion-dollar “green energy” project in Indonesia because of its impact on one of the last Indigenous tribes on...
View ArticleThe health impacts of escalating megafires are everyone’s problem
When the Parker Lake wildfire erupted near Fort Nelson in British Columbia province on May 10, it marked the start of what many fear could be yet another devastating Canadian fire season. With an...
View ArticleOrganized crime brings renewed threats to Yanomami in Brazil
As criminal groups combine forces with miners in Brazil’s Yanomami Indigenous Territory, officials have found it more difficult to control the spread of crime and violence that have killed hundreds of...
View ArticleStudy says 40% of Amazon Rainforest is protected — more than officially recorded
A larger portion of the Amazon Rainforest might be under protection than official records indicate, according to a new study published in the journal One Earth. A team of international researchers...
View ArticleColombian victims win historic lawsuit over banana giant Chiquita
After winning a historic lawsuit, nine victims of paramilitary violence in Colombia have finally obtained justice, 17 years after they filed cases against the banana company Chiquita Brands...
View ArticleProtected areas benefit nature & people, study says — with caveats
A global campaign to expand protected areas is underway, triggered by the adoption of the Kunming- Montreal Global Biodiversity pact in 2022. Described by backers as a “landmark deal for biodiversity...
View ArticleThe Wixárika community’s thirteen-year legal battle to stop mining in their...
Along the journey of every pilgrimage, the road to Wirikuta brims with offerings: lit candles, arrows, and jícaras (bowls made from the hardened skin of the jícara, or calabash gourd). Other vessels...
View ArticleAs the world burns, can we learn to live with wildfire health risks?
As dry brush crackled and smoke curled upward, there was a palpable feeling of satisfaction among firefighters gathered near Cranbrook in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was a sunny day...
View ArticleAcross Mexico, World Cup infrastructure threatens biodiversity and communities
GUADALAJARA, Mexico — “It was such an incredible emotion to spot pumas in the Primavera biosphere reserve in Guadalajara City, close to Akron Stadium,” says Pedro Alcocer, coordinator at the NGO Anillo...
View ArticleMother Nature Cambodia activists sentenced to prison — again
PHNOM PENH — Ten members of the environmental activist group Mother Nature Cambodia have been sentenced to between six and eight years in prison after being convicted on charges of plotting against the...
View ArticleNew Mexico village is on alert as devastating flash floods follow June wildfires
The New Mexico village of Ruidoso is under a flood watch until midnight. This weekend more than 160 people had to be rescued by the National Guard after rains washed debris off hillsides burned in a...
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