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Tropical mammals under rising chemical pollution pressure, study warns

Sean Mowbray 2 May 2022

For a beekeeping couple in Costa Rica, pesticides are killing the buzz

Monica Pelliccia 1 Apr 2022

In Indonesia’s Spice Islands, some farmers are going back to organic

Mahmud Ichi 24 Mar 2022

Brazil agrochemical bill nears passage in Bolsonaro’s ‘agenda of death’

Sarah Brown 18 Feb 2022

In Nepal, a messy breakup with hybrid seeds is good news for organic farming

Johan Augustin 18 Feb 2022

Air pollution makes it tough for pollinators to stop and smell the flowers

Liz Kimbrough 10 Feb 2022

Polluting with impunity: Palm oil companies flout regulations in Ecuador

Alianza periodística tras las huellas de la palma 4 Feb 2022

Community in Ecuador punished for trying to stop alleged palm oil pollution

Alianza periodística tras las huellas de la palma 4 Feb 2022
NASA Landsat satellite image showing the Amazonian region where the activity occurred, according to IBAMA.

Chemical defoliants sprayed on Amazon rainforest to facilitate deforestation in Brazil

Jenny Gonzales 19 Jan 2022

More trees means healthier bees, new study on air pollution shows

Luís Patriani 3 Jan 2022

The complete guide to restoring your soil: Q&A with soil expert Dale Strickler

Liz Kimbrough 29 Nov 2021

For Kenyan farmers, organic fertilizer bokashi brings the land back to life

Isaiah Esipisu 16 Nov 2021

For Indonesian farmers used to ‘instant’ results, going organic is a tough sell

Wahyu Chandra 2 Nov 2021

Poisoned city: The story of Brazil’s forgotten environmental disaster

Pedro Grigori - Agência Pública / Repórter Brasil 26 Oct 2021

Paraguay failed to stop soy farms from poisoning Indigenous land, UN says

Maxwell Radwin 21 Oct 2021

Novel chemical entities: Are we sleepwalking through a planetary boundary?

Claire Asher 23 Sep 2021
A farmer uses a manure spreader as a natural fertilizer. An excess of manure from livestock produces an excess of ammonia, a harmful nitrogen emission. Image by CityofGeneva via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0).

Nitrogen: The environmental crisis you haven’t heard of yet

Ashoka Mukpo 22 Sep 2021

In Kenya, push-pull method tries to debug organic farming’s pest problem

David Njagi 8 Sep 2021
UPL chemical warehouse on fire outside Durban, South Africa. Image by Sbonelo Dlamini.

Nature takes a beating after chemical explosion in South Africa civil unrest

Tony Carnie 23 Aug 2021

Swarm technology: Researchers experiment with drones to battle crop pests

Ashley Stumvoll 13 Aug 2021

Amazon palm oil has not lived up to its promise of sustainability (commentary)

Rhett Ayers Butler 20 May 2021

Behind the scenes video unveils water contamination by ‘sustainable’ Amazon palm oil

Mongabay.com 12 May 2021

Industrial diets are imprinting on human bodies, new study finds

Malavika Vyawahare 11 May 2021

Intimidation of Brazil’s enviro scientists, academics, officials on upswing

Mauricio Torres, Sue Branford 8 Apr 2021
Locust swarm at Samburu, Kenya. Image by Sven Torfinn/FAO.

East Africa deploys huge volumes of ‘highly hazardous’ pesticides against locust plague

Leopold Salzenstein 1 Apr 2021
Fireflies synchronize their flashing to find a mate. Image by Fred Huang via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0).

New assessment shines a light on the state of North America’s fireflies

Liz Kimbrough 26 Mar 2021
Banner image of an artisanal palm oil production in Yalifombo village. Image © Oskar Epelde courtesy of Oakland Institute.

Pension and endowment funds linked to conflict-plagued oil palm in DRC

John Cannon 22 Mar 2021

Communities struggle against palm oil plantations spreading in Brazilian Amazon

Mongabay.com 18 Mar 2021

Can agroecology feed the world?

Mike Gaworecki 10 Mar 2021

Getting hands-on with pollination can boost cocoa yields, study shows

Sarah Derouin 8 Mar 2021
shiny green beetle

Death by 1,000 cuts: Are major insect losses imperiling life on Earth?

Liz Kimbrough 25 Jan 2021

One year on: Insects still in peril as world struggles with global pandemic

Jeremy Hance 11 Nov 2020

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