Are Indigenous people inherently better at caring for natural areas, or does nature need to be protected from them? Both of these reductive stereotypes are often repeated, but neither gives the whole ...

"Gunmen or loggers will kill me for anything." Horrifying! All because they're defending their own land. An official trailer is available online for an inspiring documentary film titled We Are ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The Labor Party of Australia’s New South Wales state made a 2023 campaign promise to establish a Great Koala National Park to protect the iconic ...

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During an early February morning, nearly two dozen people found their chairs in a conference room at the University of Oregon, settling to hash out the future of Northwest forests. The 21 members of ...

Nearly One-Fifth of Americans Are Consuming Water With High Levels of Nitrates A Bill to Gut Endangered Species Protections Faced a Major Setback This Week The Next El Niño Could Lock Earth Into a ...

In recent years, we have seen clear signs that the global market for forest and nature-based carbon credits is gaining momentum. More and more companies and governments are turning to forests as part ...

“The land is the greatest asset we have,” said Luzineth Pataxó, a Pataxó leader from the Caramuru-Paraguaçu Indigenous Territory, in the Atlantic forests of Brazil’s Bahia state. “Our people have ...

A recent study comparing different land tenure regimes in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest found that Indigenous lands and agrarian-reform settlements have greater restoration gains than private properties — ...