SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Environmental groups on Wednesday urged a moratorium on deep-sea mining ahead of a meeting in Jamaica of a U.N. body that conservationists fear will soon authorize the world’s first license to harvest minerals from the ocean floor. More than 20 countries have called for a ban or moratorium on deep-sea…

image:  The researchers installed 720 camera traps in 100 human communities inside and outside nine sustainable-use protected areas   view more  Credit: Ricardo Sampaio The presence of Indigenous communities and traditional river dwellers in extractive reserves located in Legal Amazonia is not a threat to birds and mammals considered subsistence poaching targets, according to a…

WASHINGTON — Major solar developers, conservation groups, agricultural organizations, environmental and environmental justice groups and tribal entities announced a landmark agreement to advance large-scale U.S. solar development while championing land conservation and supporting local community interests. The agreement is the product of the Solar Uncommon Dialogue process, organized by Stanford’s Woods Institute for the Environment,…

Funding will lower energy use, reduce emissions, promote energy efficiency in communities OLYMPIA, WA — The Washington State Department of Commerce was awarded a $2.2 million grant from the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) Program, a funding opportunity from the Office of State and Community Energy Programs at the U.S. Department of Energy…

BLUE GRASS, Iowa — It’s a full-time job keeping the natural prairie land and wildlife in the Quad Cities safe as our world evolves. The Scott County Conservation organization is allowing the public to hear how they arrange funding to maintain our diverse environment. A meeting will be held at the Blue Grass Public Safety…

Food System RELATED CONTENT Nearly 200 groups and 200,000 people urge USDA Sec. Vilsack to exclude factory farms and methane gas production from climate funding Today, nearly 200 groups sent a letter to Secretary Tom Vilsack urging the agency to reconsider its recent decision to include several “conservation practices” that support factory farms and the…

Editor’s note • The following is an excerpt from the Salt Lake Tribune’s new Open Lands newsletter, a twice-a-month newsletter about Utah’s land, water and air from the environment team. For a sneak peek at what we’re working on and news we’re following, sign up to have Open Lands delivered to your inbox. When the…

In May and June 2020, the death of 350 elephants in Botswana’s Okavango delta baffled conservationists and sparked global speculation about what had caused it. Elephants of all ages and both sexes were affected, with many walking in circles before dying suddenly, collapsing on their faces. Two months later, 35 more elephants died in north-western…