COVID-19 has slashed incomes in Indonesia, spurring illegal logging, poaching and mining. The environment and wildlife habitats are taking a hit. Activists protest against a government bill they say would harm the environment, Jakarta, Indonesia, 14 July 2020. (AP...
Want to ensure the impact of COVID-19 on the environment slows climate change? Then be sure to vote, a top environmentalist tells a News Decoder webinar. Tom Burke (upper left) leads webinar on COVID-19 and climate change. What can young people do to ensure that...
Elephants, rhinos, pangolins and lions are under threat from poachers of endangered wildlife. Meet the dogs that sniff out contraband in Africa. (Photo courtesy of Paul Joynson Hick/African Wildlife Foundation) Today — April 22, 2020 — is the 50th anniversary of the...
Plastic pollution hurts humans, animals and the environment. Students from around the world gathered recently to share tactics in tackling the problem. (Photo by Ryan Rothman, Dana Point, California, 29 February 2020) This story was runner-up in News Decoder’s...
The coronavirus pandemic is confronting us with sacrifices we may have to make to save our planet from climate disaster — lockdown as a dry run. Maps published by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration using data collected by the European Space Agency...