From NPR The Indigenous Achuar people in Ecuador’s Amazon rainforest sail in six solar-powered canoes. And it’s not just to save money on fuel — the trees of the rainforest will benefit too. (Image credit: Peter Yeung for NPR) Read…

From NPR New EPA rules require oil and gas companies to slash climate-changing methane from their operations. (Image credit: David Goldman/AP) Read the full article from NPR

From BBC Published1 hour agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, Yudhishtir Chandra Biswas By Marco SilvaBBC Verify As global leaders gather at the COP28 summit in Dubai, environmental activists around the world are still challenging climate sceptics. Young people…

From BBC Published21 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, UN CLIMATE CHANGE/KIARA WORTH By Matt McGrathEnvironment correspondent The country hosting COP28 climate talks aimed at cutting fossil fuel emissions is massively ramping up its own oil production, the…

The biggest timber firm in Malaysia’s Sarawak state has been able to maintain sustainability certification despite clearing forests for oil palm plantations and skipping steps in informing affected communities, according to a recent report from NGOs focused on forest conservation…

EAST LOMBOK, Indonesia – Takdir spent years protesting against the sand mine by his home on the east coast of Lombok, an island east of Bali in Indonesia’s West Nusa Tenggara province. In that time, he was summoned often by…

From BBC Published26 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, Alamy By Jonah FisherBBC Environment Correspondent The number of English bathing sites rated as unfit to swim has risen to its highest level since a new rating system was…

A new guidebook provides practical guidance for creating and managing sustainable private nature reserves. The “Sustainable Nature Reserves: Guidelines to Create Privately Protected Areas” offers step-by-step recommendations for individuals, nonprofits, communities, and other groups interested in purchasing and managing land…

The Amazon has long been considered home to Indigenous peoples, dating back thousands of years. They worked the land in ways we are familiar with today. They built ditches, ponds, wells and other structures that show the rainforest was not…