New Future

For Valmik Thapar, the tiger was never just a symbol of wild India. It was a living, breathing force—majestic, imperiled, and, to him, essential.

GALES POINT, Belize — On a narrow stretch of shoreline across from the Gales Point cemetery, Jamal Galves and the rest of the team from the Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute Belize unload crates of mangrove seedlings and bamboo from the back of a pickup truck.

A new study identifies key regions across the U. S. where investments can deliver triple benefits for people, the climate and birds. These conservation sweet spots support significant numbers of more than half of U. S. bird species, including 75% of forest birds.

“You can’t stop important, high-quality journalistic work. ” Alessandra Sampaio, widow of British journalist Dom Phillips, says it was the main driver that led her to unite forces with his friends to finish his book after he was killed in 2022.

In the twilight depths of the Gulf of Mexico, about as deep down as a football field is long, U. S. Navy divers carefully snip small branches of corals with gloved hands. Their voices crackle through communication systems to the ship above, distorted to high-pitched tones by the helium mixtures they breathe.

For national and international policymakers, decisions on how to regulate — and whether to allow — exploitative human activities such as deep-sea mining require good information. A new study suggests that when it comes to the ocean floor, they may not have it. Only 0.

The U. K. recognized the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius’ claim to the Chagos Archipelago in an agreement signed May 22. While Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam praised the deal, it elicited mixed reactions from many Chagossians, the islands’ original inhabitants.

Bangladeshi people love to throw a party, as the disposable tableware industry has increasingly seen. They get together or organize social gatherings often, be it to celebrate festivals or go on group trips to touristy attractions. And all these occasions call for food and drinks.

ADDIS ABABA — Alawara Kolbala, 39, from the Mursi tribe, said he remembers the sense of pride and hope his community felt when they officially gained legal right to manage their land in the Tama Community Conservation Area . “I was so happy when the land was finally recognized as ours, ” he said.

Interest in deep-sea mining has increased globally in recent years. And even as the International Seabed Authority , the U. N. body responsible for overseeing the activity in international waters, continues to deliberate its regulatory framework, companies seek out loopholes to get their projects underway.

A sudden freeze on U. S. conservation funding is sending shockwaves through efforts to combat the illegal wildlife trade, a multibillion-dollar industry pushing iconic species toward extinction, through Africa and Southeast Asia, a recent Mongabay article reports. In Malawi, where authorities recently took down a major Chinese-led trafficking ring with U. S.

The new rules, considered unconstitutional by experts, would benefit around 80% of the ventures with a self-licensing process that exempts environmental impact studies and mitigation measures.

Indonesia, one of the most biodiverse nations on Earth, appears to be gearing up to renew official estimates of its remaining wildlife populations, following nearly two decades without official updates on the status of some key species.

Guinea-Bissau is a mangrove country. These unique coastal forests cover around 326,000 hectares , or 9% of the national territory — the highest proportion in the world.