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RANJAN PANDA & PRAGATI PRAVA While trees are important to enrich all forms of ecosystems, there have been criticisms from various sections of society and […]
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WWF published ‘Embedding Human Rights into Nature Conservation: from Intent to Action’, a report from an Independent Panel it commissioned last year to review […]
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Jindra Cekan The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) generously shared lessons from two ex-posts and in particular what they felt should not have been done in terms […]
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Julia Conley A new campaign unveiled this weekend by the nonprofit organization Fossil Free Media aims to expand on the goals of the fossil fuel divestment […]
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Priti David/PARI India is seeing huge declines in native insect species – several of them tied closely to our food security. But it’s hard […]
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Liz Kimbrough A newly published study in the journal Nature Communications provides insight into the patterns driving tree death in the Amazon and may help scientists […]
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Fiona Broom The world’s ability to feed its growing — and increasingly hungry — population will depend on a culture of openness in research and data sharing, a […]
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Deepanwita Gita Niyogi Private forest owners have been restoring degraded lands, improving green cover and livelihood opportunities. The initiative helps in biodiversity conservation and […]
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Damian Profeta Downstream provinces challenge the Portezuelo del Viento dam over the reduction of water availability After fits and starts that date back to […]
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A coalition of non-governmental organisations brought the Brazilian government to the Federal Supreme Court for its active negligence to protect the Amazon and the […]
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Re-engaging employees under COVID-19 will be key to building a ‘new normal’. If the ripple effects of the global health crisis remain difficult to […]
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Coral reefs in both the Pacific and Atlantic oceans received a “fair” score in the first-ever condition status report for U.S. coral reefs released […]
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Terence Wood Most Australian development NGOs actually did quite well with donations amid the very difficult year that was 2019 with stagnant domestic economy, […]
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A paltry 14 percent of climate finance is going to the least developed nations and just 2 percent to small island developing states, which […]
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Prithvi Simha, Björn Vinnerås, and Jenna Senecal The idea behind it is rather simple. Fresh urine is collected from urinals or specially designed toilets […]
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As COVID-19 disrupts immunizations, urgent action needed to protect most vulnerable children from deadly and debilitating diseases, with WHO and UNICEF estimating that US$655 […]
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JoNel Aleccia Across the country, veterinarians and other researchers are scouring the animal kingdom for signs of the virus that causes COVID-19. At least […]
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Soumya Sarkar Although top global banks are bankrolling biodiversity loss and ecosystem destruction at an unprecedented scale, the finance sector has largely evaded scrutiny […]
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Millions of used cars, vans and minibuses exported from Europe, the United States and Japan to the developing world are of poor quality, contributing […]
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Kari Lydersen As storms grow more severe and temperatures climb, contamination of groundwater by animal and human waste could be on the rise as […]
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John C. Cannon Rather than solely reacting to future outbreaks with containment, new treatments, and the development of vaccines, the authors of the report […]
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Charlotte King Bamboo is a surprisingly effective carbon sink and is being promoted by the government as a uniquely Chinese solution to climate change […]
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A new IUCN report finds that an estimated 229,000 tonnes of plastic is leaking into the Mediterranean Sea every year, equivalent to over 500 shipping […]
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Less than 50% of working-age women are in the labour market, a figure that has barely changed over the last quarter of a century, […]
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