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For urban poor in Global South, nature-based solutions have always been a way to get by

Soil carbon in urban parks important in fighting climate change, study shows

Indonesia’s new capital ‘won’t sacrifice the environment’: Q&A with Nusantara’s Myrna Asnawati Safitri

To build its ‘green’ capital city, Indonesia runs a road through a biodiverse forest

As Indonesia’s new capital takes shape, risks to wider Borneo come into focus

Another winter of discontent as Kathmandu braces for deadly air pollution

Mangroves and wildlife in Bornean bay at risk from Indonesia’s new capital

Urban farming in Indonesia addresses food needs and climate crisis

Building Indonesia’s ‘green’ new capital could see coal use surge (analysis)

For residents of Jakarta’s port district, coal is the neighbor no one wants

World’s worst air pollution slashes 7 years off life expectancy in Bangladesh

History on the walls: Graffiti brings Manaus’s Indigenous roots to light

In Kathmandu, a struggle for water amid worsening floods

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

In Indonesia’s ‘Dragon Village,’ customs and nature are at the center of life

Honey bees find food more easily in cities, thanks to abundant urban gardens

In Indonesia, a coastal town rejects ‘metropolitan’ model for mangroves

Studies debunk ‘nature is healing’ narrative from 2020 lockdowns

As populations grow, how will thirsty cities survive their drier futures?

Scientists, communities battle against Philippine land reclamation project

Lessons from Brazil’s São Paulo droughts (commentary)

‘I am Indigenous, not pardo’: Push for self-declaration in Brazil’s census

In Rio de Janeiro, Indigenous people fight to undo centuries of erasure

In Boa Vista, Indigenous Brazilians retake their identity through education

A startup deploys black soldier flies in the Philippines’ war on waste

In Brazil’s most Indigenous city, prejudice and diversity go hand in hand

Humanity’s challenge of the century: Conserving Earth’s freshwater systems

Whale shark stranding points to silting of Indonesia’s Kendari Bay

How to turn climate ambitions into reality: Q&A with Nigel Topping

The promise of ‘bird-friendly’ cities: Q&A with author Timothy Beatley

Nature needs cities, and cities need nature (commentary)

Indonesia’s new capital in the Bornean jungle on hold amid COVID-19 crisis