Authoritarianism

The country offers six important lessons ahead of hosting next year’s United Nations Biological Diversity Convention.

Russia’s “shadow fleet” of aging oil tankers helps fund the ongoing war but puts the region at risk of more environmental disasters.

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These beautiful ecosystems recently began to recover from overexploitation. Will Russia’s invasion once again push them over the brink?

China’s Great Sparrow Campaign aimed to “conquer nature” but resulted in as many as 75 million human deaths.

More than 50 years after the fall of Portugal’s dictatorship, the authoritarian regime still casts a long shadow over this wildfire-prone country.

Egyptians face worsening threats from heat and pollution. So why is the country cutting down thousands of healthy trees?

First used as a bioweapon four decades ago, anthrax outbreaks continue to worsen as the country gets warmer and wetter.

In response government officials labeled Earth Uprisings “eco-terrorists” — continuing a worldwide strategy of criminalizing protest.