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Plastic pollution pushing Earth past all nine planetary boundaries: Report

Nepal’s top court to rule next month on law allowing development in protected areas

Prosecutors urge suspension of Amazon carbon projects, citing Mongabay investigation

Leaders fail to address overfishing near Europe at ‘fraught’ international meeting

Rappahannock Tribe first in US to enshrine rights of nature into constitution

Microplastics are sickening and killing wildlife, disrupting Earth systems

Overuse of antibiotics in Bangladesh aquaculture raises health concerns

Relief in Sri Lanka as key threat to nonprotected forests is repealed

Indigenous guardians embark on a sacred pact to protect the lowland tapir in Colombia

The plastics crisis is now a global human health crisis, experts say

Hopes and fears for the Amazon: Interview with botanist Hans ter Steege

A Ramsar site in Bangladesh fast loses its fish diversity amid government inaction

Thousands of birds seized in massive Indonesian bird-trafficking bust

As global fire risk rises, modern homes become toxic plastic traps

‘Five years and no justice’ as trial over Indigenous forest guardian’s killing faces delays

A deadly fly is spreading through Central America. Experts blame illegal cattle ranching

COP29: With public climate finance shortfall, is investment capital a way forward?

What Indigenous leaders want from the COP29 U.N. climate conference

Court throws out permits for controversial Baja California hotel project

How the oceans fared at the COP16 biodiversity conference in Colombia

Brazil calls for ambition at COP but struggles over its own climate policy

An ‘ocean grab’ for a property megaproject leaves Jakarta fishers grounded

New Canadian-backed potash mine under fire from Amazon Indigenous groups

As Venezuela’s crisis rolls on, its wildlife is increasingly at risk

What was achieved, and not, for Indigenous and local leaders at COP16

U.S. toughens stance on plastics production in run-up to key treaty summit

Indonesian mother imprisoned for protesting palm oil factory next to school

COP16 biodiversity meeting recap: Progress made, but finance lags

Brazil researchers boost timber traceability with new chemical analysis

Study warns that loosened legislation is driving deforestation in Bahia’s Cerrado

In Colombia, guerrilla groups decide the fate of the Amazon

JBS broke its own rules while buying cattle from deforested areas in Pantanal

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