Great Barrier Reef outlook very poor, Australia says

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The Great Barrier Reef's condition is deteriorating due to climate change The Great Barrier Reef's outlook has been officially downgraded from poor to very poor due to climate change.…

Our Food Systems Need Transformation

Climate Change, Development & Aid, Economy & Trade, Environment, Featured, Food & Agriculture, Global, Headlines, Health, Human Rights, Humanitarian Emergencies, Inequity, Natural Resources, Poverty & SDGs, TerraViva United Nations Opinion Zoltán Kálmán is Permanent Representative…

“We have cut them all: Ghana struggles to…

Deforestation of Ghana’s primary forests jumped 60 percent between 2017 and 2018 – the biggest jump of any tropical country. Most of this occurred in the country’s protected areas, including its forest reserves. A Mongabay…

Amazon fires: Brazil bans land clearance blazes for…

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption"It's extremely upsetting... to see this kind of devastation" - the BBC's Will Grant flew over northern Rondonia stateBrazil has banned setting fires to clear land for…

CITES: Sharks and ivory leave delegates divided

After two weeks of wrangling over everything from African elephants to tiny glass frogs, from cute otters to tasty sharks, CITES has ended with divisions over how to protect endangered species as entrenched as ever.…

Wind farms: climate protection vs. nature protection

Mining for coal, fracking for gas and drilling for oil have all becoming increasingly synonymous with environmental action, protest and confrontation. But renewables can also be highly contentious — even among the eco-minded. Speaking about plans…