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For most of its history, conservation has been about preservation: setting aside reserves, managing fisheries, and safeguarding livelihoods in ways that assumed tomorrow would look broadly like today. That assumption is now untenable. With global temperatures projected to rise by…
The administration is opening millions of additional acres of public land to mining while slashing royalty rates and environmental regulations for coal. Environmentalists warn of skyrocketing costs and threats to land, water and air. By Jake Bolster The U.S. announced…
This series, Voices from the Land, brings together opinion pieces led and written by Indigenous peoples from around the world. Through these commentaries, we share our lived realities and reflections on urgent issues shaping our time — environmental destruction, our…
Efraín Fueres was gunned down Sunday while marching in protest against high costs of living and government crackdowns that include freezing the bank accounts of activists and suspending a media organization. By Katie Surma An Indigenous land defender was shot…
Plaintiffs who sued the U.S. government in 2015 for promoting fossil fuel policies and failing to protect them from climate change have petitioned the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights for an investigation and remedies. By Dana Drugmand Young climate activists…
More than a third of Etosha National Park in Namibia has burned, threatening the rich biodiversity in a popular tourist attraction.
White House allocating 13.1m acres of public land to coal mining, which has been on rapid decline over past 30 years The White House will open 13.1m acres (5.3m hectares) of public land to coal mining while providing $625m for…
This is Part 1 of a two-part series. Part 2, forthcoming, will report more on Malaysia’s seed quality bill. On an August Sunday morning, a rice mill roars in a public park in the busy Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur. Paddy…
Indigenous territories and the people who defend them in the Peruvian Amazon face a litany of growing threats, activist groups warn in a recent report. In defending their land rights in the face of incursions by criminal, extractive and infrastructure…
NOAA-supported expedition to explore deep waters of Cook Islands During the NOAA-supported Deep-Sea Habitats of the Cooks Islands Expedition on Exploration Vessel Nautilus, scientists will use Ocean Exploration Trust’s remotely operated vehicle Hercules, seen here, to explore sites on the Manihiki…