From NPR Fishermen and tribes have been fighting the mine proposal for a decade, fearing it would harm the wild sockeye salmon at the heart of the area’s economy and culture. (Image credit: Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)…

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam – Five out of six people working in the conservation sector in Vietnam say that they have directly experienced some form of sexual harassment in their work environment. This is just one striking finding of…

A thin plume of smoke rises above the lush canopy of the Apyterewa Indigenous Territory, deep in the Brazilian Amazon. A couple of men feed the flames engulfing a wooden bridge serving as a gateway into the vast territory. On…

Today we’re taking a look at the importance of securing Indigenous communities’ land rights and the global push for privatization that can deprive those communities of access to their land. Listen here: A study published in Nature Sustainability in 2018…

From NPR Homeowners are rebuilding after wildfires, but many won’t be required by governments to use fire-resistant materials. Without such improvements, communities face harm again with the next fire. (Image credit: David McNew/Getty Images) Read the full article from NPR

The Ocean Cleanup is a highly touted nonprofit with the ambitious goal of cleaning up 90 percent of the ocean’s plastic. In reality, the initiative’s impact on the world’s floating debris would be minimal, researchers reported recently in Science of…