JAKARTA — Excavators have begun clearing land in the Indonesian region of Papua in what’s been described as the largest deforestation undertaking in the world. A total of 2 million…
COLOMBO — Sri Lanka, an Indian Ocean island, lies far away from the United States and is just one-sixth the size of California. But interestingly, one of the three newly…
When eight young northern elephant seals suddenly began showing up at a deep-sea observatory, researchers were taken by surprise. Their repeated visits to the research site, otherwise a speck in…
Ramble Bear, a 23-year-old rescued Ussuri brown bear, acts more like a poodle than a predator. He blinks and licks my hand through the protective fence, very demure. His tongue…
COLOMBO — This past Aug. 17 would have been just another ordinary day for the elephants of Sri Lanka: feeding, drinking, resting and, for some, raiding nearby farms. But for…
Taman Negara, Peninsular Malaysia’s premier national park, is celebrated for its extraordinary biodiversity centered around a 130-million-year-old tropical rainforest that’s believed to be the world’s oldest. Within it, a remarkable…
The loss and damage fund should use parametric triggers to pay out when climate disaster strikes small island developing states Emily Wilkinson is Principal Research Fellow at ODI and Director…
The airline will pay a UK company to carry out enhanced rock weathering, which speeds up natural carbon-absorbing processes British Airways has completed a deal to cancel out some of…
Funding for efforts to protect and restore nature increased to $15.4 billion in 2022 – mostly driven by concessional loans from multilateral banks Development funding for biodiversity grew significantly in…
