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Rare beauty: A red-breasted parakeet (Psittacula alexandri), locally known as betet biasa, perches on a tree branch. The bird is classified as near threatened on the IUCN Red List as it is frequently targeted by illegal traders.
Rare beauty: A red-breasted parakeet (Psittacula alexandri), locally known as betet biasa, perches on a tree branch. The bird is classified as near threatened on the IUCN Red List as it is frequently targeted by illegal traders.
Environment premium

Rare bird sightings highlight Jakarta Naturalist Walk exploration on urban biodiversity

A white-eye, a small songbird known locally as pleci, was among the interesting birds spotted. The pleci is becoming increasingly rare in the capital due to trapping for the bird trade.

4 days ago
Environment premium

Choking hazard: How North Maluku nickel industry suffocates local villagers

Widely hailed as a critical mineral that helps push the energy transition, the mining and processing of nickel in Central Halmahera regency, North Maluku, brings distress to people living around the mineral’s industrial park.

1 week ago
Environment

Triple-hosted World Cup: Huge ambition at a hefty cost to planet

The largest and most far-flung World Cup kicks off in 12 months with a record 48 teams spread across Canada, the United States and Mexico and skeptics are asking whether its frenzied growth is worth the environmental cost.

2 weeks ago

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Kurdish Iraqi farmer sprouts online advice, green awareness

Kurdish Iraqi farmer Azad Muhamad has become a social media star by sharing tips on growing fresh fruit and vegetables in the sun-parched country that is highly vulnerable to climate change.

2 years ago
Environment

‘Little hope’ of saving stranded beluga whale in Seine

Hopes of saving a malnourished beluga whale that had swum up the Seine River were fading on Sunday as rescuers said they were in a race against the clock to find a solution.

2 years ago
Asia & Pacific

Parts of Great Barrier Reef show highest coral cover in 36 years

The recovery in the central and northern stretches of the UNESCO world heritage-listed reef contrasted with the southern region, where there was a loss of coral cover due to crown-of-thorns starfish outbreaks, the Australian Institute of Marine Sciences (AIMS) said in its annual report.

2 years ago
Environment

Baby boom: the endangered wildlife revival at Cambodia's Angkor Wat

The melodic songs from families of endangered monkeys ring out over the jungle near Cambodia's Angkor Wat temple complex -- a sign of ecological rejuvenation decades after hunting decimated wildlife at the site.

2 years ago
Environment

Iguanas reproducing on Galapagos island century after disappearing

A land iguana that disappeared more than a century ago from one of the Galapagos Islands is reproducing naturally following its reintroduction there, Ecuador's environment ministry announced Monday.

2 years ago
Archipelago premium

Govt. prepares against forest fires as dry season peaks

As this year’s dry season starts to approach its peak, the government is preparing prevention measures to keep land and forest fires under control in a bid to prevent massive fires that could cause trans-boundary haze.

2 years ago
Environment

France struggles with drought over punishing summer of heat

Communities across France are struggling with a severe drought that has seen an unprecedented number of regions affected by water restrictions this summer.

2 years ago
Academia premium

Innovative solution to the perennial waste problem

Solving Jakarta’s waste problem will require the identification of new technology partners and funding sources, as well as a legal and political climate that is conducive to international investments.

2 years ago
Academia premium

The dark future of conservation and tourism in Komodo park

UNESCO has warned of the potential hazard of mass tourism as the government planned to bring in 500,000 visitors inside the Komodo National Park once pandemic restrictions are loosened.

2 years ago
Environment premium

Why shark encounters are increasing along the US East Coast

Sun lotion, insect repellant, and the Sharktivity app are this summer's must-have beach accessories along the US East Coast as human-shark encounters increase. 

2 years ago
Environment premium

Wild tiger numbers higher than previously thought

There are 40 percent more tigers in the wild than previously thought, but with a maximum of 5,578 on the prowl, they remain an endangered species, conservationists said Thursday.

2 years ago
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'Shocking' report lists devastation to Australia wildlife

Australia's unique wildlife is being devastated by bushfires, drought, habitat loss and global warming, a government report said Tuesday.

2 years ago
Academia premium

Integrating science, law and diplomacy: 50 years after the Stockholm Declaration

Cross-disciplinary integration, such as in the "Merdeka Belajar" initiative, is vital for Indonesia to present a solid position on the environment at the international negotiating table.

2 years ago
Academia premium

Importance of designing an end-to-end energy transition policy

The energy transition road map should take a comprehensive, holistic approach by including the whole of the green technology value chain.

2 years ago
Environment premium

Race to find Brazil Amazon species before they disappear

In a remote part of the Brazilian Amazon, a scientific expedition is cataloging species. Time is of the essence.

2 years ago
Academia premium

Adopting sustainable tourism in Labuan Bajo

Implementing sustainable tourism, especially a strict policy on tourism carrying capacity, at super priority tourist destinations will protect and preserve their cultural and natural attractions for generations to come.

2 years ago
Environment premium

Tour de France environment protest reaches global audience

When French environmental campaigners halted the Tour de France on Tuesday, they hooked into a global audience with sport becoming an increasingly popular medium for viral stunts by protestors.

2 years ago
Europe premium

Market values are destroying nature: UN report

Without this shift, universally accepted goals of sustainable development and greater equity will remain out-of-reach, the science advisory panel for biodiversity, known as IPBES, found.

2 years ago
Academia premium

Deforestation-free label requires clarity on forest terminology

The regulation no longer singles out palm oil as the main villain in deforestation.

2 years ago
Academia

New tools needed to control the spread of mosquito-borne disease

Mosquitoes are the world’s deadliest creature, and they’re on the move.

2 years ago
Academia

Rain or shine, deadly mosquitoes are on the move

Hotter temperatures and heavy rainfall arriving with climate change are the perfect breeding ground for Dengue-spreading Aedes mosquitoes.

2 years ago
Academia

Climate change doesn’t have to mean more insect-borne disease

As the world warms, diseases transmitted by insects may spread, but prevention strategies can break the link.

2 years ago
Environment

Wildfire threatens major Greek olive grove

Two dozen water bombers and helicopters backed by more than 100 firefighters on Tuesday battled a fierce fire threatening one of central Greece's largest olive groves, the fire service said.

2 years ago
Environment

Brazil sets new six-month Amazon deforestation record

The world's largest tropical rainforest lost 3,750 square kilometers (1,450 square miles) of jungle since the beginning of the year, the worst numbers for that period since record-keeping began in 2016.

2 years ago
Environment premium

'They're everywhere': microplastics in oceans, air and human body

Now scientific studies are increasingly detecting microplastics in some human organs -- including "the lungs, spleen, kidneys, and even the placenta," Ghiglione told AFP.

2 years ago
Environment

New whale spotted in Seine river, one month after orca dies

A cetacean that could be a 10-meter-long (33-foot-long) Minke whale was spotted in France's Seine river close to the English Channel, local authorities said on Thursday, only a month after a terminally ill killer whale died in the same river.

2 years ago
Environment premium

Crabbers face danger and poverty to save Ecuador's mangroves

On a recent trip out, another group of crabbers warned Carrascal's group about new markings they had spotted on trees farther north, an indication that shrimp farmers were planning to illegally cut down mangroves to expand their shrimping pools.

2 years ago
Academia premium

Has the South China Sea become a nuclear playground?

Stronger policy instruments are needed to protect the environment in and around the Indo-Pacific region.

2 years ago
Environment premium

Life in the abyss, a spectacular and fragile struggle for survival

Cloaked in darkness and mystery, the creatures of the deep oceans exist in a world of unlikely profusion, surviving on scant food and under pressure that would crush human lungs.

2 years ago
Environment premium

The struggle of waste banks to recycle and repurpose trash

Despite having economic value and being a solution to waste problems, waste banks struggle to find support from the public and the government. 

2 years ago