Biodiversity
Siberian Wildfires Cover Russian Cities in Smoke
Major Eastern Russian cities are shrouded in haze as a mega fires continue to burn through Siberian Taiga forests, in what is becoming an […]
Category: Forests
Biodiversity
Outrage as ‘Factory School’ for 30,000 children to host World Congress of Anthropology
Hundreds of Indigenous leaders, activists and anthropologists have denounced plans to hold the 2023 World Congress of Anthropology at the world’s largest “Factory School,” […]
Biodiversity
Timber hunger in the American Housing Sector
Mike Roddy Americans consume 23% of the world’s wood products, with 4% of global population. This is fueled by subsidized timber, entrenched in a […]
Biodiversity
Covid-19, Climate Change, Poverty and Corruption: Quest for Nature Friendly Lives and Livelihoods
The unique nature of Covid-19 crisis have been blessings to build lives and nature friendly green planet. Strategic policy responses should be designed internalizing […]
Biodiversity
A recently-contacted tribe is the ‘most infected’ in Brazil
The Arara people of the Cachoeira Seca (Dry Waterfall) territory have been revealed as the tribe with the highest known rate of Covid-19 infection in the Brazilian […]
Biodiversity
The Baghjan Blowout: The Disastrous Oil Spill in Upper Assam and its Impacts
Keshoba Krishna Chatradhara The Baghjan oil spill poses a serious threat to the rich biodiversity of Dibru-Saikhowa National Park. Dibru-Saikhowa and the satellite areas are […]
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Human interest story: Strengthening livelihoods, Restoring the rainforest in Philippines
Arianne Gijsenbergh This human interest story tells the inspiring tale of Linda Deconlay, a member of the indigenous Talaandig Tribe, who is participating in […]
Biodiversity
Equator Prize winners inspire ways of coexisting with nature
The 11th Equator Prize recognized 10 local and indigenous communities from across the world. The winning organizations showcase innovative, nature-based solutions for tackling biodiversity loss and climate […]
Biodiversity
New data show world lost a Switzerland-size area of primary rainforest in 2019
Morgan Erickson-Davis Data from 2001 to 2019 show an overall deforestation of primary forest constituting the third-highest year of primary forest loss since the […]
Biodiversity
An open letter for saving the Environment of Maldives
Concerned about the continuation of irreversible, environmentally destructive and debt financed projects in Maldives during the current Covid-19 global public health crisis with consequent […]
Biodiversity
Coronavirus, cyclones and locusts: In 2020, it’s getting harder in India than ever to ignore science and our impact on the environment
The intensification of agriculture and the accompanying clearance of forest lands for cropping and grazing had been driving diverse wildlife species together and pushing […]
Biodiversity
After Cyclone Amphan, broken houses and rotting fish
Joydeep Gupta Residents of the Sundarbans wonder why they are rebuilding, when their lands have been encroached for years by the seas, and their […]