By Marga Ortigas, Al Jazeera | You Tube | Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development. In integrated rice-duck farming, farmers forgo pesticides or fertilizers; ducks fertilize the fields, keep the water in the paddies fresh, and they remove weeds and other pests that might damage the crops.
Continue reading →By Staff, Terra Daily. Tahir Qureshi’s life is under threat for helping to rehabilitate 30,000 hectares (74,132 acres) of mangrove along the southern coast on the Arabian Sea. “The cause is worth living such a life,” he says.
Continue reading →BirdLife International | Haiti Chery. The Hispaniolan Parakeet (Aratinga chloropteras) might be common in Haiti’s Massif de la Selle and la Citadelle area of the Massif du Nord.
Continue reading →By Holly Klaft, Jackson Citizen Patriot. Only 500 whooping cranes are left in the wild, and this year one stopped for the first time in a small Louisiana town during his southerly migration.
Continue reading →By Patrick Lynch, NASA | Commentary by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. The calving of a huge iceberg at Pine Island Glacier is being closely watched by scientists, who consider it to be the largest source of uncertainty in global sea-level rise projections.
Continue reading →By Staff Writers Terra Daily Veterinarian Belinda Burwell, on one hand, counsels people about how to treat lost or hurt animals they find in the wild. On the other, she takes in orphaned animals as patients at her rural rehabilitation … Continue reading →
By Suvendrini Kakuchi, Inter Press Service | Commentary by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. In Japan, the convergence of interests for humans and the natural world make interesting food for thought.
Continue reading →By Milagros Salazar, IPS. The Andean titi monkey (Callicebus oenanthe) has found refuge in a tiny slice of forest in San Martín, Peru, preserved by one woman. (English | Spanish)
Continue reading →By David B. Williams, EARTH Magazine. “This is the ‘nail in the coffin’ for those who doubt that birds really are dinosaurs.” – David Fastovsky
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