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The governments of four countries, along with several philanthropies and donors, have renewed a $1.8 billion pledge over the next four years to help recognize, manage and protect Indigenous and other traditional community land. The Forest and Land Tenure Pledge,…
Energy analysts and environmentalists say diesel generators are expensive, noisy, highly polluting and exempt from Clean Air Act regulations in times of energy “emergencies.” By Arcelia Martin “Five nines.”
The governments of nine tropical countries recently made a joint pledge to recognize 160 million hectares, or 395 million acres, of Indigenous and other traditional lands by 2030, according to a Nov. 7 announcement at the World Leaders Summit, an event…
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan evacuated more than 8,300 people from coastal and mountainous areas and closed schools before a tropical storm brushes the southern part of the island later Wednesday. Fung-wong had super typhoon strength when it battered the Philippines on…
Stakeholders have spent months ironing out disagreements over how to distribute water from the sprawling basin State negotiators embroiled in an impasse over how to manage the imperiled Colorado River were unable to agree on a plan before a federally…
For several years, illegal gold mining, loggers and other invaders have impacted the territory of the Indigenous Wampís people (or Huambisa) of the northern Peruvian Amazon. To combat these threats amid a lack of state support, the Autonomous Territorial Government…
Ulrich Eichelmann has seen many rivers over his lifetime as the head of RiverWatch, an organization dedicated to protecting the world’s waterways. He’s spent time on the Tigris floating through Turkey and Iraq, on the Tagliamento in Italy, and traveled…
The party’s imminent move to abandon the 2050 climate goal makes the environment the loser and Labor the biggest winner Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Fronting the media after a marathon party room meeting…
As the European Union’s Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) approaches its implementation, companies involved in supply chains for soy and other commodities reaching the EU market will soon have to prove that their products do not come from areas deforested after 2020…
Researchers have long speculated that humans introduced spiny-tailed iguanas to Mexico’s remote Clarion Island about 50 years ago. However, a recent study suggests the Clarion iguanas are likely native to the island, arriving long before human colonization of the Americas.…