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Africa’s growing cities are endangering birdlife (commentary)

African forum on urban forests calls for greater access to green spaces

Indonesia families evicted for Jakarta PIK2 project flooded at relocation site

Illegal sea fence displaces fishers and sparks land scandal near Jakarta

Illegal seabed dredging surges as Indonesia resumes sand exports

Ecology vs. development in Karachi: Interview with photographer Salman Baloch

Balochistan’s Gwadar city sits at the crossroads of climate and conflict

Cities are climate solution leaders: Interview with Vancouver’s Gregor Robertson

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

In Kenya, a river restoration initiative pays for itself, and then some

As Kathmandu’s birds get used to humans, biodiversity suffers, studies show

Javan fisherwomen lead fight against marine dredging amid fears of damage

Supreme Court decision on saving Kathmandu rivers stirs up heated reactions

Bangkok turns to urban forests to beat worsening floods

Conserving & restoring waterways can mitigate extreme urban heat in Bangladesh

Bali’s rapid coastal erosion threatens island’s ecosystems & communities: Study

Black days for black kites in Bangladesh’s growing capital city

Trial begins for Mother Nature Cambodia activists on conspiracy charge

Borneo and Sumatra megaprojects are carving up clouded leopard forests

Controversy brews over proposed dam on Kathmandu’s Bagmati River

The Amazon’s archaeology of hope: Q&A with anthropologist Michael Heckenberger

Elders call for Indigenous cultural preservation in new Indonesia capital

São Paulo students plant mini-forests on school grounds as urban oases

Opposition grows to Indonesia’s resumption of sea sand exports

Five ways to increase tree cover in cities (commentary)

Indonesian architect presses vision for low-cost homes from nature

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

Experts, activists unite to blast Indonesia’s U-turn on sea sand exports

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

Human migration to Nepal’s tiger capital adds to conservation challenges

Cambodia’s elites swallow up Phnom Penh’s lakes, leaving the poor marooned

Engineers bet on a miracle to bring Nepal’s holy river back to life

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