Environmental Protection
Nature’s fury or our hubris: Why was Cyclone Amphan so destructive?
The storm affected nearly 70% of the people in West Bengal, but the Sundarbans faced the most catastrophic destruction.
Half of the planet’s land areas can still be saved from us
At present only around 15% of the planet’s land surface area is protected in some form.
We can heal the planet if we set our mind to it
The year 2020 has the eerie feel of the first chapter in a dystopian novel, but we can harness the pandemic for meaningful change.
Plastic dust rains on the Grand Canyon and other remote wildlands
As much as 1,000 tons of plastic dust rains down on national parks and remote areas of wilderness in the US.
Cash program for Indonesia’s poor also protects its forests
Indonesia's PKH cash program keeps rural villagers from turning to forest resources in order to weather shocks.
Myanmar’s mangrove forests are in grave peril
More than 60% of mangroves have been lost within just two decades between 1996 and 2016, according to researchers.