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Mercury rising: Why Bolivia remains South America’s hub for the toxic trade

Avocado farming is threatening Colombia’s natural water factory

East Africa should promote renewable energy, not oil pipelines (commentary)

For water quality, even a sliver of riverbank forest is better than none

On the roof of the world, water is life. Or a sign of it, thanks to eDNA

“Largest of its kind” dam in Cameroon faces backlash from unimpressed fishmongers

Putting a price on water: Can commodification resolve a world water crisis?

Haiti: An island nation whose environmental troubles only begin with water

Guatemalans strongly reject mining project in local referendum

Humans are dosing Earth’s waterways with medicines. It isn’t healthy.

Latest water-sharing deal between Bangladesh, India is ‘drop in the ocean’

On the frontlines of drought, communities in Mexico strive to save every drop of water

Poverty-fueled deforestation threatens Kenya’s largest water catchment

As their land and water turns saline, Kenyan communities take on salt firms

FSC-certified paper plantation faces farmer backlash in Colombia

Drought-beset South African city taps aquifer, shirks long-term solutions: Critics

Lack of timely rains, fertilizer hits rice farmers in Nepal’s granary

Water-stressed Bangladesh looks to recharge its fast-depleting aquifers

Deforestation intensifies in northern Malaysia’s most important water catchment

On hazardous mine tailings dams, ‘safety first’ should be the rule (commentary)

In Brazil’s semiarid region, agrivoltaics show promise for food, energy security

Mennonite colony builds bridge, clears forest in Bolivian protected areas

Nickel, Tesla and two decades of environmental activism: Q&A with leader Raphaël Mapou

All eyes on Tesla as it invests in a troubled nickel mine

Beyond boundaries: Earth’s water cycle is being bent to breaking point

Giant stingray caught in Cambodia is world’s largest freshwater fish

‘Lost’ Amazonian cities hint at how to build urban landscapes without harming nature

Indigenous agroforestry dying of thirst amid a sea of avocados in Mexico

Chinese pond heron spotted in Nepal for first time

‘Water grab’: Big farm deals leave small farmers out to dry, study shows

Riders of the lost waves: Surfing, and saving, Brazil’s pororocas

Nepal’s Supreme Court axes plans to build controversial new airport

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