More than 96% of deforestation, or human-caused, permanent removal of forest cover, occurs in the tropics.

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In 1996, when herpetologist Rafe Brown accompanied a few biologists to the Philippine island of Mindanao to study frogs, they ...

Ongoing deforestation is closely linked to colonial-era management practices that prioritized low-cost extraction of resources like rubber, palm oil, coffee, and cocoa from the global south.

The Heiltsuk of British Columbia are using a mix of traditional principles and modern implementation to protect salmon and ...

In small-scale and artisanal mining, mercury is used extensively to extract gold. In this practice, the gold reacts with ...