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The recent ruling by the African Union’s African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights regarding the Kahuzi-Biega National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has significant implications for the agriculture sector and potential inve

The recent efforts by Brazilian officials to eradicate illegal mining from the Yanomami territory in the northern Amazon represent a significant step toward addressing the humanitarian crisis that has plagued the Indigenous community. The illegal min

The rising violence against environmental defenders in Peru presents significant implications for the agriculture sector and investors. As the report from the Monitoring of the Andean Amazon Project highlights, the increase in murders of environmenta

About 20 million students in the United States ride to school each day on the familiar yellow bus. The vast majority of the nation’s roughly 490,000 school buses — which comprise the nation’s largest public-transportation fleet — are powered by diese

The Line Fire raging through Southern California’s San Bernardino Mountains has given rise to massive pyrocumulus clouds, as captured by NASA’s satellite imagery. These “fire clouds” form when water vapor condenses around soot particles, creating a t

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) has unveiled a groundbreaking tool designed to revolutionize the way stakeholders access and analyze agricultural data. The newly launched Ag Census Web Maps applica

Drive through rural Minnesota in high summer and you’ll take in a view that dominates nearly the entire U.S. Midwest: an emerald sea of ripening corn and soybeans. But on a small operation called Salvatierra, 40 minutes south of Minneapolis, Reginald

The city of Linhares, Brazil, has taken an unprecedented step in environmental governance by granting legal rights to the waves at the mouth of the Doce River. This initiative aims to protect the coastal waters more effectively following the catastro

The summer of 2024 has set unprecedented temperature records, with European scientists reporting the highest temperatures ever recorded between June and August. According to the Copernicus Climate Change Service, last month was 1.51 degrees Celsius w

The devastating fires that swept through Southern California’s Mojave National Preserve in recent years have profound implications for the agriculture sector and investors. The 2020 Dome Fire and the 2023 York Fire, which collectively annihilated ove