Global warming can reduce coffee growing areas in the world’s largest coffee-producing region: study

Bee-friendly farm practices and conserving forests suitable for coffee production can reduce vulnerability to climate change, it said

New dengue vaccine provides ray of hope to India

CYD-TDV vaccine protected two out of three volunteers aged 9 years and older against dengue, finds study

No one-size-fits-all approach to human-crocodilian conflict globally: Delegates at IUCN meet

The great diversity of crocodilians, their distribution and the diverse cultures of people who share their habitat, make a common solution impossible

Achieving Zero Hunger by 2030 in doubt, UN report warns

Between 83 million and 132 million people could go hungry in 2020 due to COVID-19, according to the report

Latin America, Caribbean’s year of climate extremes: WMO calls for improving weather & health services to save lives

Better predictions, timely warning and integration of climate data into health monitoring key, says United Nations agency

Ultra-processed foods lead to $7 trillion in hidden health, environment costs globally: Report

Consumption of highly processed foods was increasing in peri-urban and rural areas of some countries

Male jaguars form ‘coalitions’ too like lions and cheetahs

Panthera study finds male jaguars form multi-year alliances to secure prey, mating opportunities and territories

Latin America, Caribbean see acutest hunger in 15 years: UN

The number of people living with hunger increased by 13.8 million in just one year in Latin America and the Caribbean, according to a new UN …

Latin American and Caribbean nations highly vulnerable to climate change

Economic costs of climate change will be around 2.5 per cent of annual GDP of Latin America and the Caribbean if temperature rises 2.5°C …

Zika impact: Demand for abortion up 100% in Brazil

Pregnant women from Zika-affected countries are defying national laws which restrict abortion to request abortion medications online, a new …

COVID-19: 2.5 mln more girls can be pushed into child marriage, warns report

This could reverse the progress of last 25 years towards gender equality and child rights, warns report by Save the Child

The Global South is on the rise — but what exactly is the Global South?

With an economic shift & enhanced political visibility, countries in the Global South are increasingly asserting themselves on the …

Meet on protection systems that help mitigate disaster, climate risk

First regional conference saw experts from 17 countries in Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Pacific regions

Botswana elephants episode: There’s a colonial underpinning to conservation

Conservation should indeed be a global priority. But understanding of the complexity and colonial roots of this problem and the shocking double …

Nearly 150,000 Indians have died in the past 51 years because of extreme weather: WMO

Extreme weather, climate and water-related events caused nearly 12, 000 disasters worldwide between 1970 and 2021

Latin American countries agree to stop deforestation at Lima summit

Pledge to replant nearly 20 million hectares of forest by 2020

Bolsanaro’s environmental crimes come under EU scanner

Europe’s resolve to act against the Bolsonaro government’s environmental crimes appears to be strengthening

Three reasons why company v community conflicts take place across continents

Shortcomings in regulatory norms and failure to engage with local communities have disrupted commercial projects in many countries

One in every nine persons in the world goes hungry: UN State of Food Insecurity Report

Asia houses 526 million of the 805 million chronically undernourished people in the world