The recent decision by the Supreme Court to look into “limiting the scope” of “waters of the U.S.” (WOTUS), which is an important part of the Clean Water Act of 1972, is likely to further threaten ...

At dawn in early October, in Itasin, Ogun State, Neye Afolabi set out for his farm, just a short walk from his home. But before he could begin tending his crops, a herd of elephants emerged from the ...

Morogoro. “We never knew that farming here means destroying a water source.”That reflection by residents of Lumemo Ward in Ifakara Town Council captures growing recognition that years of unregulated ...

Putting a price tag on carbon dioxide emissions resulting from various land use practices could dramatically change the way that land is used, including reducing deforestation and limiting ...

BUENOS AIRES, July 5 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - It's a familiar story: A vast forest in South America loses huge swathes of trees each year, threatening the communities living there, destroying ...

Many residents of Itasin have either had their farms destroyed, been physically attacked, or narrowly escaped encounters with elephants that wander in from the nearby forest reserve. At dawn in early ...