Environment

Written by: Tim Radford There is one straightforward way to reduce greenhouse gases: by taking better care of the world’s natural forests. European and US scientists think they may have settled a complex argument about how to restore a natural forest so that...

Written by: Kimberly White WildAid has announced an ambitious new plan to strengthen enforcement of 250 marine and coastal areas by 2025. These areas have been designated as protected but lack crucial support, thereby leaving local marine wildlife and coastal...

Courtesy of Landscape News Written by: Augusta Dwyer Rising from the Atlantic swells, halfway between South Africa and Argentina, the wind-lashed archipelago of Tristan da Cunha is a place few have heard of, and even fewer have managed to visit. Some 260 people call...

Written by: Børge Brende and Ivan Duque The need to transform the relationship between cities and nature has become ever more urgent. Over half of the world’s population lives in cities, with an estimated 1.5 million additional people per week expected to migrate...

Written by: Grace M. Jaramillo Across the world, climate change disproportionately impacts the lives of girls, yet children are often forgotten in climate policy. I recently led a team of student researchers from the University of British Columbia to better understand...

Written by: Kimberly White  Organizations across the United States are calling on the Biden-Harris Administration and Congress to take action on plastic pollution. The group of 257 organizations, including dozens of members of the #breakfreefromplastic movement, outlined 13 recommendations for...

Written by: Jane Thoning Callesen As the planet faces an unprecedented crisis in biodiversity loss, traditional methods of tracking and protecting endangered species are no longer sufficient. Ecologists and conservationists have long relied on GPS collars, camera traps and field studies...

Written by: Andrew Mahar High in the mountains of Timor-Leste, a group of subsistence farmers earn an income by planting trees, leading the way to a future of self-determination for their families and local communities. The WithOneSeed community forestry programme began in...

Written by: Robin Chazdon, Bruno Hérault, Catarina Conte Jakovac, and Lourens Poorter Tropical forests are among the world’s best tools for fighting climate change and the loss of wild species. They store huge quantities of carbon, shelter thousands of plants...

Written by: Kimberly White  A new study from the University of Newcastle has found that that the average person may be ingesting a credit card’s worth of plastic each week. The study commissioned by the World Wide Fund for Nature...