- Nepal’s Supreme Court recently discontinued its interim order that had earlier halted the construction of a cable car project opposed by Indigenous Limbu communities over its potential cultural and environmental…
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In Nepal, confrontation looms over controversial cable car project as court lifts stay order
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Silvery lining for Java’s endangered gibbon as Rahayu Oktaviani wins Whitley prize
- Indonesian conservationist Rahayu Oktaviani, known for her work with Java’s silvery gibbon, received this year’s Whitley Award for achievements in grassroots conservation.
- The 50,000 British pound ($67,000)…
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Assessing climate and land use impacts on surface water yield using remote sensing and machine learning
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The Gilgel Gibe watershed is located 272 km southwest of Addis Ababa, in the Oromia region of Ethiopia (Fig. 1). The watershed lies between 7°19′N and…
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Assessment of agricultural drought severity using multi-temporal remote sensing data in Lorestan region
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Lorestan province, located in western Iran, is situated between latitudes 32°00′ to 34°30′ N and longitudes 47°34′ to 49°30′ E (Fig. 1). Geographically, it spans diverse landscapes including mountainous regions, with…
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Millennial paleoclimate variations on the Central Tibetan Plateau during MIS4-MIS2 inferred from a sediment core based RPI chronology
Yao, T. et al. Third pole environment (TPE). Environ. Dev. 3, 52–64 (2012).
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Urban forests in Niger’s schoolyards serve climate resilience and education
- Trees growing school yards in Niger’s two largest cities are helping to cool classrooms and illustrate the value of urban forests.
- A study of green spaces across 60 schools in Niamey and Maradi two cities found…
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‘Satellites for Biodiversity’ upgrades with new projects and launches insight hub
The Airbus Foundation and the Connected Conservation Foundation (CCF) recently announced the winners of their “Satellites for Biodiversity” grant, which now uses…
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The drought is back—we need a new way to help farmers survive tough times
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Australia in 2025 is living up to Dorothy McKellar’s poetic vision of a country stricken by “drought and flooding…
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Community conservancies in Kyrgyzstan see conservation success against illegal hunting
- Vast terrains in northern Kyrgyzstan that host numerous flora and fauna — many of them endemic to the country — were a hub for illegal hunting and poaching of the species.
- Community-based conservancies…
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Coral reef research dominated by rich countries, plagued with inequities: Study
- A new study finds that coral reef researchers come mainly from institutions in high-income countries, and that the contributions of researchers from tropical, lower-income nations aren’t adequately…
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