The promise to help Brazil protect the Amazon must be approved by Congress, where Republicans are opposed to foreign climate aid.
Tag: Conservation of Resources
India’s Tigers Are Making a Comeback
A conservation effort has worked well enough that there is now talk of sending some tigers to Cambodia to help that nation revive its own wild population.
Illegal Mining Fuels Crisis for Indigenous Tribe in Brazil’s Amazon
Illegal mines have fueled a humanitarian crisis for the Yanomami Indigenous group. Brazil’s new president is trying to fight back.
The Salton Sea, an Accident of History, Faces a New Water Crisis
The vast California lake relies on runoff from cropland to avoid disappearing. But as farmers face water cuts due to drought and an ever drier Colorado River, the Salton Sea stands to lose again.
Fighting Climate Change, Indigenous People Protect Canadian Forests
Canada is looking to its Indigenous communities to help manage its boreal forests, the world’s largest intact forest ecosystem and one of its biggest stores of carbon.
Fighting Climate Change, Indigenous People Protect Canadian Forests
Canada is looking to its Indigenous communities to help manage its boreal forests, the world’s largest intact forest ecosystem and one if its biggest stores of carbon.
Sea Turtle Sanctuary Has Survived 40 Years. Climate Change May Kill It.
Against long odds and initially strong opposition, a pristine marine preserve in the Philippines has thrived for decades under the care of local fishermen. Warming waters threaten the achievement.
How Belize Cut Its Debt by Fighting Global Warming
Developing nations are reducing their debt by pledging to protect their resources in financial deals that could give them a bigger role in the fight against climate change.
Be ‘Less Squeamish’ About Drinking Recycled Wastewater, British Official Says
As droughts become more frequent, drinking water that has been reprocessed from sewage treatment is the future, the head of Britain’s Environment Agency said.
Facing Gas Shortages, Europe Seeks to Shrink Demand for Energy
Germany may be most vulnerable to Russia’s energy squeeze, but many other countries are also facing, at minimum, high prices and restricted supples.