Itaituba, often referred to as the “City of Gold,” is at the heart of a complex and controversial gold mining economy in the ...

Residents of Indonesia’s South Sumatra province have filed a lawsuit against three pulpwood companies for a toxic haze that ...

Bhutan’s journey into tourism began in 1974, when the country opened its doors to package tourists, prioritizing sustainable ...

Jaharuddin, 50, sits deep in thought in his living room in Lubok Pusaka village, in Indonesia’s Aceh province, smoking a ...

In January 2023, the federal government of the United States issued landmark decisions affecting two controversial projects ...

Rain poured down in torrential sheets as Ouk Mao guided reporters through the winding dirt tracks that were, in August, ...

As a young student, Aristide Kamla had “big plans” when he traveled to Lake Ossa in Cameroon to conduct his master’s degree ...

Surangel S. Whipps Jr., president of the tiny Pacific island nation of Palau, wants more countries to join him in calling for ...

River levels in parts of the Brazilian Amazon are even lower than in 2023, when the region experienced its worst drought.

Environment ministers from across Africa are meeting in Côte d’Ivoire this week to discuss urgent challenges and strengthen ...

In a defining moment for the rights of Indigenous peoples in Peru, 37 land titles were secured in the Amazon in record time, ...

A new study finds that the potential for carbon capture and storage is much more limited, by a factor of five or six, than ...