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As W.H. Wong hugged his family goodbye before leaving for work on a quiet morning this spring, he felt a lump in his throat. He was headed more than 2,500 miles away, to an Indonesian island so remote that locals…
“It is perfect!” exclaims Anthony Kingi, a member of the Kenyan nonprofit Center for Justice Governance and Environmental Action (CJGEA). “Kenya doesn’t need it. However, if they must build it, I’m glad it’s not in my backyard.” The “it” Kingi…
As Germany demilitarized after World War II, it dumped massive amounts of its leftover munitions into the Baltic Sea. A recent study has found that some of those submerged weapons, which are still releasing toxic compounds, now host more marine…
Brazil’s Supreme Court has approved the creation of Tanaru National Park in the western Amazon state of Rondônia, protecting the land where the last member of the Tanaru Indigenous people, known as the “Man of the Hole,” or Tanaru, lived…
Campaigners say increase in exports mostly to Malaysia and Indonesia is ‘unethical and irresponsible waste imperialism’ Britain’s exports of plastic waste to developing countries have soared by 84% in the first half of this year compared with last year, according…
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How well do you know your Australian birds? Could you identify them from their calls alone? Guardian Australia’s resident pelican (not a real pelican) Matilda Boseley took to the streets of Melbourne to test the city’s knowledge amid the Guardian…
NZ$180bn worth of housing and $26bn of infrastructure at risk of flooding and storm damage, new government report finds New Zealand’s oceans are warming 34% faster than the global average, with NZ$180bn (US$104bn) worth of housing at risk of flooding,…
PETCHABURI, Thailand — Swaths of butterflies flutter around Chalong Thongsong and his team of rangers and researchers as they walk along a muddy trail into the forest of Kaeng Krachan National Park. The biggest of Thailand’s national parks, Kaeng Krachan…
Exclusive: Letter from 170-plus organisations calls on government to drop proposed changes to planning law Plans to water down protections for national parks such as Dartmoor and the Lake District in a “kneejerk bid for growth” will be devastating for…