Tanzania’s Maasai appeal to west to stop eviction for conservation plans
Thousands of Indigenous people sign letter to UK, US and EU protesting at appropriation of land for tourist safaris and hunting Thousands of Maasai pastoralists...
Category : Conservation
‘Lawless logging’ in DRC raises concerns over $500m forests deal signed by Boris Johnson
Critics say cash from UK, Norway, France and Germany could be wasted as damning report reveals illegalities, corruption and environmental crimes Environmental groups have raised...
Wildflower believed to be extinct for 40 years spotted in Ecuador
Gasteranthus extinctus had been presumed extinct after extensive deforestation A South American wildflower long believed to be extinct has been rediscovered. Gasteranthus extinctus was found...
Salt spat highlights Canadian national park’s troubling history
Park agency’s order to stop harvesting salts for commercial gain has angered Indigenous community For years, Melissa Daniels has been travelling to the vast wilds...
Six new wētā species found in New Zealand, as their habitat slowly disappears
Global heating speeding up their decline as terrain of newly discovered alpine species disappears Six new alpine species of New Zealand’s most unusual and beloved...
What really happened at Geneva’s crucial biodiversity negotiations?
Talks ahead of the key Cop15 summit on halting mass extinction of life were slow – and much has been asked of the developing world...
Protect Indigenous people’s rights or Paris climate goals will fail, says report
Rainforests looked after by communities absorb twice as much carbon as other lands, analysis shows Paris climate agreement goals will fail unless the rights of...
Hope for Kenya’s mountain bongos as five released into sanctuary
Rewilding programme marks the ‘most significant step’ in ensuring the critically endangered species’ survival Five mountain bongos have been released into a sanctuary in Kenya,...
Is a Madagascan mine the first to offset its destruction of rainforest?
Researchers say the island’s biggest mine is on track to achieve no net loss of forest but that ‘there remain important caveats’ Ambatovy mine on...
