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Long celebrated by some NGOs and Indigenous rights activists as the guardians of the forest, the Batwa of South Kivu had lived inside what is now Kahuzi-Biega National Park (KBNP) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) until the 20th…
“If you can imagine walking into a huge, 1,000-kilometer square [386-square-mile] tropical forest … it’s moist and damp [with] rich soil and an overstory. You imagine walking into a 10-meter [33-foot] patch of forest and it’s just a totally different…
DNA analysis of endemic specimens in museums finds 79% of ant populations in Pacific archipelago are shrinking Island-dwelling insects have not been spared the ravages of humanity that have pushed so many of their invertebrate kin into freefall around the…
Experts unconvinced by Roberto Gualtieri’s mooted timescale for river to be reopened for public bathing Rome hopes to welcome swimmers back to the River Tiber within five years, the city’s mayor has announced, drawing inspiration from Paris, where the Seine…
Results from Nasa’s Perseverance rover may show signs left in rocks by living organisms.
The National Weather Service (NWS) is transforming to better protect and serve communities by focusing on the people of NWS, improvements to infrastructure, and advancing the agency to meet the future. When Ken Graham began his tenure as the NWS…
A new peer-reviewed study examined the impact Indigenous territories have on human health in two categories of diseases, finding that municipalities located close to Indigenous lands with intact forests have a reduced risk. By Katie Surma Indigenous territories are a…
Children as young as three will have lessons on wildfires and flooding under 10-point emergency response plan Spanish children will be taught how to respond to floods, wildfires, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions in a drive to help prepare them for…
Kent council condemned by opposition parties, which say county is ‘at the forefront of climate impacts’ Plans by Reform UK to “rescind” the declaration of a climate emergency at one of the English county councils it now controls have been…
Keeping predator numbers down may be last hope to save the ground-nesting birds – but critics say real problem is farming practices Should we be organising mass culls of foxes and crows in order to save the plummeting numbers of…