The big picture of the Amazon fires
In Brazil's dry season between May and September, forest fires are common.
Environment
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News tagged with indigenous communities
Efforts to save endangered languages
(PhysOrg.com) -- There are an estimated 6,500 languages in the world, with around fifty percent of them endangered and likely to cease to exist by 2100, but efforts are now being made to save them from extinction.
Indigenous knowledge key to a successful ecosystem restoration
Ecological restoration projects actively involving indigenous peoples and local communities are more successful. This is the result of a study carried out by the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology at the Universitat ...
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Feb 27, 2019
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Natural systems in Australia are unraveling. If they collapse, human society could too
In the long-delayed State of the Environment report released this week, there is one terrifying sentence: "Environmental degradation is now considered a threat to humanity, which could bring about societal collapses."
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Jul 21, 2022
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Discovery of a long-nosed 'shrew mouse' on a mountain in the Philippines will help to protect giant eagles
They might not get as much attention as the Amazon Rainforest or the Great Barrier Reef, but the mountains of the Philippines are one of the most biodiverse places on the planet. Inch for inch, these misty cloud forests are ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 18, 2022
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Seafood consumption 15 times higher among Indigenous than non-Indigenous people
Coastal Indigenous people eat on average 15 times more seafood per person than non-Indigenous people in the same country, according to new research from the University of British Columbia. The findings highlight the need ...
Environment
Dec 2, 2016
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The invisible plant technology of the prehistoric Philippines
Stone tools bear microscopic evidence of ancient plant technology, according to a study published June 30, 2023 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Hermine Xhauflair of the University of the Philippines Diliman and colleagues.
Archaeology
Jun 30, 2023
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Invasive species threaten food supply, public health and cost $423 billion a year, report says
Non-native species—displaced either by global trade and travel or by climate change—pose "a severe global threat" to local biodiversity, food security as well as public health, a new report has found.
Plants & Animals
Sep 5, 2023
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'Tree of life' could help slow climate change
Changing the way fruit is gathered from a "tree of life" could have hugely positive environmental and financial impacts in Amazonia, according to a new study.
Environment
Apr 4, 2022
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Farms that create habitat key to food security and biodiversity
It seems intuitive that forests would provide better habitat for forest-dwelling wildlife than farms. Yet, in one of the longest-running studies of tropical wildlife populations in the world, Stanford researchers found that ...
Ecology
Sep 4, 2023
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