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Fewer fish and more rules lead to illegal catches, Italian fishers say
It’s tough to be a wild orchid: Interview with conservation biologist Reshu Bashyal
Fishing by dodgy fleets hurts economies, jobs in developing countries: Report
Wildlife from space: Winners of Satellites for Biodiversity Award named
Etelvina Ramos: From coca farmer to opponent of the illegal crop
DRC’s 1 billion trees program makes progress, but hurdles remain
A single gang of poachers may have killed 10% of Javan rhinos since 2019
Women weave a culture of resistance and agroecology in Ecuador’s Intag Valley
Latest Peruvian oil spill cuts Indigenous communities from life-giving river
EU law to reduce deforestation is on a knife’s edge, will leaders act? (commentary)
Navigating the rise in conflicts between humans and fishing cats in Bangladesh
IKEA blamed for Romanian forest destruction
Outdated infrastructure and oil spills: the cases of Colombia, Peru and Ecuador
Human rights allegations prompt World Bank to freeze project’s funds in Tanzania
Liberia puts a wartime logger in charge of its forests
Indigenous community fights to save its lands on Indonesia’s historic tin island
U.S. East Coast adopts ‘living shorelines’ approach to keep rising seas at bay
Deforestation haunts top Peruvian reserve and its Indigenous communities
Global study maps most detailed tree of life yet for flowering plants
Tribes turn to the U.N. as major wind project plans to cut through their lands in the U.S.
All aboard Tren Maya: Here’s what we found riding Mexico’s controversial railway
Forest officer’s killing highlights Bangladesh authorities’ waning power
Afro-Brazilian communities fight a rain of pesticides & the company behind it
Consent and costs are key questions on extraction of ‘energy transition’ minerals
Warming seas push India’s fishers into distant, and more dangerous, waters
Ecuador’s first Indigenous guard led by Kichwa women: Interview with María José Andrade Cerda
Nepal’s tigers & prey need better grassland management: Interview with Shyam Thapa
Amid record-high fires across the Amazon, Brazil loses primary forests
Activists file last-gasp suit as Indonesia fails again to pass Indigenous bill
Bioplastics as toxic as regular plastics; both need regulation, say researchers
No protection from bottom trawling for seamount chain in northern Pacific
Uttarakhand limits agricultural land sales amid protests & tourism development
A web of front people conceals environmental offenders in the Amazon
Mexico’s avocado industry harms monarch butterflies, will U.S. officials act? (commentary)
Bangladesh uses satellite transmitters on saltwater crocodiles in Asia’s first
Study challenges use of charismatic wildlife as umbrella species for conservation
New calf, same threats: Javan rhinos continue to reproduce despite perils
Annual ocean conference raises $11.3b in pledges for marine conservation
Brazil boosts protection of Amazon mangroves with new reserves in Pará state
In Philippines’ restive south, conflict is linked to reduced biodiversity
Indonesian capital project finally gets guidelines to avoid harm to biodiversity
Deforestation alerts in the Brazilian Amazon fall to a 5-year low
UN puts spotlight on attacks against Indigenous land defenders
Sierra Leone cacao project boosts livelihoods and buffers biodiversity
Cross-border Indigenous efforts in Peru & Brazil aim to protect isolated groups
Circular solutions vital to curb enviro harm from cement and concrete
Malawi police arrest elephant poachers in Kasungu National Park
Snack giant PepsiCo sourced palm oil from razed Indigenous land – investigation
Drone cameras help scientists distinguish between drought stress & fungus in oaks
How predatory fishing has decimated Brazil coastal fish populations for decades
In largest ever study, Indigenous and local communities report the impacts of climate change
Report links H&M and Zara to major environmental damage in biodiverse Cerrado
Panama delays promised relocation of sinking island community
International hesitancy to adopt environmental regulations threatens Indigenous rights
The environmental mismanagement of enduring oil industry impacts in the Pan Amazon
Indigenous efforts to save Peru’s Marañon River could spell trouble for big oil
Sumatra villages count cost of deadly river tsunami swelled by illegal logging
Hyundai ends aluminum deal with Adaro Minerals following K-pop protest
Protected areas bear the brunt as forest loss continues across Cambodia
Resource wars and the geopolitics behind climate-fueled conflicts
Caribbean startups are turning excess seaweed into an agroecology solution
Brazil’s illegal gold trade takes a hammering, but persists underground
Global coral bleaching now underway looks set to be largest on record
Climate change could drive mammal extinction in Brazil’s Caatinga, study warns
Rapid growth of Bolivia’s lithium industry creating new problems for local communities
It will take 880 years to achieve UN ocean conservation goals, at this rate (commentary)
On the trail of Borneo’s bay cat, one of the world’s most mysterious felines
Faced with an extreme future, one Colombian island struggles to rebuild
Conservationists welcome new PNG Protected Areas Act — but questions remain
Traceability is no silver bullet for reducing deforestation (commentary)
Bonobos, the ‘hippy apes’, may not be as peaceful as once thought
Between Brazil’s Caatinga & Cerrado, communities profit from native fruits
New technologies to map environmental crime in the Amazon Basin (commentary)
Rainwater reserves a tenuous lifeline for Sumatran community amid punishing dry season
Research links deforestation in Cambodia to stunting in kids, anemia in women
New online tool is first to track funding to Indigenous, local and Afro-descendant communities
A new and improved bird family tree shows rapid post-dinosaur evolution
In Java Sea, vigilantism and poverty rise as purse seine fishing continues
Unseen and unregulated: ‘Ghost’ roads carve up Asia-Pacific tropical forests
Forests in Vietnam’s Central Highlands at risk as development projects take priority
A short walk through Amazon time: Interview with archaeologist Anna Roosevelt
Haunting song pays tribute to Toughie, the frog whose extinction went unnoticed
Brazil’s cattle industry could suffer major losses without climate policies, report says
Tapirs in Brazil’s Cerrado inspire research on human health & pesticides
In highly urbanized Japan, city farmers are key to achieving organic goal
The potential for tracking wildlife health & disease via bioacoustics is great (commentary)
One of Colombia’s largest estuary ecosystems is drying up, communities warn
Maluku bone collector unearths troubling consequence of coastal abrasion
Effective climate activism requires honest conversations about its challenges
As fires ravaged Indonesia in 2023, some positive trends emerged, data show
Analysis of largest elephant surveys ever shows stable population, but disturbing trends
Illegal mining in the Pan Amazon: an ecological disaster for floodplains and local communities
Alis Ramírez: A defender of the Colombian Amazon now living as a refugee in New Zealand
Rewilding program ships eggs around the world to restore Raja Ampat zebra sharks
Costa Rican community struggles to stop an airport ‘destroying our country’
New FPIC guide designed to help protect Indigenous rights as mineral mining booms
Island-building and overfishing wreak destruction of South China Sea reefs
Putting a value on Indonesia’s marine resources: Interview with Annisya Rosdiana & Heidi Retnoningtyas
A tiger cat gains new species designation, but conservation challenges remain
As a megaport rises in Cameroon, a delicate coastal ecosystem ebbs
World Bank’s IFC under fire over alleged abuses at Liberian plantation it funded
How to ‘stop mining before it starts’: Interview with community organizer Carlos Zorrilla
Spotted softshell turtle release boosts reptile conservation in Vietnam
Delhi gets the attention — but Kolkata’s air pollution is just as dangerous
Mining in the Pan Amazon in pursuit of the world’s most precious metal
Tropical forest loss puts 2030 zero-deforestation target further out of reach
Mato Grosso shelves environmental license application for Amazon dam
Indonesian court jails environmentalist for flagging illegal farms in marine park
‘The Javan tiger still exists’: DNA find may herald an extinct species’ comeback
What’s really at stake in the Venezuela-Guyana land dispute? (commentary)
Florida growers eye agroecology solution to devastating citrus disease
Brazil’s Cerrado is main beneficiary of 2021 pledge to end deforestation
Jane Goodall at 90: On fame, hope, and empathy
Resort in Philippines’ protected Chocolate Hills sparks uproar, probes
Deep-sea mining’s future still murky as negotiations end on mixed note
Cerrado mammals change their habits to escape humans, study shows
Land tenure lesson from Laos for forest carbon projects (commentary)
Enviva bankruptcy fallout ripples through biomass industry, U.S. and EU
Report shows dire state of Mekong’s fish — but damage can still be undone
Locals slam Zimbabwe for turning a blind eye to Chinese miner’s violations
E-bikes could cut smog, energy use and congestion globally — but will they?
Maydany Salcedo: the environmental defender who catches the ire of armed groups
DNA analysis of rare Philippine fruit dove sheds new light on a 70-year mystery
Adventure tours with tigers? Nepal’s proposed policy changes raise alarm
Cable car proposal is Nepal’s latest plan to commercialize national parks
Expediting environmental policy: Interview with Bangladesh minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury
Cambodian official acquitted in trial that exposed monkey-laundering scheme
Nepal mulls policy shift to allow hotels back into tiger strongholds
This year’s ranking of EV carmakers from most to least ‘clean’: Report
Indigenous Filipinos fight to protect biodiverse mountains from mining
Agribusiness bill moves to block grassland protections in Brazilian biomes
Beneath the surface, a toxic tide threatens Bangladesh’s water lifeline
In Liberia, a former mining activist gets the bully pulpit
Nepali experts question rhino relocation within park for population balance
Study identifies species with a long history but short future amid threats
Previously logged forests struggle to thrive, even with restoration, study finds
Report links pulpwood estate clearing Bornean orangutan habitat to RGE Group
We need rapid response support for Indigenous peoples in the face of growing extreme weather events (commentary)
Lebanese youths take up rods and reels to learn sustainable fishing
Smaller population estimate underscores urgency of saving Cao-vit gibbon
Mining industry touts green pledges to attract talent, but Gen Z isn’t buying it
Jaguar release offers a lifeline to Gran Chaco’s lonely big cats
Amazon prosecutors get sharper impact tool to charge illegal gold dealers
Global cobalt rush drives toxic toll near DRC mines
Tanzania’s ‘mountain of millipedes’ yields six new species
Agroforestry project sows seeds of hope in drought-hit Honduras
‘Another catastrophe’: Flooding destroys Indigenous agroforestry projects in Peru’s Amazon
Conservation comeback in Central African Republic’s Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park (commentary)
The environmental and social liabilities of the extractive sector
Biomass-burning coal plants leave the air even dirtier, Java communities say
New U.S. agroforestry project will pay farmers to expand ‘climate-smart’ acres
‘Planting water, eating Caatinga & irrigating with the sun’: Interview with agroecologist Tião Alves
Indonesian activists face jail over FB posts flagging damage to marine park
In Nepal, environmental advocates fend off ‘anti-development’ smear
Under the shadow of war in the DRC, a mining company acts with impunity
Despite investment in conservation, Bengal tigers still struggling in Bangladesh
Nepal’s release of endangered crocs into historical habitat raises concerns
‘Mind-blowing’ new orchid species found in Madagascar forest canopy
In Raja Ampat, pearl farming balances business and ecological sustainability
How to reward tropical forest conservation: Interview with Tasso Azevedo
PalmWatch platform pushes for farm-to-fork traceability of palm oil
Deforestation from soy shows no sign of stopping in Cerrado, report says
Japan prepares to mine its deep seabed by decade’s end
Critics fear catastrophic energy crisis as AI is outsourced to Latin America
Mineral commodities: the wealth that generates most impacts in the Pan Amazon | Chapter 5 of “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon”
Ancient giant river dolphin species found in the Peruvian Amazon
Ecological overshoot is a ‘behavioral crisis’ & marketing is a solution: Study
Suriname cancels controversial Mennonite pilot program, but bigger problems loom
Communities worry anew as PNG revives seabed mining plans
Lula’s deforestation goals threatened by frustrated environmental agents
Comeback on the cards for Asian antelope declared extinct in Bangladesh
How effective are giant funding pledges by major conservation donors?
Are biodiversity credits just another business-as-usual finance scheme?
Culture of harassment persists for women in Southeast Asia’s conservation space
Soraida Chindoy: the Indigenous guardian defending the sacred Putumayo mountains
Road paving in a Peruvian bird paradise threatens wildlife and ecotourism
Irrawaddy dolphin death in Thailand’s Songkhla Lake underscores conservation needs
UN probes controversial forest carbon agreement in Malaysian Borneo
Fanned by El Niño, megafires in Brazil threaten Amazon’s preserved areas
Rising temperatures threaten the tiny animals responsible for groundwater quality
Chocó land deal shows flaws in Ecuador’s forestry incentive program
Oman’s mountain oases offer ancient farming lessons for a warming future
Fenced in by Sulawesi national park, Indigenous women make forestry breakout
Fertilizer management could reduce ammonia pollution from 3 staple crops: Study
In Peru, conservationists and authorities struggle to get turtle eggs off the menu
Spying on wildlife with biorobots: Interview with engineer Kamilo Melo
Fires surge in the Amazon, but deforestation continues to fall
Toilet paper: Environmentally impactful, but alternatives are rolling out
Brazilian youngsters discuss how they are tackling the climate emergency
To detect illegal roads in remote areas, AI comes into play
Huge new no-fishing zones give Antarctic marine predators and their prey a break
Brazil’s Amazonian states push for court reforms in bid for justice
E-Sak Ka Ou Declaration underscores Indigenous rights as a conservation solution (commentary)
Mini radio tags help track ‘murder hornets’ and other invasive insects
Climate change brews trouble for tea industry, but circular solutions await
Not just polar bears — climate change could push African rhinos to extinction
Palm oil deforestation persists in Indonesia’s Leuser amid new mills, plantations
How a wind farm on Brazil’s coast erased a fishing village from the map
Big problems for little animals when floodwaters rise, study finds
Peru’s illegal pet monkey trade is also an infection superhighway