A Guatemalan reserve turns from civil war refuge to deforestation hotspot
Mongabay reported in 2023 that thousands of hectares of forest were felled, likely for cattle ranching and airstrips for drug trafficking. Since then, the situation appears to have grown worse....
View ArticleThai plan to redraw boundaries of tiger reserve sparks concern and criticism
Government plans to remove protections for a portion of Thailand’s Thap Lan National Park, a core area within one of mainland Southeast Asia’s last intact tracts of forest, could trigger knock-on...
View ArticleCan a carbon offset project really secure Indigenous rights in authoritarian...
This is the first article in our two-part series on Indigenous land rights and the Keo Seima REDD+ project. This series was co-written by a Cambodian journalist whose name is being withheld due to...
View ArticleA scientist in Belize hopes bats can galvanize locals to protect their forests
A Belizean bat scientist is looking to these fuzzy, flying mammals to act as emissaries to galvanize the people of Belize to protect their forests. The post A scientist in Belize hopes bats can...
View ArticleChimps share humans’‘snappy’ conversational style
Cat Hobaiter Like humans, wild chimpanzees engage in snappy, turn-taking conversations, where they wait just a fraction of a second for their turn to ‘speak’. The animals communicate mostly with...
View ArticleNepal’s youngest national park looks to elevated lanes to prevent roadkill
PARSA, Nepal — On the two-lane Amlekhgunj-Pathlaiya road, a long line of red and yellow trucks carrying petroleum forms as traffic is brought to a standstill by a car stalled in the middle of the road....
View ArticlePHOTOS: For Kenya’s Maasai, a new faith may undo age-old conservation traditions
LOITA FOREST, Kenya — Wrapped in fingers of moss, where the spindly upper branches of giant trees tickle the clouds, a highland tropical forest conceals secret groves. These are where the local Maasai...
View ArticleTo host 2025 climate summit, Brazil will carve up an Amazonian reserve
In November next year, the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference, known as COP30, will take place in Belém, in the Brazilian Amazonian state of Pará. State Governor Hedler Barbalho has vowed a...
View ArticleEarth just sweltered through the hottest day ever recorded
Sunday was an unprecedented day, and not just because President Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race so close to the election. July 21 was the hottest day on record, according to the...
View ArticleA hydrothermal explosion sends Yellowstone visitors running
A video posted on Facebook showed park visitors running from a massive black cloud as it rose. Hydrothermal explosions happen when water suddenly turns into steam underground. (Image credit: National...
View ArticleBiochar could play big role in Bhutan’s carbon storage — but it’s news to...
A recent study reveals Bhutan’s potential to store 68% of its greenhouse gas emissions by converting crop residues into biochar, the highest among 12 countries noted in the report. This innovative...
View ArticleHere’s how $4 billion in government money is being spent to reduce climate...
Most states submitted plans to reduce planet-warming pollution to unlock federal grant money, and they proposed projects to get started. This week, the Biden administration announced the winners....
View ArticleProtecting Nigeria one child & one tree at a time: Interview with Doyinsola...
Driven to protect the planet one child, one tree and one recycled piece of plastic at a time, environmental advocate Doyinsola Ogunye is helping children, youth and women in Nigeria to create a more...
View ArticleSiamese crocodile hatchlings a ‘promising sign’ in Cambodia, but greater...
KOH KONG, Cambodia — The recent discovery of 60 Siamese crocodile hatchlings in the southwest of Cambodia has sparked hope among conservationists, with the five successful nests highlighting the...
View ArticleWhat’s at stake for the environment in Venezuela’s upcoming election?
The lead up to Venezuela’s presidential election, scheduled for this Sunday, July 28, hasn’t been about the candidates’ experience or the viability of their policies. The focus has been on whether the...
View ArticleBeleaguered Indonesian civil society gets lift in push for just energy...
JAKARTA — Civil society organizations in Indonesia are getting a boost to ensure their participation in the country’s clean energy transition and land stewardship, amid an increasingly hostile climate...
View ArticleLeading the charge in philanthropy across Asia: Interview with Lim Seok Hui
Standing at the helm of a mission to revolutionize philanthropy across Asia, and impact the world globally, is the Philanthropy Asia Alliance. And leading it is Lim Seok Hui, the chief executive of...
View ArticleRare fossils reveal secrets of mammal evolution
Maija Karala Two incredibly rare fossils found on Scotland’s Isle of Skye are rewriting our understanding of how mammals evolved. While modern small mammals live as little as a year, one of the first...
View ArticleCalifornia’s newest state park is like a time machine
In the Central Valley, California’s first new state park in a decade opened this summer and it re-imagines what a state park can be. The post California’s newest state park is like a time machine first...
View ArticleIn Cambodia, Indigenous villagers lose forest & land amid carbon offset project
This is the second article in our two-part series on Indigenous land rights and the Keo Seima REDD+ project. This series was co-written by a Cambodian journalist whose name is being withheld due to...
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