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Indigenous forest defenders turn to high-tech tools to protect Amazon and its iconic jaguar

Global UpfrontAug 10, 2020August 10, 20200

Louise Boyle New York @LouiseB_NY, Independent (UK) In a remote corner of Brazil’s Amazon, the dense rainforest territory of the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau tribe appears in stark

Ogieks in Kenya: ‘We hope that our land will become ours again’

Global UpfrontAug 8, 2020August 8, 20200

Max Bearak meets the indigenous Ogiek who claim the Mau Forest in Kenya as their ancestral home but now face eviction at the hands of

New York Bronx Zoo apologizes for displaying African man in 1906 exhibit

Global UpfrontJul 30, 2020July 30, 20200

By Morgan Gstalter, THE HILL, 07/30/20 © Library of Congress | George Grantham Bain Collection The Bronx Zoo on Wednesday issued an apology for the

About 3 billion animals harmed in Australian bushfires, WWF says

Global UpfrontJul 29, 2020July 29, 20200

Thomson Reuters · Posted: Jul 29, 2020 Wildlife Information, Rescue and Education Services (WIRES) volunteer and carer Tracy Burgess holds a severely burnt brushtail possum rescued from

COVID-19 Ecotourism collapse could spell disaster for East Africa’s Masai Mara

Global UpfrontJul 20, 2020July 20, 20200

The pandemic threatens to plunge whole communities reliant on tourism into poverty, which is a massive driver of poaching. The Independent, Emma Ledger, 20 July

U.K. Commons’ Speaker introduces cat to deal with Parliament’s mouse problem

Global UpfrontJul 20, 2020July 20, 20200

Patrick already ‘earning his keep’ The Independent, Kate Devlin, Whitehall Editor Sceptics might say it is a rare example of politicians keeping their election pledges.

The African continent is very slowly peeling apart. Scientists say a new ocean is being born

Global UpfrontJul 18, 2020July 18, 20200

New satellite measurements are offering valuable tools to study the tectonic rift in one of the most geologically unique spots on the planet July 17,

Buhari says improved gold mining will provide 250,000 jobs, net $500m in revenue annually

Global UpfrontJul 16, 2020July 16, 20200

President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja said improved gold mining operations in the country will generate no fewer than 250,000 jobs and over $500m annually

Ethiopia begins filling Nile dam after Grand Renaissance talks with Egypt and Sudan stall

Global UpfrontJul 16, 2020July 16, 20200

$4B project is centrepiece of Ethiopia’s bid to become Africa’s biggest power exporter Thomson Reuters · Posted: Jul 15, 2020 Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, right, is

Niger Delta: Young men face exclusion and violence in one of the most polluted places on Earth

Global UpfrontJul 14, 2020July 14, 20200

Modesta Tochi Alozie, Researcher at the Urban Institute, University of Sheffield, University of Sheffield, July 13, 2020 After nearly seven decades of oil exploration in