Earth’s biggest, deepest, lake is in big trouble. People there point to Chinese tourists and say China covets Lake Baikal, but its problems lie closer to home Pollution of its once pristine waters, and illegal fishing, have taken their toll, as winter ...

On Wednesday, the Republic of the Maldives and Parley for the Oceans announced an extension of their partnership to create a scalable, nationwide framework for solutions to ocean and climate threats. Through the ‘Future Island Nation’ program, Parley ...

A young Mi’kmaw man from Nova Scotia is vowing to fight fishery charges against him like his father did 20 years ago. Leon Knockwood, who is from Sipekne’katik First Nation, N.S. has been charged with two counts of failing to comply with a commerci...

As new hurricanes gain strength in the Atlantic, residents of the Bahamas have barely begun recovering from destroyed villages and flooded streets brought by Hurricane Dorian’s battering this month. The losses were grim validation of a new Stanford-led ...

Compulsory insurance against natural and terrorist disaster damages will begin in Morocco in early 2020, according to Nouman Essami, director at the Moroccan Ministry of Economy and Finance. His comments were made Monday during the opening of the 26th ...

Cuba has demonstrated its effectiveness in responding to contingencies of a natural origin, serving as a reference for the entire Caribbean region, stated Consuelo Vidal, United Nations System resident coordinator, upon opening the Simex 2019 Regional Ear...

North Sea cod is to lose its sustainability certification due to concerns about stock levels. The Marine Stewardship Council said certificates for North Sea cod fisheries would be suspended as stocks were below the "safe biological level". A "blue t...

Six provinces in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta region have been scrambling to battle the severe erosion of the sprawling river and coastal network, with some areas now requiring “urgent measures”, state media said on Tuesday. The provinces, Long An, An ...

With government backing and eyes on boosting trade with China, a group of Colombian businesspeople has been pushing plans to build the Tribugá port, a controversial commercial project on the country’s Pacific Ocean that could clash with the country’s...

Residents of Kaundu and Miseshi communities in the Mpelembe ward of Zambia are in a dispute with Zain Amir, the owner of Nsofu Ranch, over access to the Luombwa River for fishing. The residents who are a fishing community claim that Nsofu Ranch Manager...