Thousands protest against over-tourism in Spain’s Canary Islands | Tourism News

Thousands protest against over-tourism in Spain’s Canary Islands | Tourism News

Demonstrators say mass tourism is overwhelming the Atlantic archipelago. Tens of thousands of demonstrators have hit the streets of Spain’s Canary Islands to demand changes to the model of mass tourism they say is overwhelming the Atlantic archipelago. An estimated 57,000 people joined the protests, which began at midday (11:00…

Holding Up the Sky: Saving the Indigenous Yanomami tribe in Brazil’s Amazon | Indigenous Rights

Holding Up the Sky: Saving the Indigenous Yanomami tribe in Brazil’s Amazon | Indigenous Rights

A Brazilian tribal leader warns that illegal mining in forests will have dire consequences for the rest of the world. Davi Kopenawa is a tribal chief and spokesman for the cause of the Indigenous Yanomami people of the Brazilian Amazon. Their territory has been officially protected since the 1990s, but…

World’s coral reefs face global bleaching crisis | Climate Crisis

World’s coral reefs face global bleaching crisis | Climate Crisis

NewsFeed A mass bleaching event caused by high ocean temperatures is threatening the survival of coral reefs around the world. It is the fourth such event on record, prompting the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and its partners to declare this a global crisis. Published On 17 Apr 202417 Apr…

Several killed after landslides hit Indonesia’s Sulawesi island | Environment News

Several killed after landslides hit Indonesia’s Sulawesi island | Environment News

Emergency response efforts have been complicated by poor weather conditions and damaged roads brought about by the disaster. At least 15 people have been found dead and two others missing after landslides hit central Indonesia, say the local authorities. At least 17 victims were evacuated from the landslides that hit…

Botswana threatens to send 20,000 elephants to Germany | Environment News

Botswana threatens to send 20,000 elephants to Germany | Environment News

President Mokgweetsi Masisi offers to send the animals as a ‘gift’ to Berlin amid a dispute over hunting trophies. Botswana’s president has threatened to send 20,000 elephants to Germany in a dispute over conservation. Angered by proposals in Berlin to restrict the import of hunting trophies, President Mokgweetsi Masisi said…

Chocolate prices to keep rising as West Africa’s cocoa crisis deepens | Agriculture News

Chocolate prices to keep rising as West Africa’s cocoa crisis deepens | Agriculture News

Long the world’s undisputed cocoa powerhouses, accounting for more than 60 percent of global supply, Ghana and its West African neighbour Ivory Coast are both facing catastrophic harvests this season. Expectations of shortages of cocoa beans – the raw material for chocolate – have seen New York cocoa futures more…

Climate change is killing quality coffee. Can Vietnam’s Robusta save it? | Food

Climate change is killing quality coffee. Can Vietnam’s Robusta save it? | Food

Buon Ma Thuot, Vietnam – The white-walled room in a house on the outskirts of Buon Ma Thuot, Vietnam’s coffee capital, is quiet. The only thing breaking the silence is the occasional beep of an electronic scale, or the sound of coffee being poured into a measuring glass. A handful…

Surviving the white gold rush – life in South America’s ‘lithium triangle’ | Environment

Surviving the white gold rush – life in South America’s ‘lithium triangle’ | Environment

Calcha K, Bolivia – Teófila Cayo Calcina, 56, stands among her rows of quinoa plants, pointing towards the horizon. “The lithium plant is 50km in that direction. We are worried that the mining could leave us with not enough water to survive,” she says, clearly disheartened. Calcina lives with her…