Apes Enjoy Joking and Teasing Each Other

New research finds that it’s not only human babies who love to playfully tease each other. Researchers reasoned that since language is not required for this behaviour, similar kinds of playfu…

74 countries have now ratified a landmark treaty to protect the high seas. Why hasn’t NZ?

The High Seas Treaty comes into force in January. New Zealand lags behind on several fronts, including marine protection and recognition of Māori customary rights.

Why Do Forest and Land Fires Continue to Occur Even During the Wet Dry Season?

Although this year marks the onset of the wet dry season, forest and land fires continue to occur. These fires trigger the disaster of haze.

Guatemala becomes the deadliest country for environmental defenders | Dialogue Earth

New Global Witness report shows over 80% of all environment-related killings last year occurred in Latin America

Giant cuttlefish! They are in danger and scientists are going to save them with … bubbles!

The only other option was to go back in time and do something about climate change but time travel hasn’t been invented yet

Brazil soy deal that curbs Amazon deforestation to be suspended in 2026

Logged Forests Thrive, While Palm Oil Leaves Little Alive

Research finds selective logging alters forest structure, but palm oil conversion causes more severe damage to biodiversity. Take action boycott palm oil!

Nextcloud decided to withdraw complaint against Microsoft - Nextcloud

Everything you need to know about our withdrawal from the anti-trust complaint, why the problem is not resolved, and how you can help.

UN accuses Indonesia’s No. 2 palm oil firm of rights & environmental abuses

JAKARTA — The United Nations has called out Indonesia’s No. 2 palm oil company for alleged human rights and environmental abuses, the first time it has singled out a company rather than the industry. Various U.N.

EU parliament votes to ban meat names for plant-based foods

Pressure to ban meat labels for plant-based products comes from Europe's livestock farmers.

Palm oil giant Socapalm still planting on disputed land in Cameroon as villagers seek redress

A land dispute between residents of a Cameroonian village and a major palm oil company remains unresolved despite protests and requests for meetings with authorities, NGOs and community members say.

Ecosystems as infrastructure: Tim Christophersen on how to rebuild humanity’s ties to nature

The forests of northern Europe provided Tim Christophersen with his first education. As a child in rural Germany he followed his grandfather, a forest ranger, on long walks among the trees.

Scientific thought on emotions in animals

How do animal behavior researchers feel about the feelings of animals? A new survey helps to answer that question.

Trafficking of lesser-known wildlife species on the rise in Africa | Dialogue Earth

The global crackdown on wildlife trafficking has inadvertently spawned a black-market trade in species such as ants and smaller reptiles

Forest 500 report finds only 9% of companies assessed have a public commitment to not tolerate attacks on defenders - Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

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Colonial Palm Oil Threatens Ancient Noken Weaving in West Papua

A powerful new indigenous art exhibition has highlighted the tragic loss of #WestPapua’s cultural identity due to #deforestation for #palmoil and #sugarcane monoculture plantations. A situation per…

Some tropical trees cool their leaves to survive the heat — but not all species have ways to cope

In full sun, tropical leaves can become much hotter than the surrounding air. Their ability to cope can be a matter of life or death.

Deforestation is killing people by raising local temperatures

Deforestation doesn’t just fuel climate change—it makes people hotter. A new study finds tropical forest loss raises local temperatures, and is linked to 28,000 heat-related deaths annually.

Where have all the flowers gone?

One of my most memorable interspecies encounters was many years ago with an orangutan in a nature reserve in Sabah on the island of Borneo.

Hashtags hurt, hashtags heal too - 360

The arrests of activists, the influence of algorithms, and the surge of public  frustration are revealing how social media is actively fueling Indonesia’s ongoing democratic reckoning.

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Palm oil giant Socapalm still planting on disputed land in Cameroon as villagers seek redress

A land dispute between residents of a Cameroonian village and a major palm oil company remains unresolved despite protests and requests for meetings with authorities, NGOs and community members say.

Conservationist Dame Jane Doodall dies aged 91

Dr Goodall was a world-leading expert on chimpanzees and a renowned conservationist.

Inside the Plastics Industry Playbook: Delay, Deny, and Distract

In an interview with e360, Saabira Chaudhuri, author of a new book on the history of the plastics industry, discusses how petrochemical companies worldwide have molded consumers to embrace convenience and disposability — no matter the environmental a…

Extreme drought forces Brazil’s Indigenous people into cities

Climate change is forcing an Indigenous community in the Amazon to balance its traditional way of life with urban living

The genius of trees: how forests have shaped humanity, from chocolate cravings to our ability to dream

Since our early ancestors came down from the canopy, we may think we have learned how to live without trees. But our lives remain intertwined in incredible ways

Mass Rally in Diphu Against ‘Corporate Land Grab’, Targets KAAC Chief

Karbi Anglong | Assam | Top Stories | The All Party Hill Leaders’ Conference (APHLC) on Wednesday staged a massive rally in Diphu, joined by Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP)

Stakeholders Urge Action to Ban Toxic Farm Pesticides - Voice of Nigeria Broadcasting Service

Stakeholders in Nigeria’s health, agriculture, and environmental sectors have raised an urgent alarm over the widespread use and distribution of Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs) across the country.

Malaysia: Indonesian workers on palm oil plantations allegedly supplying multinational brands report rights violations, incl. poverty wages, gender discrimination & precarious conditions; incl. cos. responses & non-response - Business & Human Rights Resou

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Saving the giants of the Australian forest

Mountain ash forests are predicted to lose a quarter of their trees by 2080, releasing over 100 million tonnes of stored carbon into the atmosphere. But there is a way to limit further loss

Upper Belaga’s Penan, Kenyah communities accuse plantation firm of illegal land clearing

By DayakDaily Team KUCHING, May 14: The indigenous Penan and Kenyah communities from the Upper Belaga River have lodged a formal complaint against a plantation company, accusing it of violating the…

Colonial Palm Oil Threatens Ancient Noken Weaving in West Papua

A powerful new indigenous art exhibition has highlighted the tragic loss of #WestPapua’s cultural identity due to #deforestation for #palmoil and #sugarcane monoculture plantations. A situation per…

‘We are perilously close to the point of no return’: climate scientist on Amazon rainforest’s future

Carlos Nobre, who has fought for decades to save the rainforest, says up to 70% of it could be lost if a tipping point is reached

Exporting extinction: How the Rich World Is Driving Global Biodiversity Loss - Geographical

Western imports are driving deforestation in the global south, reveals a new report

When deforestation, corruption and rights violations are just another palm oil family affair

We investigate and campaign against environmental crime and abuse

Norway fund drops Eramet over Indonesia mine threatening forests, Indigenous tribe

JAKARTA — Norway’s $1.6 trillion state pension fund has dropped French miner Eramet from its investment portfolio over its role in a vast Indonesian nickel mine accused of destroying rainforest and threatening one of the world’s few remaining unconta…

Coral Cores Pinpoint Onset of Industrial Deforestation

Trace elements in coral reefs provide a timeline of how Borneo's rainforests have been altered by industry.

“There Will be Nowhere Left”

Read a new feature on how the government and companies take Indigenous lands without women's consent in Indonesia's South Papua.