Brazil's military fails to tame rising Amazon deforestation in May
Destruction in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest increased 12% in May, according to government data
'Elbow to elbow:' Are working conditions in the global meat industry fostering pandemics?
Meat processing plants in North America and Europe have become COVID-19 hotspots. How much of a risk is the industry to global health and what can be done to protect workers?
India's virus lockdown fuels timber-smuggling in Kashmir forests
In the mountainous region, trees have been cut down as tourism ground to a halt and guards were unable to patrol under tight restrictions to curb the spread of COVID-19
Ethiopia moves children from streets to shelters to slow coronavirus
Thousands of street children in Addis Ababa are being moved to shelters as COVID-19 cases soar in the east African nation
U.N. warns coronavirus may push millions of children into underage labor
Coronavirus pandemic may spark the first rise in child labor since 2000, the United Nations warned
Coronavirus crisis could see number of extreme poor rise to 1.1 bln worldwide -researchers
Economic downturn may plunge an extra 395 million people into extreme poverty, living on less than $1.90 a day
'Party' ahead for illegal loggers? Mexico's national parks in doubt with cuts
"Offices here in the region are being evicted - there's no money to pay the rent," says the director of one World Heritage site
OPINION: Why climate action matters for governments battling COVID-19
Layers of hazards are creating a domino effect of losses - but well-prepared national systems could handle a more risky and uncertain future
Europeans want (others) to cycle more to keep air clean
Coronavirus lockdowns improved air quality; urban dwellers want to keep the skies clear when the virus goes
Will coronavirus change tourism in Europe's hotspot cities?
Residents in Amsterdam, Venice and Barcelona hope pandemic will spur action on mass tourism