TakePart · #Energy #Environmental Justice #Food #Policy #Water
Dams, overfishing, and pollution threaten Cambodia’s Tonle Sap, the largest lake in Southeast Asia and one of the world’s most productive fisheries.
TakePart · #Adaptation #Nature-Based Solutions #Slow Water #Water
The soft-drink giant is deploying the dam-building animals to replenish groundwater supplies.
TakePart · #Environmental Justice #Indigenous #Water
A third of tribe members lack clean water while cities thrive on rivers running through reservations. New deals are enabling them to take some of what’s theirs.
TakePart · #Biodiversity #Conservation #Environmental Justice #Policy
An elephant caravan draws attention to the illegal logging that threatens the country’s 900 remaining pachyderms.
TakePart · #Biodiversity #Environmental Justice #Food #Policy #Water
Activists tracking these deals say rich countries are buying up land—93 million acres—and displacing local people and wildlife.
TakePart · #Nature-Based Solutions #Slow Water #Water
With climate models predicting precipitation extremes in some of the world’s most ecologically and politically sensitive areas, scientists and engineers are coming up with creative solutions.
TakePart · #Climate Change #Environmental Justice #Science
Earth’s increasingly volatile weather conditions have been linked to numerous global crises, from terrorism to child marriage.
TakePart · #Biodiversity #Conservation #Policy
Scientists fear the hunts will decimate the cownose ray before they can learn of its role in the marine ecosystem.
TakePart · #Biodiversity #Conservation #Environmental Justice #Policy
Leng Ouch has risked his life to go undercover and gather evidence of collusion between timber companies and government officials.
TakePart · #Biodiversity #Conservation #Oceans
Noise pollution from ships imperils Southern Resident orcas that depend on sound to communicate and find food and mates.
TakePart · #Energy #Renewable Energy
Half of Africa’s population lacks access to electricity, but microgrids powered by solar energy are lighting the way to energy independence.