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Men from the San Francisco communal land make use of a tree that fell during the rainy season. Photo by Marlén Castro.

Protecting water by conserving forests puts communities in Mexico to the test

Marlén Castro 5 Apr 2022

As climate-driven drought slams farms in U.S. West, water solutions loom

Saul Elbein 17 Dec 2021

From flood to drought, Brazil’s Acre state swings between weather extremes

Leandro Chaves and Juliana Ennes 29 Oct 2021

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

Petro Kotzé 18 Aug 2021

A world of hurt: 2021 climate disasters raise alarm over food security

Sue Branford and Glenn Scherer 4 Aug 2021

Cerrado desertification: Savanna could collapse within 30 years, says study

Fernanda Wenzel 28 Jul 2021

Study puts 2050 deadline on tipping point for Mekong Delta salinity

Zoe Osborne 22 Jul 2021

Amazon and Cerrado deforestation, warming spark record drought in urban Brazil

Sue Branford and Thais Borges 22 Jul 2021
In sub-Saharan Africa 70% of the population lives from agriculture — and specifically rainfall agriculture.

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

Saul Elbein 10 May 2021

Sri Lanka to ban palm oil imports, raze plantations over environmental concerns

Malaka Rodrigo 9 May 2021

Water crisis in Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara linked to mining, observers say

Ebed de Rosary 5 May 2021

Ecuadoran water fund transforms consumers into conservationists

Dimitri Selibas 4 May 2021

Scientists warn of looming water crisis with millions of wells at risk

Mongabay.com 29 Apr 2021

Reforested areas rival mature forests in securing water, study finds

Malavika Vyawahare 2 Mar 2021

Indigenous leaders killed in Philippines were ‘red-tagged’ over dam opposition

Jun N. Aguirre 8 Feb 2021

Dusty winds exacerbate looming famine in Madagascar’s deep south

Rivonala Razafison 29 Jan 2021
A white salt inflorescence along the edge of a salinised wetland in a drought stressed Australian wetland. Photo by Luke Mosley.

For global wetlands, intensifying droughts pose a ‘diabolical’ threat

Liz Kimbrough 30 Oct 2020

World Bank-backed attempt to commercialize Madagascar’s beef industry falters

Malavika Vyawahare 24 Jul 2020

In the Ecuadoran Andes, protectors of the páramos guard their water source

Sandra Weiss 27 May 2020

A watery onslaught from sea, sky and land in the world’s fastest-sinking city

Johan Augustin 27 Apr 2020

US economy will take biggest hit if we continue with business as usual: report

Mongabay.com 10 Mar 2020

Mining could topple community-managed forests in Mexico: New film

Mongabay.com 17 Feb 2020

A Philippine tribe that defeated a dam prepares to fight its reincarnation

Leilani Chavez 5 Nov 2019

Controversial dam gets green light to flood a Philippine protected area

Leilani Chavez 30 Oct 2019

Reforesting a village in Indonesia, one batch of gourmet beans at a time

Donny Iqbal 17 Oct 2019

Climate adaptation begins with how we manage water (commentary)

Claudia Sadoff 12 Sep 2019

For Indonesia’s Kendari Bay, silting is a death sentence

Ian Morse 28 Aug 2019

As climate chaos escalates in Indian Country, feds abandon tribes

Saul Elbein 1 Jul 2019

Deforestation diminishes access to clean water, study finds

John Cannon 15 Apr 2019

Environmental issues among top priorities of urban Indian voters: Report

Mayank Aggarwal 2 Apr 2019

Days of darkness: Venezuelan national emergency is also environmental crisis

Jeanfreddy Gutiérrez Torres 25 Mar 2019

Tiny subterranean Texas salamanders could be extinct in 100 years

Morgan Erickson-Davis 8 Mar 2019

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