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Funding uncertainty threatens Tasmania's kelp recovery as invasive urchins spread

Short-term funding threatens Tasmania's progress rebuilding kelp forests from invasive sea urchins.

Nearly 90% of countries have set biodiversity targets, but most are off track for 2030

A UN report finds most countries have biodiversity targets but fewer than half are on track for 2030.

US corporate lobbyists ran a two-year campaign to weaken the EU's deforestation law, report finds

Mighty Earth maps a two-year US lobbying effort to postpone and weaken the EU Deforestation Regulation.

VW, Ford and Tesla batteries linked to deforestation on Indigenous lands in Indonesia

Traceability and satellite analysis link EV battery nickel from Sulawesi to deforestation on Indigenous land.

Brazil's Amazon deforestation hits lowest level on record, satellite data shows

Prodes satellite data shows Brazilian Amazon deforestation fell 41.8% to a record low of 3,335 sq km in the year to July.

Artificial mangrove roots show early promise against Thailand's coastal erosion

Bioinspired artificial mangrove roots trap up to 88 cm of sediment in a first-year Thailand coastal trial.

Cambodia's monkey trade still can't be cleared of fraud, CITES warns

CITES says it still cannot rule out fraud in Cambodia's monkey trade, a year after ordering reforms.