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Category: 9. Environment
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The modification of risk assessment ranking when considering the female population and children in the INFORM risk index for selected countries
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Among the 67 countries studied, 13 (19.4%) were initially classified as ‘very high’ and 18 (26.9%) were ‘high’. Countries with a ‘very high’ original risk index included Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic,…
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In rare triumph, camera traps snap endangered wildcats in Pakistan
- Conservationists in Pakistan have snapped incredibly rare images of two small cat species: the Asiatic caracal (Caracal caracal schmitzi) and the sand cat (Felis margarita).
- The 2025 caracal image comes after two…
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Community patrols can slash environmental crime by 80% (commentary)
- When communities are equipped with training, resources and institutional support, they can become powerful guardians of biodiversity, the lead author of a new study writes.
- His team’s research showed that…
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Bees have some ways to cope with a warming Earth, but researchers fear for their future
WILLIAMSPORT, Ohio (AP) — As global temperatures rise under climate change, the bees responsible for pollinating many crops are under increasing stress and scientists are trying…
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Eurasian otter sighting in Nepal’s Karnali River cause for hope and concern
In April 2023, fishermen caught a Eurasian otter in their net in the Karnali River, western Nepal, and reported the finding to researchers. A new study now confirms that this marks…
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Africa’s freshwater fish face a crisis — but solutions are within reach
A new WWF report is sounding the alarm on Africa’s freshwater fish: one in four fish species it assessed is at risk of extinction. These declines threaten not only biodiversity,…
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Interview with FSC’s Subhra Bhattacharjee
- The Forestry Stewardship Council, a voluntary global certification was established in 1993 by environmentalists, Indigenous groups, human rights advocates and the timber industry to help ensure sustainable forestry…
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Darkest-ever dwarfgoby fish gets named after Darth Vader
From the volcanic fjords of Tufi in Papua New Guinea, researchers have described a new-to-science species of a coral reef fish called a dwarfgoby with an unusual purplish-black…
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Nature’s protectors face a mental health crisis
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries.
Amid the calls of gibbons and the whir of…
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