Moo Deng: the celebrated hippo’s real home has disappeared – will the world restore it?
Deforestation has cast Moo Deng’s wild relatives into a hostile landscape of cocoa farms and mines.
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Indigenous people may be the Amazon’s last hope
Native Brazilians are among the Amazon’s most effective defenders against logging and mining, because they’re fighting not just for the environment but for their people’s very survival.
Our food industry practices don’t add up
One of the more welcome results from the furore around Australia’s involvement in live animal exports is that some Australians appear to have started rethinking their food choices. Last month, The Age…
Rosa Luxemburg: revolutionary warned of environmental destruction and resurgent far right
Though best remembered for her role in the doomed German Revolution, Rosa Luxemburg’s theories on how capitalism exploits people and nature need hearing today.
Overshadowed by COVID: the deadly extreme weather of 2020
Many storms, heatwaves, fires and droughts slipped under the radar this year.
How to help trigger positive tipping points – and speed up climate action
The beauty of positive tipping points is that it only takes a small change to make a big difference.
A global ‘conservation basic income’ might cost trillions – but it’s still a shrewd investment
Our research estimates the cost of giving money to people in conservation areas as between $351 billion and $6.73 trillion annually.
Technology and big data are helping Cameroonians protect their forests
A time-series analysis of tree cover loss before, during and after road construction reveals a strong relationship between infrastructure development and accelerating deforestation.
‘We are gambling with the future of our planet for the sake of hamburgers’: Peter Singer on climate change
When Peter Singer first published Animal Liberation in 1975, he wasn’t aware of climate change. But the new book, Animal Liberation Now, argues eating plants will reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Tropical climates are the most biodiverse on Earth − but it’s not only because of how warm and wet they are
A new study reveals how the geography of global climates influences the rich patterns of species diversity in an ever-changing world.