Sustainable Business
Award winning activist killed in Honduras
Honduras human rights activist , Berta Cacares assassinated for fighting against a dam project that will usurp the Lenca people from their home. Berta […]
Category: Forests
Biodiversity
Indigenous people assert their rights over Sundarban Forest, India
More than 200 people from the region assembled at a Public Hearing in Sundarban islands and asserted their rights to the island’s mangrove forests […]
Biodiversity
Global deforestation is decreasing. Or is it?
Jeremy Leon Hance A new look at the complex picture of land use change suggests that when it comes to forests, we’re far from […]
Biodiversity
Five trends that will define the world’s forests in 2016
Bill Laurance The past year has been a momentous time for the world’s forests, with both good and bad news. Fasten your seat […]
Sustainable Business
Children paid in moonshine and glue for cleaning toilets in central Africa
Children in the African rainforests have been paid in glue to sniff, and alcohol, in return for menial work Market traders in the Republic […]
Biodiversity
Progress can Kill: Survival report reveals world’s highest suicide rate
A new report published by Survival International reveals that the appalling suicide rate among the indigenous Guarani Kaiowá people of southern Brazil is the highest […]
Biodiversity
Give bees a chance: the ancient art of beekeeping could save our honey (and us too)
Marianne Peso There’s no denying it: we’re in a long-term relationship… with bees. Recent evidence published in the journal Nature shows that humans have […]
Aid
The Paris climate agreement at a glance
Emil Jeyaratnam, The Conversation; James Whitmore, The Conversation; Michael Hopkin, The Conversation, and Wes Mountain, The Conversation On December 12, 2015 in Paris, the […]
Environment
Revealed: Tiger numbers increase when tribe stays in tiger reserve
Startling new data reveals tiger numbers have increased rapidly in the first reserve in India where local tribes have won the right to stay. […]
Biodiversity
Rich countries need to put cash on the table to curb deforestation
Fred Pearce Saving the world’s forests is essential to avoid runaway climate change, but the detail will only emerge after an agreement Forests are […]
Climate
Burning leaves and its impacts on our health
Marianne de Nazareth Burning of leaves releases large amounts of soot, and particulate matter, aggravating air pollution As winter begins to grip Bangalore and […]
Biodiversity
Feeding ‘Godzilla’: as Indonesia burns, its government moves to increase forest destruction
Bill Laurance|James Cook University In the midst of its worst fire crisis in living memory, the Indonesian government is taking a leap backward on […]
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