Biodiversity
Walking across India as a Woman – Moving Upstream
Nupur Agarwal This is a guest blog by Nupur Agarwal. She had joined our Moving Upstream project and walked with us for almost 400 kms from Bijnor, […]
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Biodiversity
Safeguarding our oceans through sustainable seafood
Almost half of the seafood we eat comes from farms. For fish farming (aquaculture) to hold its promise to meet our future food demands, […]
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Humans need to learn to co-exist with wildfires. Here’s how we can do it.
Kendra R Chamberlain An assessment concept called the home ignition zone (HIZ) helps homeowners determine how vulnerable their home is to wildfire by looking […]
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Indonesian ruling rings alarms over criminalization of environmental defenders
Hans Nicholas Jong A court in Indonesia has sentenced an anti-mine activist to 10 months in jail on a rarely used charge of promoting […]
Aid
Livestock vaccination campaign in South Sudan in jeopardy
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is seeking $7.5 million to roll out a critically needed emergency livestock vaccination campaign in South Sudan. […]
Biodiversity
How blockchain is strengthening tuna traceability to combat illegal fishing
In a significant development for global fisheries, blockchain technology is now being used to improve tuna traceability to help stop illegal and unsustainable fishing […]
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‘A vicious cycle towards extinction:’ Hunting and trade can push even abundant wildlife populations to the brink
Mike Gaworecki Researchers at the University of Queensland looked at something called the anthropogenic Allee effect (AAE), a theory that proposes a critical population […]
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The island of wonderful snakes: Madagascar!
Madagascar is known for its diverse snake fauna (over 90 species) and the addition of new species locality data from a north-eastern rainforest show […]
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As the Chitra turns saline, mangroves appear
Kamran Reza Chowdhury Salinisation of freshwater near Sundarbans leading to mangrove forests and spelling the end of an ecosystem that was heavy with sweet […]
Aid
Maldives planning to convert mangroves forest to an airport
Maldives, one of the most vulnerable to climate change is planning to convert mangrove forests that protected against the 2004 devastating tsunami into an […]
Biodiversity
How we discovered a new species of Orangutan in northern Sumatra
Colin Groves & Anton Nurcahyo We have discovered a new species of orangutan – the third known species and the first new great ape to be […]
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Deep in the jungle, scientists explore the links between the Congo and climate change
Daniel Grossman Two researchers are working on separate projects to try to better understand how the Congo rainforest, second in size only to the […]
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