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Land and environmental defenders—Indigenous leaders, farmers, conservationists, and community activists—risk their lives opposing the destructive exploitation of natural resources. Global Witness defines…
Reynard Loki
Reynard Loki is a co-founder of the Observatory, where he is the environment and animal rights editor. He is also a writing fellow at the Independent Media Institute, where he serves as the editor of Earth | Food | Life.
Spanning nine nations and covering more than 5.5 million square kilometers—roughly the size of the continental United States—the Amazon is the world’s…
Birds are more than mere symbols of seasonal change or nature’s background music; they are vital indicators of ecological health. When bird…
In 1788, a year before the United States Constitution became the law of the land, James Madison wrote in the Federalist Papers…
The destruction of nature might one day become a criminal offense adjudicated by the International Criminal Court. On December 3, 2019, the…
Spanning 16.7 million acres that stretch across most of southeast Alaska, the Tongass National Forest is the largest national forest in the…
The Black Lives Matter movement and the COVID-19 pandemic have highlighted how systemic racism disproportionately places danger and harm on low-income and…
In early August 2023, a succession of wildfires ignited within the state of Hawaii, primarily affecting the island of Maui. It is considered “one…
In early August 2023, a succession of wildfires ignited within the state of Hawaii, primarily affecting the island of Maui. It is…
The facts are clear and they are shocking: Factory farming is unhealthy for consumers, dangerous for workers, and devastating for the environment, and it is…