Three weeks after being named in a second probe into alleged illegal exports of Amazon timber and facing growing opposition, Brazil’s controversial environment minister, Ricardo Salles, was ousted on June 23 “upon request,” as announced in the country’s official gazette.…

JAKARTA — A major palm oil company supplying to global brands like Nestlé and PepsiCo continues to source the raw commodity from plantations responsible for deforesting prime orangutan habitat in Sumatra, according to a recent investigation. U.S.-based environmental advocacy group…

From BBC Shareclose Share pageCopy linkAbout sharing image copyrightRalf Kaehler/Tom Abel Astronomers have worked out when the first stars began shining. They say that this period, known as the “cosmic dawn,” occurred between 250 to 350 million years after the…

When COVID-19 started to sweep across the world last year, conservationists feared that it would be a disaster for Africa’s wildlife. Tourism revenues evaporated, causing salary cuts and layoffs for rangers in protected game parks. But after a spike in…

“This small place in the immensity of the Amazon forest is my place and will always be so. I am linked to the Indians, to the land, to the fundamental struggle.” Claudia Andujar, the renowned Brazilian photographer, is celebrating her…

HO CHI MINH CITY — Camera traps placed in a remote nature reserve in central Vietnam recently captured images of rare muntjac deer, in addition to a number of other endangered species, raising hopes for the state of biodiversity there.…

From BBC Shareclose Share pageCopy linkAbout sharing image copyrightCarbon Engineering A large facility capable of extracting significant amounts of carbon dioxide from the air is being planned for north east Scotland. The proposed plant would remove up to one million…

From NPR The Willow Fire, as of June 23, was 2,877 acres large with just 13% of it contained. Emergency crews are watching for a return to hot and dry conditions at the end of the week. (Image credit: California…

It was not easy for Munduruku Indigenous leaders to leave their reserve in Jacareacanga, in northern Pará state, and get to Brazil’s federal capital, Brasília, to join a huge protest against ongoing anti-Indigenous measures in the National Congress. And it…

The cage door opens. A monkey takes its first, tentative steps out. There’s a fleeting backwards look, then the animal takes off, back into the wild. Whether you call such moments rewilding, reintroductions, or releases, there’s no arguing the emotional…