Environment

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Dams could signal death knell for Mekong giant catfish

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Giant catfish (Pangasianodon gigas)

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Philippines to destroy seized ivory stockpiles

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Philippines will destroy 5 tonnes of African ivory seized in illegal transit.

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EPA: Violation Of Airborne Lead Standards At Two California Airports Agency Continues To Delay Action On Toxic Effects Of Lead In Aviation Fuel

Findings reinforce need for immediate EPA action to phase out lead in aviation fuel, the leading cause of airborne lead emissions in the U.S.

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San Carlos Airport, in California's San Mateo County, and surrounding neighborhoods. Aviation is the single largest source of lead emissions in the U.S. and poses a significant threat to public health.

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East Rennell declared World Heritage in danger

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Tegano Lake, East Rennell, Salomon Island

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More must be done to prepare pacific small islands for droughts, UN official warns

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Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands.

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Montana's Highest Court Clears Way for Return of Wild Bison

Bison transfer to Fort Belknap tribes to proceed

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Bison in Yellowstone National Park. (Rich Flynn)

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UN Asked to Investigate Human Rights Violations Caused by Panama’s Barro Blanco Dam

Call to halt the dam’s construction threatening the rights of indigenous people

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Tabasará River.

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Industrialisation of the Great Barrier Reef denounced by World Heritage Committee

The Australian Marine Conservation Society and WWF-Australia said that Australia’s governments are putting the Great Barrier Reef at risk by failing to implement the World Heritage Committee recommendations around rapid industrialisation.

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Hardy Reef, aerial view. Great Barrier Reef & Coral Sea, Australia

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UN General Assembly set to explore impacts of ocean acidification

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UNDP-GEF report says as little as $5 billion in public funds could catalyse action and financial flows to reverse ocean degradation.

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On World Day, UN officials urge global action to increase response to drought

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Degraded dryland ecossystems put at risk the social and economic well-being of millions of people.