Peru bets on bamboo to restore nature in its main coca-growing region
Since 2023, Peruvian development agency PROVRAEM has spent nearly $5 million planting almost 1,300 hectares (3,200 acres) of bamboo across…
EUDR is starting to steer company actions, despite slow progress: Report
Although more progress is needed, a growing number of companies are adopting and implementing deforestation commitments ahead of the European…
What Does It Take To Save US Forests From Logging? A Justice Conservation Fund
Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. The Puritan settlers of New England, steeped in the Old…
Colombia’s main river redraws the map of little-known night monkeys
A new study looks at genetic evidence to suggest that Colombia’s Magdalena River, and not the Andean massif, may be…
Venezuela’s new mining law could spell disaster for the Amazon, critics warn
Venezuela passed a law to update the country’s mining regulations and attract international investment in gold, silver, coltan and other…
Mennonites from Belize spark deforestation fears with new settlement plans in Suriname
Mennonite families in Belize could pay millions to settle on around 24,000 hectares (59,300 acres) in Para, Suriname, a district…
Indigenous governance key to protecting Amazon Basin connectivity, experts say
The connectivity of the Amazon’s rivers, lowlands, wetlands and Andean areas is vital for the functioning of these different ecosystems,…
The EU should partner with Global South to protect carbon-storing wetlands EU can help protect carbon-storing wetlands
Everybody knows that saving the Amazon rainforest is critical to our planet’s future. But the Pantanal? Most people have never…