Can biodiversity credits unlock billions for nature?
For supporters, biodiversity credits could unlock billions in much-needed funding for nature, but critics fear a repeat of ...
The Africa Report7d
Carbon markets: How Africa can take ownership of the green transition
As global companies rush to offset emissions, Africa is becoming a focal point in the carbon-credit market, but greater ...
Al Jazeera English11d
Wildlife populations decline 73 percent over past half-century, report says
World Wildlife Fund says species like pink river dolphins of the Amazon, forest elephants in Gabon are in sharp decline.
Mongabay12d
The world’s chocolate cravings speed up deforestation in the Congo Basin: Study
Across West and Central Africa’s tropical agricultural belt — and one of the world’s greatest biodiversity hotspots — cacao ...
Daily Express16d
The least visited country in Africa that only gets a tiny 6,000 tourists a year
The country sprawls across five volcanic islands and a small square of continental Africa, called Rio Muni, sandwiched between Cameroon and Gabon. And yet it is the least visited nation in Africa.
Associated Press16d
Drought has dried a major Amazon River tributary to its lowest level in over 122 years
Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. One of the Amazon River’s main tributaries has dropped to its lowest ever recorded levels, Brazil’s ...
The Hamilton Spectator16d
Drought has dried a major Amazon River tributary to its lowest level in over 122 years
reflecting a severe drought that has devastated the Amazon rainforest and other parts of the country. The level of the Negro River at the port of Manaus was at 12.66 meters on Friday, as compared ...
Toronto Star16d
Drought has dried a major Amazon River tributary to its lowest level in over 122 years
reflecting a severe drought that has devastated the Amazon rainforest and other parts of the country.
Wyoming News17d
Brazilians choose mayors, councillors in bellwether election
Brazilians go to the polls Sunday to elect mayors and councillors in more than 5,500 cities after a vitriolic, sometimes violent, campaign two years after presidential elections that polarized ...
ABC News18d
Typhoon Krathon makes landfall in Taiwan, packing fierce winds and torrential rain
Typhoon Krathon has made landfall in the major Taiwanese port city of Kaohsiung KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan -- Typhoon Krathon made landfall Thursday in Taiwan's major port city of Kaohsiung, bringing ...
The New York Times18d
In a Cat-and-Mouse Game, Russian Oil Tankers Are Flying New Flags
A shadowy network of ships has registered in Gabon, highlighting how Vladimir V. Putin is building an economy beyond the reach of Western sanctions. By Rebecca R. Ruiz and Jacob Judah Reporting ...
Mongabay18d
Indigenous knowledge proves key in a study of plants gorillas use to self-medicate
Seeking plants with potential medical properties, a team of researchers in Gabon looked to the practices of two distinct groups: traditional healers living on the fringes of Gabon’s Moukalaba ...