Advancing our understanding of earth observation

Indonesia's wildfire haze is now a public health emergency

Months of wildfire smoke have driven 333,000-plus acute respiratory infections in Indonesia and thousands of estimated deaths.

Environmental defenders put Canadian mining's human rights record before a regional body

Defenders from six countries told a human rights body that Canadian mining harms communities and called for due diligence law.

COP17 closes with a finance compromise, but the 2030 nature goal is still slipping

COP17 closed in Yerevan with all major texts agreed, but the first global review warns the 2030 goal to reverse nature loss will be missed.

Verra tightens its rules for coal plant retirement carbon credits

Verra has tightened its coal plant retirement methodology, strengthening safeguards on additionality and just transition.

Wildlife trade is more than twice the size we thought

A study finds 107,000-plus species are traded worldwide, double the prior estimate, exposing a huge monitoring gap.

Communities design two new marine protected areas off Tanzania's Pemba Island

Fishing communities co-designed two new marine protected areas off Tanzania's Pemba Island.

Rising seas are erasing a Nigerian wetland that migratory birds depend on

A community-led monitoring project tracks migratory birds as rising seas erode a vital Nigerian wetland.