In Panama’s Darién, Indigenous communities test a new way to fund conservation
When Elsa Quiroz saw the spotted body of a jaguar appear on her son’s computer screen, she couldn’t believe her eyes. “I’d only seen them in books,” she said. In…
What conservation rumors reveal about climate projects in the Congo Basin (commentary)
In 2020, a strange rumor began circulating in villages around the Yangambi Biosphere Reserve in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Tshopo province. A newly constructed scientific tower, people said, was…
World Heritage status for South Sudan parks will be a boon for the birds
The onset of the rains in South Sudan around April each year is accompanied by a remarkable avian spectacle. “There are so many storks that they kind of look like…
London talks raise hopes for green shipping deal
A relatively ambitious deal to reduce the shipping industry's 3% of global emissions now looks more likely after four days of closed-door talks in London, observers say.The International Maritime Organization…
At regional summit, Pacific islands ask for COP31 support for clean energy and finance
At a key leaders' summit in Palau, Pacific island nations burdened by worsening climate change impacts and costly fossil fuel imports called for November's COP31 climate summit to deliver finance…