World pangolin day

Few animal species right now are in higher demand than the pangolin. Pangolins are heavily hunted and trafficked, and in many parts of their range, they are considered functionally extinct. The demand for them is so high that they became the most trafficked species in the world, with one million pangolins that have been trafficked only in the last 10 years. [Read More]

Why is the Amazon burning?

In August 2019, day became night in São Paolo. A dark cloud of smog covered the city, turning the skies dark, and the media all over the world started reporting on the event. The Amazon was burning, and cloud of smoke from the fires was carried for thousands of kilometers by a weather front. [Read More]