Written by: Deepa Padmanaban
Unprecedented heat waves swept through Canada, the United States, and northern India this year, claiming hundreds of lives. These heat waves are not new: In India, 17,000 deaths have occurred because of heat waves since the 1990s.
A recent global study...
Written by: Kimberly White
The Government of Canada has announced a substantial new investment to support Indigenous-led conservation.
The Canadian government will provide up to $340 million in new funding over the next five years to support Indigenous leadership in conservation....
Written by: Aida Cuní Sanchez, Martin Sullivan, and Phil Platts
Tropical forests are well known for being the “lungs” of our planet. Through photosynthesis, the trees in these forests produce oxygen and remove enormous amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, helping to mitigate...
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Written by: Natasha Vizcarra
An international panel of 200 scientists has called for a halt to deforestation in the Amazon rainforest, saying the biome plays a critical role in global water cycles and regulating climate variability and therefore must...
Written by: Kimberly White
Environmental groups have joined together to challenge a controversial decision to lease out millions of acres of public waters for oil leasing.
The Biden administration announced plans to open up millions of acres for oil and gas...
Written by: Kimberly White
Indigenous groups in Brazil are calling on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate President Jair Bolsonaro for genocide and ecocide.
The Articulation of Indigenous Peoples from Brazil (APIB) filed a statement with the ICC accusing the...
Written by: Alastair Lee Bitsóí
With drought a persistent problem in the Southwest, Hopi/Tewa seed keeper Valerie Nuvayestewa has eagerly joined the effort to bring back an Indigenous superfood that her ancestors cultivated for 11,000 years. The Four Corners Potato...
Written by: David Obura
A framework to help countries develop national strategies for the conservation and sustainable use of their natural resources is nearing completion. The so-called ‘post-2020’ global biodiversity framework will provide goals and targets to stem and reverse the decline...
Written by: Kimberly White
Hong Kong is cracking down on illegal wildlife trafficking. The Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo) passed a bill that incorporates wildlife crime offenses into the Organized and Serious Crimes Ordinance.
The amendment, proposed by lawmaker Elizabeth...
Written by: Kimberly White
Humankind has caused unprecedented warming and irreversibly altered the planet, according to a new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
The report, Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis, details the impact humankind has...
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