A few years ago, Maria Suryanti Jun had idea little idea of what an environmental defender was. Nor did she have any ...

Indonesia’s marine ministry has approved one of Java’s largest coal plants to use vast amounts of seawater for cooling, prompting concerns from marine experts over the impact of heated discharge on ...

From the air, the forests in Putumayo, Colombia’s southwestern Amazonian department, look scarred. Light brown lines snake ...

In the aftermath of Hurricane Maria’s assault on the Caribbean island of Dominica in 2017, researchers made a heartbreaking ...

A last-minute proposal to revise the European Union’s sweeping antideforestation law has conservationists worried about yet ...

Before pivoting her focus to the Arctic, Alysa McCall worked extensively in the grassland ecosystem. There, the interventions ...

When Abebayehu Aticho first visited the flat terrains and floodplains in the Gambella region for his Ph.D. research in 2014, ...

Honduras is currently facing a total of $19.4 billion in lawsuits from corporations, an amount equivalent to roughly 53% of ...

Two of Indonesia’s most prominent environmental experts are facing a lawsuit that activists say is part of a wider trend of ...

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 UNESCO. On July 26, ...

Political will is among the most important factors in preventing tropical deforestation, according to a group of experts ...

Sri Lankan authorities, locals and environmentalists say they’re deeply concerned about the possible impacts on the country’s ...