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The descendants of locals who once cut down trees that bore healing leaves are now actively planting and cultivating medicinal trees....

Related to Australia in that we have tropical forests...

A global study has found that degraded and modified landscapes such as croplands and pastures can still retain significant biodiversity value, hosting 18% of threatened terrestrial vertebrates and 10% of endangered plants. Although these human-altered areas are not an adequate substitute for fully intact wild habitat, they can...

Another article on Miyawaki, mostly positive despite the clickbait title. Has some pics and more of the history behind the method. Summary below:...

In Sri Lanka, the first systematic study of fireflies was carried out by British naturalists in the 18th century, but afterward, there was a loss of interest in studying these fascinating creatures....

Part 2: news.mongabay.com/…/new-tree-tech-data-driven-ref…...

Vergés says there’s also a lack of understanding about what kelp does and the value it holds, even though kelp forests play an important ecological role, acting as the “Biological engine of temperate reefs.”...

Collecting data from the last 40 years, researchers have observed increased temperatures and more severe droughts in the Matopiba region, which encompasses parts of Maranhão, Tocantins, Piauí and Bahia states.

JAKARTA — Indonesian prosecutors have charged three major palm oil companies in connection with a cooking oil shortage that rocked the world’s top producer of palm oil. The Attorney General’s Office announced June 15 that it had charged the companies — the Permata Hijau Group, Wilmar Nabati Indonesia, and Musim Mas —...

Sometimes, our current mass extinction crisis can be represented by the loss of a single individual....