‘Fungibility’ could sink Convention on Biodiversity’s funding mechanism...
That common sense is anything but common is a truism. Professors of economics often invoke common sense to explain resource allocation. The fungibility problem is exemplary. This esoteric term comes...
View ArticleEcuador’s Indigenous Cofán show how to have your turtle and eat it too
At the end of the 1980s, the Indigenous Cofán community of Zábalo, inside Ecuador’s Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve, was alarmed by what was happening on the banks of the Aguarico River. Like in all the...
View Article‘A harmonious human-primate society’: Interview with Whitley winner Kuenzang...
Kuenzang Dorji’s lifelong passion for wildlife, fostered since childhood, set the stage for his distinguished career in conservation. His professional journey began as a park ranger at Jigme Singye...
View ArticleHow Europe’s only Indigenous group is inspiring a greener Christianity
In Arctic Norway, among the Indigenous Sámi people, there is a custom: When cutting down a tree, tap its trunk three times. On the one hand, it’s simply practical advice: Only old, dead trees will ring...
View ArticleU.S. Fish and Wildlife invokes federal water rights to protect huge swamp in...
Parts of the massive Okefenokee Swamp are a wildlife refuge. Georgia is on the cusp of permitting a titanium dioxide mine next to it, prompting the federal government to invoke federal water rights....
View ArticleDinosaur skeleton fetches record $44.6m at auction
A large dinosaur’s skeleton has fetched $44.6m (£34m) at a Sotheby’s auction in New York City – the most ever paid for a fossil. The plant-eating stegosaurus – nicknamed Apex – is 11ft (3.4m) tall and...
View ArticleMake electricity cheaper to boost heat pumps – climate advisers
Taxes on electricity should be shifted to gas so that people feel more benefit from using green technologies like heat pumps in their homes, the government’s climate advisers say. The Climate Change...
View ArticleNear-extinct crocodiles make comeback in Cambodia
Cambodia has welcomed 60 baby Siamese crocodiles – a hatching record for the endangered species in this century, conservationists say. They have called it a “real sign of hope”, after more than 20...
View ArticleNepal’s shifting biodiversity research landscape: Interview with Karan...
KATHMANDU — Professor Karan Bahadur Shah is a distinguished researcher from Nepal, renowned for his extensive work in herpetology, the study of amphibians and reptiles. His career spans several decades...
View ArticleThe next generation of firefighters learned how to fight fires while in prison
A nonprofit in California is aiming to remove roadblocks for previously incarcerated firefighters and expand the profession in the process. (Image credit: Ed Kashi)The post The next generation of...
View ArticleTons of dead fish cover a river in Brazil after alleged dumping of industrial...
An estimated 10 to 20 tons of fish died on the Piracicaba River, prosecutors said. An initial investigation points to an “irregular discharge of wastewater” from a sugar and ethanol plant. (Image...
View ArticleShaping the next generation of Indigenous rangers: Interview with Manni Edwards
Manni Edwards credits his journey to preserving the wisdom of his elders to an encounter with goondoi 40 years ago. At the age of 8, Edwards says, he saw up to 14 colorful goondoi, or southern...
View ArticleRogue waves can strike without warning. These scientists found a way to...
Scientists have created a new tool that can give 5 minutes advance warning of a dangerous rogue wave in the ocean. (Image credit: ALEXIS DELELISI/AFP)The post Rogue waves can strike without warning....
View ArticleUK coal mine fights for future in court
The company planning to build a new coal mine in Whitehaven, Cumbria has fought its case in court, saying it can and will build a “unique” net zero mine. The High Court hearing in London is the first...
View ArticleIndia’s plan to reroute rivers could have unintended consequences on rainfall
<img src='https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/07/18/7.19.24-ep-975d2c50c72a9907fa149a334f669bef429fdc6c.jpg' alt='Once completed, India's National River Linking Project will transfer an estimated...
View ArticleMinerals for agricultural use in the Pan Amazon
The ongoing expansion of Brazil’s industrial farms has created a robust market for the mineral feedstocks used for the manufacture of chemical fertilizers. Historically, demand was met largely by...
View ArticleWhere Javan leopards thrive, so do other wildlife, study shows
JAKARTA — A new study on Javan leopards has found that areas with higher numbers of the endangered subspecies have richer wildlife diversity than those from where the elusive big cats are absent. More...
View ArticleAnti-whaling activist arrested in Greenland, could be extradited to Japan
Canadian-American activist Paul Watson was en route to the North Pacific on a mission to intercept a new Japanese whaling ship when police boarded his vessel. (Image credit: Markus Schreiber)The post...
View ArticleTrophy hunting of Amboseli’s super-tuskers in Tanzania sparks outrage, calls...
Conservationists have called for a halt to trophy hunting of elephants from Kenya’s Amboseli National Park that cross over into neighboring Tanzania, following the killing of at least five males with...
View ArticleOxygen discovery defies knowledge of the deep ocean
Getty Images Scientists have discovered “dark oxygen” being produced in the deep ocean, apparently by lumps of metal on the seafloor. About half the oxygen we breathe comes from the ocean. But, before...
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