Articles by Tiffany Roufs

Imagine yourself surrounded by wispy branches, by an echoing chorus of bird songs, and by the scrutinizing gazes of lizards. You may ask yourself, where am I? The answer is...complicated,…

Many of the same technologies we use every day may also be key to protecting our planet’s natural heritage. Mobile phones that record and send our selfie video can do…

The glare of a single incandescent lamp illuminates a small room with a dirt floor and no furniture. It shines on a dozen campesinos – autonomous peasant patrolmen from El…

This is Alvaro Huaman, in the uniform of the ronda, with Jhuliño and his baby brother. Jhuliño's real name was Egler, but from a young age, he had been obsessed…

The Napo Watershed forms one of the last free-flowing river corridors of the Amazon Basin, and is an important tourism destination where visitors can immerse themselves in stunning rainforest scenery…

According to a comprehensive new study published in the journal Science, bumblebees are particularly vulnerable to climate change disruptions. Historical bumblebee ranges have shrunk on their extreme southern edge, while…

Tropical forest ecosystems are permanently devastated by rising reservoir waters, as seen here at Brazil's Balbina Dam, the subject of a new long term biodiversity study published in PLOS One.…

Though scientists are striving hard to discover how the world's forests will respond to climate change – whether they will tip from being carbon sinks to being carbon sources –…

Tropical rainforests are being destroyed at an alarming rate as they're converted into palm oil plantations and other commodity forests. It's hoped that corporate zero-deforestation pledges are helping reverse that…

A traumatized turtle on its way to rehab. Photo credit: Dr. Sabine Schoppe, Katala Foundation. On Friday, June 19, Philippine authorities raided a warehouse on the island of Palawan and…

More than 150 dams are currently planned for five of the six major Andean tributaries of the Amazon River. Damming those large, free-flowing streams would provide hydropower to half a…

Bill Hinchberger with Veronica Goyzueta Welcome to Coca: "The unavoidable starting point for many of Ecuador's most fascinating jungle tours," proclaims Lonely Planet. And also the jumping off point for…

A spillway at Brazil's Jirau Dam. More than 400 hydroelectric dams are currently proposed, under construction, or have already been built across Amazonia. Photo credit: Philip Fearnside. Plans to build…

Liz Kimbrough with co-research by Anjali Kumar As South American countries begin to move beyond fossil fuels, many are looking to hydropower. The rivers flowing from the Andes Mountains down…

A sage grouse struts his stuff. Photo credit: Tom Koerner/USFWS. We try to walk quietly on a path that's barely lit by a waning moon and the night's last stars,…

Bolivia's government, supported by some small and most large producers, pushes to expand agricultural lands at the expense of the nation's environment. In April 2015, small-scale Bolivian farmers who painstakingly…

Article by Liz Kimbrough with co-research by Anjali Kumar Most "run-of-river" hydroelectric dams in the Amazon Basin are used to divert all of the flow away from the natural river…

Mega-dam projects on the main stem of the Marañón River would drown Peru's Breadbasket "No Chadín" read the graffiti painted crudely on the trunk of a lone tree standing astride…

Other African Food Waste Articles by Margaret Egbula Together we stand: A policy approach to reducing food loss in West Africa West Africa’s weakest links: Supply chain defects are behind…

West African countries have recognized that when it comes to food security, no nation is an island. Since achieving independence, West African countries have strived for regional integration. By building…

Toribia Lero, an indigenous leader from the faction of the indigenous organization CONAMAQ (National Council of Ayllus and Markas of Qullasuyu) that is not recognized by the government sits for…

A mural in the town of Celendín opposing the proposed Conga mine. Many people believe dams like Chadín 2 and Rio Grande 1 and 2 are intended to supply electricity…

Residents of El Eden, one of the 28 Pico Bonito communities that banded together to protect their water supply. Photo credit: Pat Goudvis. There hasn't been much good news out…

Renowned biologist E.O Wilson, assessing Earth's sixth great extinction now underway, described the future as a shrinking keyhole through which all species must pass as humanity responds to, and hopefully…

A signpost showing the U.N. road (Crescent) that passes through the forest. Photo credit: Protus Onyango. The founder of Kenya's GreenBelt Movement, Wangari Maathai, won the Nobel Peace Prize in…

'The Marañón River in Peru where the government is proposing more than 20 dams on the main trunk.'. Photo credit: David Hill Peru is planning a series of huge hydroelectric…

Camera trap photo of a leopard. Photo credit: Sanjay Gubbi/NCF/Panthera. Many Westerners see science and superstition as lying at extreme ends of the logic spectrum. However, those familiar with India…

A fisherman in a small teacup-like boat, which is tethered to a larger vessel, off the coast of Lý Sơn Island. Tensions with China have forced these Vietnamese fishermen to…

Andean community leaders show hydrologists and project developers from Lima damaged amunas. These pre-Incan canals collect excess river water in the wet season so it can recharge pools and groundwater…

A farmer threshes beans just harvested from a field outside Babati, Tanzania. Women make up nearly half of the agricultural workforce in sub-Saharan Africa. Credit: Rachel Cernansky. On a hot…