- Reshu Bashyal, an orchid and yew conservationist and researcher from Nepal, is among the winners of this year’s Whitley Award, popularly known as the “Green Oscars.”
- She was recognized for her work on…
Category: 9. Environment
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Botanist Reshu Bashyal becomes fourth Nepali in as many years to win Whitley Award
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Landslide deaths again highlight safety failures in Indonesia’s nickel industry
- A deadly landslide on March 22 at the Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park (IMIP) buried four workers under nickel mine waste, reigniting scrutiny over hazardous tailings management in the country’s booming nickel…
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Understanding rainfall runoff dynamics across various land uses and landscape positions in North Western Ethiopia
Rainfall and runoff relations on different land uses
The characteristics of rainfall, including its spatial distribution, temporal variability, amount, duration, and intensity, play a crucial role in influencing runoff generation processes and are…
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Beyond the ice: shifts in productivity and carbonate oversaturation at the Eocene–Oligocene transition
Preservation and primary ecological signal
The reliability of the data interpretation in this study depends on the degree of nannofossil preservation, as this could, at least in principle, affect both relative abundances and morphometric data. The…
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Winners of 2025 Whitley Awards, the ‘Green Oscars,’ are announced
This year’s Whitley Awards, commonly dubbed the “Green Oscars,” have been presented to seven conservationists from three continents working to protect and revive a diverse…
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Poaching intensifies in M23-occupied areas of Virunga National Park
- On March 11th, 2025, Virunga National Park authorities discovered a young gorilla named Fazili caught in a poacher’s trap.
- The closure of Virunga National Park eco-guard patrol posts in areas under M23 occupation…
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Rwanda’s Olivier Nsengimana inspires protection for gray crowned cranes in East Africa
- Ten years ago, the gray crowned crane (Balearica regulorum), faced with habitat loss and capture for illegal trade, was quietly slipping toward local extirpation in Rwanda.
- The Rwanda Wildlife Conservation…
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Mongabay reports fuel petition to block US import of coffee tied to slave labor
The nonprofit watchdog Coffee Watch recently filed a petition to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to stop the import of coffee produced with slave labor in Brazil….
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The axolotl is endangered in the wild. A discovery offers hope
Despite capturing hearts around the world, the wild axolotl — an aquatic salamander with feathery frills and a soft smile — faces extinction. Fortunately, for both axolotls and their fans, a new conservation method shows…
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New report reinforces critical role of Amazonian protected areas in climate fight
- A new report has found that protected areas and Indigenous territories in the Amazon store more aboveground carbon than the rest of the rainforest.
- Protected areas and Indigenous territories were also found to serve…
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