[the_ad id="3024875"]
The environmental news site since 1991
The environmental news site since 1991
In the wake of Cyclone Ditwah’s devastating passage through Sri Lanka, which claimed approximately 650 lives and left 200 people missing, an unexpected phenomenon emerged along the northern Jaffna coastline. As the deadly storm finally departed on December 2 after…
For generations, the semi-nomadic Vezo people have defined their existence around the abundant waters of Madagascar’s southwest coast. Every dawn, these skilled fishers launch their traditional pirogues—small boats carved from single tree trunks—into the turquoise shallows of the Mozambique Channel,…
For decades, we’ve counted on forests as nature’s carbon vacuum cleaners, but alarming new research reveals this fundamental assumption may no longer hold true. A comprehensive study published in Nature has documented the first case of tropical forest woody biomass…
Government scientists across Britain are taking an innovative approach to environmental protection by releasing specially bred organisms into the wild to combat destructive invasive species. The biological control program involves deploying crayfish, weevils, and fungi that have been carefully cultivated…
The UK government has dramatically reversed course on its controversial inheritance tax policy for farmers, raising the tax threshold from £1 million to £2.5 million in what opposition politicians are calling a deliberately timed announcement designed to avoid public scrutiny.…
Environmental journalism in 2025 faced a troubling contradiction: while scientific evidence about climate change and environmental degradation became more definitive than ever, capturing and maintaining public attention proved increasingly difficult. This paradox defined the landscape for organizations like Mongabay, which…
England announces comprehensive strategy to transform conditions for over 1 billion farm animals annually, while government scientists release laboratory-cultivated organisms to combat destructive invasive species. Meanwhile, UK raises farm inheritance tax threshold to £2.5 million following agricultural pressure.
Joanna Macy, a groundbreaking environmental educator who revolutionized how people process climate grief, died in July at age 96. For decades, Macy challenged the traditional environmental movement’s pendulum swing between catastrophic warnings and forced optimism, instead pioneering a third path…
The English government has unveiled a comprehensive animal welfare strategy that promises to transform conditions for billions of farm animals, wildlife, and pets across the country. The timing couldn’t be more critical, as over 1 billion chickens and 8 million…
A groundbreaking “blue carbon” initiative is transforming how coastal communities in Sierra Leone approach environmental conservation and economic development. The Sherbro River Estuary Project, involving more than 124 villages on Sherbro Island, represents one of Africa’s most ambitious mangrove restoration…
