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 hectares (5 million acres) of ...

Plastic waste is a global problem, and the food sector is one of its main drivers. It only takes a quick visit to a ...

A pioneering law under attack The world’s governments have long acknowledged the need to halt and reverse the loss of the ...

Two pairs of environmentalists are being awarded the prestigious Heinz Award for the Environment this year. Each duo will ...

Revered by the Indigenous Mbuti and Efe tribes as a spiritual symbol and uplifted by the Democratic Republic of Congo as a ...

This is the second of a two-part story. Part one deals with aluminum and steel impacts; Part two explores circular solutions.

Two years since global policymakers agreed on the concept of protecting 30% of the world’s land and waters by 2030, there’s ...

COLOMBO — Sri Lanka, an Indian Ocean island, lies far away from the United States and is just one-sixth the size of ...

For two years, a volunteer organization in eastern Sierra Leone worked to encourage residents of Kenema district to plant ...

On the mountainsides flanking the mighty Chico River in the northern Philippines’ Kalinga province, residents of once ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Dr. Susan Eirich’s journey from prison psychologist to wildlife ...

Just 0.7% of the world’s land surface is home to one-third of the world’s most threatened and unique four-legged animals, a recent study has found. Researchers set out to find the most taxonomically ...