- Across Southeast Asia, Indigenous women activists face discrimination, repression and violence, while often being excluded or unsupported even within their own communities.
- Among them is Maria Suryanti Jun, who is…
Category: 9. Environment
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Across Southeast Asia, Indigenous women challenge extraction and erasure
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Reversing damage to the world’s mangrove forests
Mangroves are an important lifeline for biodiversity, climate and coastal communities. Yet they are disappearing 3-5 times faster than total global forest losses, according to…
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Peru seizes record 4-ton mercury shipment in fight against illegal gold mining
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Peruvian customs officials have seized a record-breaking shipment of illegal mercury, exposing a cross-border smuggling network fueling illicit gold mining…
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The sacred humans-bird connection in Ethiopia’s wetlands: Interview with Abebayehu Aticho
- The Gambella region of Ethiopia is home to 71 bird species that are culturally important to the traditional pastoralist Nuer people and have several uses for the community, such as indicating seasonal changes and…
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2,000 species at high risk of extinction from natural disasters, study finds
- More than 2,000 terrestrial vertebrate species face a high risk of extinction from natural hazards, including hurricanes, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis, according to a first-of-its-kind study.
- Nearly…
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Scientists find millions of tons of nanoplastics in the North Atlantic Ocean
Scientists have measured the amount of nanoplastics in the open ocean for the first time and found they make up the vast majority of marine plastic pollution.
Plastic debris in the…
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Illegal roads expand in Colombia’s deforestation hotspots
- A new report from Colombia’s Inspector General’s Office shows that between October 2024 and March 2025, about 88,800 hectares (about 219,400 acres) of forest were cleared and 1,107 kilometers (688 miles) of…
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US NGO signs deal to manage huge nature reserve in Chad
The government of Chad has signed a 10-year deal with the U.S.-based NGO Sahara Conservation to manage the Ouadi Rimé-Ouadi Achim Faunal Reserve (OROAFR), the group announced July…
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Impact of climate warming on the foraging behavior of northernmost distributed primates
Insect foraging behavior in streams
We observed the behavior of three troops (dubbed the KT, KK, and KM troops; Fig. S3). On almost all survey days (27 out of 33 days), foraging behavior was observed in water habitats based on the direct…
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Cooperative climate action under background risk
Experimental design
The basic design is based on a 10-period threshold PGG10. Subjects are randomly assigned to one of three conditions and placed in groups of six, interacting with the same group members throughout all periods. The identities of…
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