12 January 2021
In the forests of the Congo Basin, rising temperatures and erratic rainfall are adversely affecting wildlife resources. The availability of edible mushrooms and caterpillars has fallen by about 80%. This is according to a study published on 5 January 2021 by the Centre for International Forestry
8 January 2021
The Congo Basin contains the world's second-largest rainforest, crucial for regulating the world's climate. Inside it, a plan to halt the forest's decline is bearing fruit.
With a gentle tug of his left hand, Patrick Wasa-Nziabo eases dozens of kernels from a sun-dried cob and into a large
7 January 2021
Minister of Environment Say Sam Al urged the public to prevent land disputes and contribute to forest and wildlife conservation in the Phnom Tnout-Phnom Pok Wildlife Sanctuary.
Sam Al made the call during a public forum that discussed land dispute cases in the sanctuary. The forum was held earlier
4 January 2021
A report by Global Witness has found that more than 100 Indonesian palm oil mills supplying agribusiness giants ADM and Bunge have been accused of land and human rights violations and environmental destruction.
Global Witness found that neither company is addressing the majority of these
29 December 2020
Civil society organisations (CSOs) working on the environment and human rights have expressed concern about filling parts of Boeung Tamok Lake to create new parcels of land on the outskirts of Phnom Penh.
Located in Prek Pnov district’s Kouk Roka commune, Boeung Tamok, also known as Kob Srov Lake,
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29 December 2020
UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre vigilant on potential impacts of oil and gas exploration in Namibia and Botswana on the Tsodila and Okavango Delta World Heritage properties.
28 December 2020
Reconnaissance Energy Africa, an oil and gas company with headquarters in Canada, has recently begun exploratory drilling in northern Namibia.
Conservationists and local communities are concerned over the potential environmental impact that oil and gas extraction could have on such an important
23 December 2020
Once covered in vast tropical forests, East Kalimantan, in the Indonesian half of Borneo Island, is today the most intensively mined province in Indonesia.
Surface mining for coal has left behind vast expanses of barren land across the province.
Under Indonesian law, mining companies are
4 December 2020
The (online) course runs between 15 Feb and 05 March 2021 in close collaboration with Freiburg Academy of Continuing Education (FRAUW), UNIQUE Forestry and Land Use & other renowned forest carbon experts (Solidaridad etc.).
IMPORTANT TO KNOW: The course will be held online this year (due to
4 December 2020
THE attitude towards agriculture in PNG, especially farming is one that it is for the poor and the elderly.
3 December 2020
Seeking quick returns, Chinese investors are driving a scramble for plantation land in parts of northern Myanmar.
1 December 2020
The Cardamom Mountains sit off the Gulf of Thailand in southern Cambodia and provide important habitat for a multitude of plant and animal species, many of them already threatened with extinction.
Due to Cardamoms’ remoteness, they had largely been spared the human encroachment that has razed much