Florence and her cubs give hope that west African lion can come roaring back
National park in Senegal shows off three surprise new recruits in fight to save critically endangered species from extinction A lioness in one of the...
Category : Environment
‘A part of winter is missing’: Ottawa grieves over lack of canal ice for skating
Rideau has not turned into world’s long ice rink as usual, laying bare unpredictable realities of climate crisis Every winter for more than two decades,...
Scientists prove clear link between deforestation and local drop in rainfall
Study adds to fears Amazon is approaching tipping point after which it will not be able to generate its own rainfall For the first time...
US firm to bid to turn DRC oil permits in Virunga park into conservation projects
Exclusive: company plans to sell carbon and biodiversity credits in endangered gorilla habitat and Congo basin rainforest as alternative to drilling for fossil fuels A...
Weather tracker: Cyclone Freddy brings torrential rain to parts of Africa
Downpours lash Mozambique and Zimbabwe – meanwhile, unseasonably high and low temperatures hit east and west US The remnants of Tropical Cyclone Freddy continue to...
Canadian minister calls for emergency order to save country’s last spotted owls
Steven Guilbeault wants to block logging of critical old-growth forest to prevent owls from going extinct in British Columbia Canada’s environment minister plans to use...
Weather tracker: record-breaking heat in Australia
Australia swelters while in Brazil there have been record downpours Southern Australia has recorded significant heat over the past week with maximum temperatures widely reaching...
Weather tracker: Madagascar braces for Cyclone Freddy
Storm has been upgraded to Very Intense Tropical Cyclone with severe risk of deadly landslides Cyclone Freddy, upgraded to a Very Intense Tropical Cyclone on...
Cattle, not coca, drive deforestation of the Amazon in Colombia – report
Authorities have blamed the growing of coca – the base ingredient of cocaine – for clearcutting, but a recent study shows otherwise Cattle-ranching, not cocaine,...
Peruvian loggers given 28 years in jail for murder of four Indigenous leaders
Victims – among them environmental defender Edwin Chota – were tortured before their deaths in Peruvian Amazon in 2014 Five illegal loggers in Peru have...
