Top European tire makers, including France’s Michelin and Germany’s Continental AG, are sourcing rubber from agribusinesses implicated in deforestation and undermining land rights in western and central Africa, a report by the non-profit Global Witness found. Rubber is used to…

From NPR The Utah mill has long concerned a tribal community next door. They hope a new health study will answer their questions. “A lot of our people mysteriously started getting sick,” a tribal member says. (Image credit: Bruce Gordon/Ecoflight)…

When she was a child, Cruz Ávila used to walk through the forest as part of her daily routine. She would pick wood or medicinal plants. She learned to find birds hidden in the branches and to identify the different…

From BBC Published23 minutes agoSharecloseShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, LEX VAN LIESHOUT Environmental groups are suing Dutch airline KLM, alleging that adverts promoting the company’s sustainability initiative are misleading. The groups say it’s the first lawsuit to challenge so-called…

Thung Nui, THAILAND — Firdaw Manjeed says she’s glad to be back to school for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Here in Thailand’s southernmost province, Satun, on the Andaman Sea coast, it’s the first day after two…

From NPR Activists from the same group have glued themselves to other paintings at U.K. art galleries in recent days, calling on the government to end all new oil and gas licenses. (Image credit: Kristian Buus/In Pictures via Getty Images)…

A growing number of companies are committing to net-zero emission goals in an effort to lower their carbon footprint and prevent climate change. But they’ll likely fall short if their business practices don’t do a better job of factoring in…

In June, Mongabay saw how communities across the world are continuing to take things into their own hands and restore landscapes surrounding them. Watch stories from three different countries with vastly different landscapes — or seascape, in one case —…