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A sandbar nest can disappear overnight A bare sandbar may look empty from the riverbank. For an Indian Skimmer, it can be a nursery. The birds lay their eggs in shallow scrapes on exposed sandbars and mid-channel islands. These nesting places can form as water drops, fill with birds during the breeding season, and vanish […]

On March 9, 2023, students from the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) joined a cleanup at Shahdara Valley, Islamabad, led by PIDE’s Green Youth Movement. The activity focused on plastic waste at a popular streamside picnic area. PIDE said waste left near the stream could move downstream towards water bodies around the city. A […]

In Damaran Baru, Aceh, women patrol the forest each month with GPS devices, maps, and notebooks. They check tree cover, record plants, look for wildlife signs, work with farmers to replant trees, and report suspected violations. Their first official patrol took place in January 2020. The Associated Press later reported that deforestation had dropped sharply […]

A rare bat and a forest under pressure In 2016, Dr. Iroro Tanshi surveyed more than 30 caves across Cross River National Park and Afi Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary in southeastern Nigeria. She documented the short-tailed roundleaf bat (Hipposideros curtus) in Nigeria after 45 years without a recorded Nigerian sighting, according to the Goldman Environmental Prize. […]

In the hills of Azad Kashmir, former schoolteacher Usman Abbasi has turned concern about disappearing water sources into practical community action. Known widely as Teacher Usman, he began with tree planting and local environmental work before focusing on rainwater harvesting in Pakistan as a way to capture rainfall that would otherwise run off. His work […]