As the country barrelled towards a potential rail workers strike last week, battle lines were drawn over the issue of paid sick leave. On the one side were unions — the signalmen, track workers, boilermakers, and conductors — who had…

“As a boy, my father killed pumas,” says Vincente Navarra, whose family has been raising sheep against the backdrop of Argentina’s Patagonian wilderness for generations. Navarra, a 71-year-old rancher who raises livestock on Patagonia’s Chilean side was the first in…

From NPR Conservationists say a sustainable fishing program has helped the recovery of the local pirarucu — which can be up to 10-feet long and weigh 450 pounds. (Image credit: Bruno Kelly for NPR) Read the full article from NPR

From NPR Delegates from nearly 200 countries are gathering in Canada to try to fix humanity’s relationship with nature. The convention comes during an emerging extinction crisis. (Image credit: Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images) Read the full article from NPR

From BBC Published29 minutes agoSharecloseShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, Getty Images By Helen BriggsEnvironment correspondent “Humanity has become a weapon of mass extinction,” the head of the United Nations has warned at the start of a high-level nature summit…

A group of researchers from more than a dozen countries are calling for worldwide peatland protection and restoration. In a signed statement released Dec. 1, more than 40 scientists say the global importance of peatlands must be addressed. These swampy,…

KAMPONG THOM, Cambodia — The mood outside the Kampong Thom Provincial Court had grown tense on the afternoon of July 26. Some 12 residents of Ngon village, an Indigenous Kuy community in Kampong Thom province’s Sandan district, waited for the…

From BBC Published13 hours agocommentsCommentsSharecloseShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, Getty Images The government has pledged to relax restrictions on building onshore wind farms in England after a threatened rebellion from Conservative MPs. A rule requiring new turbines to be…

As global biodiversity loss persists, a team of international scientists is calling for a more holistic approach to biodiversity protection: by coupling conservation efforts with human justice measures. In a new paper published on Dec. 5 in One Earth, scientists…