By: Liz Hampton
Date: November 8th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Energy Transfer Partners LP on Tuesday said it was not slowing down construction of its Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota, a project contested by environmentalists and Native Americans groups.
By: Michael Harris
Date: 9 November 2016
Source: Hydroworld.com
An announcement made this week by Mexico's Comision Reguladora de Energia could provide hydroelectric developers with an easier means of settling land use conflicts.
By: Barbara Fraser
Date: 10 November 2016
Source: Cifor
The success of measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) systems lies not only in their technical design, but also in their social and economic implications
Monitoring deforestation so countries can track their greenhouse gas emission targets might seem like a technical matter of satellite images and data.
By: Mike Gaworecki
Date: October 11th 2016
Source: Mongabay.com
By: Chris Arsenault
Date: September 28th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
BRASILIA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When George Porto joined Brazil's environment agency 13 years ago, the country didn't have access to satellite data on illegal logging -- let alone heat maps tracking deforestation patterns or gun-toting agents dedicated to stopping ecological crimes.
How times have changed.
By: Mike Verdin
Date: September 23rd 2016
Source: Agrimoney.com
Expansion of palm oil producers into Latin America, the "new frontier for global expansion" is snagging on confusion over land rights – which is encouraging some groups to expand into rainforest.
By: Jonathan Kinghorn
Date: September 21st 2016
Source: Property Casualty 360
There is a growing awareness that good land use and planning can do much to reduce the impact of natural catastrophes.
Communities that understand the risks they face and mitigate those risks become resilient and can experience sustainable outcomes when affected by natural hazards.
By: Emmanuel Ntirenganya
Date: September 16th 2016
Source: New Times
Sitting in the doorway of her residential house in the remote Murundi Sector, Kayonza District in Eastern Province, Verena Uwineza is sorting beans for evening meal on a traditional basket.
It is Monday, September 12. By most accounts, everybody has been affected by prolonged drought in this area.
By: Bekezela Phakathi
Date: September 8th 2016
Source: BD Live
GOVERNMENT is intensifying its drought relief efforts amid fears that hundreds of commercial farmers will be forced to shut up shop as their rising debt reach crisis levels.
By: Beh Lih Yi
Date: September 6th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
JAKARTA, Sept 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Banks have financed companies responsible for rainforest destruction in Southeast Asia to the tune of billions of dollars, a study showed Tuesday, and called on lenders to stop "fuelling forest crime".
