The goliath frog, the world’s largest known frog species, sometimes moves large stones and rocks weighing more than half its weight to create dammed ponds on sandy riverbanks to serve as nesting sites, a new…
Trump Administration Makes Major Changes To Protections For…
A bald eagle prepares to take off from a pine tree in Pembroke Pines, Fla. The eagle population rebounded after protections put in place under the Endangered Species Act. Wilfredo Lee/AP hide caption toggle caption…
University bans hamburgers to tackle climate change
Image copyright Goldsmiths Image caption The changes will come into force in September A university is banning the sale of burgers to try to fight global warming. Goldsmiths, University of London, is removing all beef…
Is India on Track to Beat the Perfect…
Aid, Asia-Pacific, Climate Change, Development & Aid, Editors' Choice, Energy, Environment, Featured, Food & Agriculture, Global, Headlines, Regional Categories, Sustainability, TerraViva United Nations Food & Agriculture The marginal farmer who depends solely on rain irrigation…
Can we really protect natural habitats to offset…
In the forests of northern Sweden, a major train line cuts through land originally protected for migratory birds – so new seasonal wetlands have been established for the birds nearby. In southern Uganda, a huge…
New monkey species discovered in rapidly-deforested area of…
A new species of marmoset has been discovered in the south-west of Pará State in Brazil in an area of the Amazon that has suffered extensive illegal logging and agricultural incursion. According to the researchers,…
Land Degradation Jeopardizes Ability to Feed the World
Africa, Climate Change, Combating Desertification and Drought, Development & Aid, Environment, Featured, Headlines, Population, Sustainability, TerraViva United Nations Opinion Ibrahim Thiaw is UN Under Secretary General and Executive Secretary to the UN Convention to Combat…
Forests: A key piece of the land and…
Scientists contributing to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) have published a new report examining the interactions between climate change and land use. Agriculture, forestry, and other land uses are responsible for nearly a…
Burning Forests for Rain, and Other Climate Catastrophes
Africa, Climate Change, Combating Desertification and Drought, Development & Aid, Editors' Choice, Environment, Featured, Food & Agriculture, Green Economy, Headlines, Natural Resources, North America, Population, Regional Categories, Sustainability, TerraViva United Nations Combating Desertification and Drought…
Climate change: Marine heatwaves kill coral instantly
Image copyright University of New South Wales Image caption Scientists studied corals in the Great Barrier Reef Increasingly frequent marine heatwaves can lead to the almost instant death of corals, scientists working on the Great…