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‘Crunch time for biodiversity’: Farming, hunting push thousands of species toward extinction

John Cannon 7 Jun 2017

Officials, Greenpeace nab four boats for illegally fishing near Guinea-Bissau

John Cannon 3 Apr 2017

Fish for all? The fish-free fishmeal challenge

Elizabeth Devitt 10 Jan 2017
Residents of Kiad in Panama’s indigenous Ngäbe-Buglé semi-autonomous region retur home after shopping in the nearby town of Tolé. Photo by Camilo Mejia Giraldo

Program targets food security concerns among Panama’s indigenous women

Camilo Mejia Giraldo 3 Oct 2016
Part of the Green Fuel ethanol plant in Chisumbanje, Zimbabwe. Photo by Kenneth Matimaire.

Amid epic drought, villagers bitter over Zimbabwean ethanol plant

Andrew Mambondiyani 28 Jul 2016
Levita holds a layer of dried crude oil from her farmland along the Marañon River. Photo by Brett Monroe Garner.

Health concerns, food insecurity linger months after Peruvian oil spills

Kevin Floerke and Rebecca Wolff 25 Jul 2016

Rising CO2 is reducing nutritional value of food, impacting ecosystems

Claire Salisbury 1 Jun 2016

The week in environmental news – April 22, 2016

Brittany Stewart 23 Apr 2016

Massive profiteering uncovered in Indonesian fertilizer distribution

Mongabay.com 25 Feb 2016

Meager post-Ebola harvests worsen food insecurity in West Africa

Lois Parshley 25 Jun 2015

Private sector innovations reduce food loss in West Africa

Margaret Egbula 1 Jun 2015

Together we stand: A policy approach to reducing food loss in West Africa

Margaret Egbula 28 May 2015

Food coating made with African ingredient aims to decrease food waste

Lois Parshley 13 May 2015

To improve food security, look to the forests, new report says

Mike Gaworecki 8 May 2015

Keeping up with the climate: efforts to reduce African crop losses face the extra hurdle of climate change

Rachel Cernansky 21 Apr 2015

Empowering women in order to save the harvest

Rachel Cernansky 16 Apr 2015

The crop-saving champion of Tanzania: Bertha Mjawa

Rachel Cernansky 15 Apr 2015

Unique center trains Tanzanian farmers to preserve their fruits and veggies

Rachel Cernansky 14 Apr 2015

New solutions aim to deliver more grain from farm to table in sub-Saharan Africa

Rachel Cernansky 13 Apr 2015

Combating food waste in sub-Saharan Africa

Rachel Cernansky 9 Apr 2015

Pollution from fossil fuels decreased rainfall in Central America

Jeremy Hance 10 Feb 2015

Pollinator collapse could lead to a rise in malnutrition

Jeremy Hance 9 Feb 2015

Poor rains then floods lead to food crisis in Somalia

Jeremy Hance 11 Nov 2014

2 prize-winning journalists will report on Amazon, 2 new prizes announced

Mongabay.org 1 Aug 2014

From triumph to tragedy: famine could hit world’s newest country by August

Jeremy Hance 8 Jul 2014

Somalia could face another famine due to delayed rains, insecurity

Jeremy Hance 5 May 2014

Wild food: scientists link forests to human nutrition

Ariel Mark 25 Apr 2014

Apocalypse now? Climate change already damaging agriculture, acidifying seas, and worsening extreme weather

Jeremy Hance 31 Mar 2014

Dietary diversity: key to defending tropical ecosystems

Brian Zbriger 6 Mar 2014

20 million people face hunger in Africa’s Sahel region

Jeremy Hance 4 Feb 2014

Humans are not apex predators, but meat-eating on the rise worldwide

Jeremy Hance 5 Dec 2013

Worst drought in 30 years threatens millions in southern Africa with food insecurity

Jeremy Hance 19 Aug 2013

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