\n \n Bird hunting in Cambodia driven by poverty and lax enforcement<\/strong>\n <\/a>\n<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\nPhotographer: Yann Bigant<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"cinnamon]()
<\/div>A cinnamon bittern caught in a mist net set by farmers in Cambodia\u2019s Kampong Chhnang province. Hunting is rampant across mainland Southeast Asia and has been identified<\/a> as the \u201csingle greatest” threat to bird species in Cambodia. Wild birds are commonly sold in markets and at roadside stalls as bushmeat, which consumers perceive as healthier, tastier and more energising than farmed alternatives (Image: Yann Bigant)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nIndigenous women illuminate Guatemalan communitiest<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\nPhotographer: Edwin Solares<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"a]()
<\/div>Catarina Santiago switches on a light powered by solar energy in her home in P\u2019al, a north-western Guatemalan village. Ten years ago, the 45-year-old Indigenous Ixil woman travelled to Rajasthan, India, where she spent six months training to be a solar energy technician at Barefoot College International. On her return, she took charge of installing solar systems in her neighbours\u2019 homes (Image:\u00a0Edwin Solares\u00a0\/ Dialogue Earth)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nUruguay bets on forestry despite pollution and civil unrest<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\nPhotographer: Eitan Abramovich<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"\/]()
<\/div>Dense green blooms of cyanobacteria in R\u00edo Negro, triggered by polluted water from a pulp mill near the central Uruguayan city of Paso de los Toros. The mill is operated by UPM, one of two companies dominating the country\u2019s pulp and paper industry. In 2024, wood pulp became Uruguay\u2019s leading export for the\u00a0first time<\/a>. The government plans to increase the number of forestry plantations, which already cover about 6% of the nation (Image: Eitan Abramovich \/ Dialogue Earth)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nMarine conservation lessons from Mozambique<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\nPhotographer: Carlos Uqueio<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"a]()
<\/div>Fish and crabs caught overnight by fishers in the mangrove-lined waters of Mozambique\u2019s Inhambane Bay. To its south, in Jangamo Bay, NGO Love The Oceans<\/a> is working with local communities to promote sustainable fishing practices. These avoid the use of gillnets, which result in high levels of bycatch, including of sharks, dolphins and juvenile whales (Image:\u00a0Carlos\u00a0Uqueio\u00a0\/ Dialogue Earth)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nExtreme drought forces Brazil\u2019s Indigenous people into cities<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\nPhotographer: Raphael Tavares<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"man]()
<\/div>In the north-western Brazilian state of Amazonas, the Indigenous Kokama residents of S\u00e3o Jos\u00e9 do Uruburetama village depend on the Mami\u00e1 River for transport. Drought is increasingly reducing long stretches of the river to mud, making it harder for villagers to get around. This has forced several families to relocate to the city centre of Coari, 100 km away (Image: Raphael Tavares \/ Dialogue Earth)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nHow is climate change impacting Ghana\u2019s tropical forests?<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\nPhotographer: Kwabena Ackah Blay<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/div>Looking up through the leaves of an ofram tree in southern Ghana\u2019s Bobiri forest reserve. A team of scientists are studying how trees in the reserve react to extreme heat. They hope the work will help inform which species Ghana chooses for its reforestation drive<\/a>, making the West African country more resilient to climate change (Image: Kwabena Ackah Blay \/ Dialogue Earth)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nLessons in agriculture from Nepal\u2019s Indigenous Kulung people<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\nPhotographer: Nerabung Kulung<\/p>\n\n\n\n
![\"Man]()
<\/div>A nokchho<\/em> (shaman) pours homemade alcohol over the head of a hen to be sacrificed as part of a tos <\/em>ceremony in Chachalung, a village inhabited by the Kulung Indigenous people in the Himalayan foothills of eastern Nepal. Tos<\/em> is a traditional ritual conducted three times a year in villages across ancestral Kulung territory to worship the land, during which locals pray for a good harvest (Image: Nerabung Kulung \/ Dialogue Earth)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nThe South African fishers fighting fossil fuels<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\nPhotographer: Barry Christianson<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"an]()
<\/div>The ruins of a fish and chip shop outside the harbour of Port Nolloth. This village in South Africa\u2019s remote Northern Cape became a hub for diamond mining and fishing in the 1920s. These days, the mines lie dormant, and the fishing industry is also in decline, with many blaming industrial overharvesting for dwindling stocks. Now, there\u2019s an added threat, as international companies explore for oil and gas in nearby waters (Image: Barry Christianson)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nThe communities paying the price for Zambia\u2019s toxic mining disaster<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\nPhotographer: Tsolofelo Miladzi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"A]()
<\/div>In Zambia\u2019s Copperbelt province, Victoria Banda\u2019s fields were ruined in February by the failure of a tailings facility operated by Sino Metals. A company hired by Sino Metals to conduct an assessment said 1.5 million tonnes of acidic effluent were released into tributaries of the Kafue River, one of Zambia\u2019s most important waterways, with signs of pollution detected 100 km downstream (Image: Tsolofelo Miladzi \/ Dialogue Earth)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nAs Panama Canal dam project looms, communities face up to floods<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
![\"cinnamon](\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2024_Cambodia-cinnamon-bittern-caught-in-mist-net_YannBigant.jpg\")
<\/div>Indigenous women illuminate Guatemalan communitiest<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\nPhotographer: Edwin Solares<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"a]()
<\/div>Catarina Santiago switches on a light powered by solar energy in her home in P\u2019al, a north-western Guatemalan village. Ten years ago, the 45-year-old Indigenous Ixil woman travelled to Rajasthan, India, where she spent six months training to be a solar energy technician at Barefoot College International. On her return, she took charge of installing solar systems in her neighbours\u2019 homes (Image:\u00a0Edwin Solares\u00a0\/ Dialogue Earth)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nUruguay bets on forestry despite pollution and civil unrest<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\nPhotographer: Eitan Abramovich<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"\/]()
<\/div>Dense green blooms of cyanobacteria in R\u00edo Negro, triggered by polluted water from a pulp mill near the central Uruguayan city of Paso de los Toros. The mill is operated by UPM, one of two companies dominating the country\u2019s pulp and paper industry. In 2024, wood pulp became Uruguay\u2019s leading export for the\u00a0first time<\/a>. The government plans to increase the number of forestry plantations, which already cover about 6% of the nation (Image: Eitan Abramovich \/ Dialogue Earth)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nMarine conservation lessons from Mozambique<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\nPhotographer: Carlos Uqueio<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"a]()
<\/div>Fish and crabs caught overnight by fishers in the mangrove-lined waters of Mozambique\u2019s Inhambane Bay. To its south, in Jangamo Bay, NGO Love The Oceans<\/a> is working with local communities to promote sustainable fishing practices. These avoid the use of gillnets, which result in high levels of bycatch, including of sharks, dolphins and juvenile whales (Image:\u00a0Carlos\u00a0Uqueio\u00a0\/ Dialogue Earth)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nExtreme drought forces Brazil\u2019s Indigenous people into cities<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\nPhotographer: Raphael Tavares<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"man]()
<\/div>In the north-western Brazilian state of Amazonas, the Indigenous Kokama residents of S\u00e3o Jos\u00e9 do Uruburetama village depend on the Mami\u00e1 River for transport. Drought is increasingly reducing long stretches of the river to mud, making it harder for villagers to get around. This has forced several families to relocate to the city centre of Coari, 100 km away (Image: Raphael Tavares \/ Dialogue Earth)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nHow is climate change impacting Ghana\u2019s tropical forests?<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\nPhotographer: Kwabena Ackah Blay<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/div>Looking up through the leaves of an ofram tree in southern Ghana\u2019s Bobiri forest reserve. A team of scientists are studying how trees in the reserve react to extreme heat. They hope the work will help inform which species Ghana chooses for its reforestation drive<\/a>, making the West African country more resilient to climate change (Image: Kwabena Ackah Blay \/ Dialogue Earth)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nLessons in agriculture from Nepal\u2019s Indigenous Kulung people<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\nPhotographer: Nerabung Kulung<\/p>\n\n\n\n
![\"Man]()
<\/div>A nokchho<\/em> (shaman) pours homemade alcohol over the head of a hen to be sacrificed as part of a tos <\/em>ceremony in Chachalung, a village inhabited by the Kulung Indigenous people in the Himalayan foothills of eastern Nepal. Tos<\/em> is a traditional ritual conducted three times a year in villages across ancestral Kulung territory to worship the land, during which locals pray for a good harvest (Image: Nerabung Kulung \/ Dialogue Earth)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nThe South African fishers fighting fossil fuels<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\nPhotographer: Barry Christianson<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"an]()
<\/div>The ruins of a fish and chip shop outside the harbour of Port Nolloth. This village in South Africa\u2019s remote Northern Cape became a hub for diamond mining and fishing in the 1920s. These days, the mines lie dormant, and the fishing industry is also in decline, with many blaming industrial overharvesting for dwindling stocks. Now, there\u2019s an added threat, as international companies explore for oil and gas in nearby waters (Image: Barry Christianson)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nThe communities paying the price for Zambia\u2019s toxic mining disaster<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\nPhotographer: Tsolofelo Miladzi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"A]()
<\/div>In Zambia\u2019s Copperbelt province, Victoria Banda\u2019s fields were ruined in February by the failure of a tailings facility operated by Sino Metals. A company hired by Sino Metals to conduct an assessment said 1.5 million tonnes of acidic effluent were released into tributaries of the Kafue River, one of Zambia\u2019s most important waterways, with signs of pollution detected 100 km downstream (Image: Tsolofelo Miladzi \/ Dialogue Earth)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nAs Panama Canal dam project looms, communities face up to floods<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
![\"a](\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250413_Catarina-Santiago-family_Pal-village_Guatemala_Edwin-Solares_Dialogue-Earth.jpg\")
<\/div>Uruguay bets on forestry despite pollution and civil unrest<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\nPhotographer: Eitan Abramovich<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"\/]()
<\/div>Dense green blooms of cyanobacteria in R\u00edo Negro, triggered by polluted water from a pulp mill near the central Uruguayan city of Paso de los Toros. The mill is operated by UPM, one of two companies dominating the country\u2019s pulp and paper industry. In 2024, wood pulp became Uruguay\u2019s leading export for the\u00a0first time<\/a>. The government plans to increase the number of forestry plantations, which already cover about 6% of the nation (Image: Eitan Abramovich \/ Dialogue Earth)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nMarine conservation lessons from Mozambique<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\nPhotographer: Carlos Uqueio<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"a]()
<\/div>Fish and crabs caught overnight by fishers in the mangrove-lined waters of Mozambique\u2019s Inhambane Bay. To its south, in Jangamo Bay, NGO Love The Oceans<\/a> is working with local communities to promote sustainable fishing practices. These avoid the use of gillnets, which result in high levels of bycatch, including of sharks, dolphins and juvenile whales (Image:\u00a0Carlos\u00a0Uqueio\u00a0\/ Dialogue Earth)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nExtreme drought forces Brazil\u2019s Indigenous people into cities<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\nPhotographer: Raphael Tavares<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"man]()
<\/div>In the north-western Brazilian state of Amazonas, the Indigenous Kokama residents of S\u00e3o Jos\u00e9 do Uruburetama village depend on the Mami\u00e1 River for transport. Drought is increasingly reducing long stretches of the river to mud, making it harder for villagers to get around. This has forced several families to relocate to the city centre of Coari, 100 km away (Image: Raphael Tavares \/ Dialogue Earth)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nHow is climate change impacting Ghana\u2019s tropical forests?<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\nPhotographer: Kwabena Ackah Blay<\/p>\n\n\n\n
![\"A]()
<\/div>Looking up through the leaves of an ofram tree in southern Ghana\u2019s Bobiri forest reserve. A team of scientists are studying how trees in the reserve react to extreme heat. They hope the work will help inform which species Ghana chooses for its reforestation drive<\/a>, making the West African country more resilient to climate change (Image: Kwabena Ackah Blay \/ Dialogue Earth)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nLessons in agriculture from Nepal\u2019s Indigenous Kulung people<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\nPhotographer: Nerabung Kulung<\/p>\n\n\n\n
![\"Man]()
<\/div>A nokchho<\/em> (shaman) pours homemade alcohol over the head of a hen to be sacrificed as part of a tos <\/em>ceremony in Chachalung, a village inhabited by the Kulung Indigenous people in the Himalayan foothills of eastern Nepal. Tos<\/em> is a traditional ritual conducted three times a year in villages across ancestral Kulung territory to worship the land, during which locals pray for a good harvest (Image: Nerabung Kulung \/ Dialogue Earth)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nThe South African fishers fighting fossil fuels<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\nPhotographer: Barry Christianson<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"an]()
<\/div>The ruins of a fish and chip shop outside the harbour of Port Nolloth. This village in South Africa\u2019s remote Northern Cape became a hub for diamond mining and fishing in the 1920s. These days, the mines lie dormant, and the fishing industry is also in decline, with many blaming industrial overharvesting for dwindling stocks. Now, there\u2019s an added threat, as international companies explore for oil and gas in nearby waters (Image: Barry Christianson)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nThe communities paying the price for Zambia\u2019s toxic mining disaster<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\nPhotographer: Tsolofelo Miladzi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"A]()
<\/div>In Zambia\u2019s Copperbelt province, Victoria Banda\u2019s fields were ruined in February by the failure of a tailings facility operated by Sino Metals. A company hired by Sino Metals to conduct an assessment said 1.5 million tonnes of acidic effluent were released into tributaries of the Kafue River, one of Zambia\u2019s most important waterways, with signs of pollution detected 100 km downstream (Image: Tsolofelo Miladzi \/ Dialogue Earth)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nAs Panama Canal dam project looms, communities face up to floods<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
![\"\"\/](\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250314_aerial-cyanobacteria-Rio-Negro-river_Paso-de-los-Toros_Uruguay_Eitan-Abramovich_Dialogue-Earth.jpg\")
<\/div>Marine conservation lessons from Mozambique<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\nPhotographer: Carlos Uqueio<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"a]()
<\/div>Fish and crabs caught overnight by fishers in the mangrove-lined waters of Mozambique\u2019s Inhambane Bay. To its south, in Jangamo Bay, NGO Love The Oceans<\/a> is working with local communities to promote sustainable fishing practices. These avoid the use of gillnets, which result in high levels of bycatch, including of sharks, dolphins and juvenile whales (Image:\u00a0Carlos\u00a0Uqueio\u00a0\/ Dialogue Earth)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nExtreme drought forces Brazil\u2019s Indigenous people into cities<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\nPhotographer: Raphael Tavares<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"man]()
<\/div>In the north-western Brazilian state of Amazonas, the Indigenous Kokama residents of S\u00e3o Jos\u00e9 do Uruburetama village depend on the Mami\u00e1 River for transport. Drought is increasingly reducing long stretches of the river to mud, making it harder for villagers to get around. This has forced several families to relocate to the city centre of Coari, 100 km away (Image: Raphael Tavares \/ Dialogue Earth)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nHow is climate change impacting Ghana\u2019s tropical forests?<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\nPhotographer: Kwabena Ackah Blay<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/div>Looking up through the leaves of an ofram tree in southern Ghana\u2019s Bobiri forest reserve. A team of scientists are studying how trees in the reserve react to extreme heat. They hope the work will help inform which species Ghana chooses for its reforestation drive<\/a>, making the West African country more resilient to climate change (Image: Kwabena Ackah Blay \/ Dialogue Earth)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nLessons in agriculture from Nepal\u2019s Indigenous Kulung people<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\nPhotographer: Nerabung Kulung<\/p>\n\n\n\n
![\"Man]()
<\/div>A nokchho<\/em> (shaman) pours homemade alcohol over the head of a hen to be sacrificed as part of a tos <\/em>ceremony in Chachalung, a village inhabited by the Kulung Indigenous people in the Himalayan foothills of eastern Nepal. Tos<\/em> is a traditional ritual conducted three times a year in villages across ancestral Kulung territory to worship the land, during which locals pray for a good harvest (Image: Nerabung Kulung \/ Dialogue Earth)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nThe South African fishers fighting fossil fuels<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\nPhotographer: Barry Christianson<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"an]()
<\/div>The ruins of a fish and chip shop outside the harbour of Port Nolloth. This village in South Africa\u2019s remote Northern Cape became a hub for diamond mining and fishing in the 1920s. These days, the mines lie dormant, and the fishing industry is also in decline, with many blaming industrial overharvesting for dwindling stocks. Now, there\u2019s an added threat, as international companies explore for oil and gas in nearby waters (Image: Barry Christianson)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nThe communities paying the price for Zambia\u2019s toxic mining disaster<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\nPhotographer: Tsolofelo Miladzi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"A]()
<\/div>In Zambia\u2019s Copperbelt province, Victoria Banda\u2019s fields were ruined in February by the failure of a tailings facility operated by Sino Metals. A company hired by Sino Metals to conduct an assessment said 1.5 million tonnes of acidic effluent were released into tributaries of the Kafue River, one of Zambia\u2019s most important waterways, with signs of pollution detected 100 km downstream (Image: Tsolofelo Miladzi \/ Dialogue Earth)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nAs Panama Canal dam project looms, communities face up to floods<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
![\"a](\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250330_Mozambique-Inhambane-crabs_CarlosUqueio_DialogueEarth.jpg\")
<\/div>Extreme drought forces Brazil\u2019s Indigenous people into cities<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\nPhotographer: Raphael Tavares<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"man]()
<\/div>In the north-western Brazilian state of Amazonas, the Indigenous Kokama residents of S\u00e3o Jos\u00e9 do Uruburetama village depend on the Mami\u00e1 River for transport. Drought is increasingly reducing long stretches of the river to mud, making it harder for villagers to get around. This has forced several families to relocate to the city centre of Coari, 100 km away (Image: Raphael Tavares \/ Dialogue Earth)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nHow is climate change impacting Ghana\u2019s tropical forests?<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\nPhotographer: Kwabena Ackah Blay<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/div>Looking up through the leaves of an ofram tree in southern Ghana\u2019s Bobiri forest reserve. A team of scientists are studying how trees in the reserve react to extreme heat. They hope the work will help inform which species Ghana chooses for its reforestation drive<\/a>, making the West African country more resilient to climate change (Image: Kwabena Ackah Blay \/ Dialogue Earth)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nLessons in agriculture from Nepal\u2019s Indigenous Kulung people<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\nPhotographer: Nerabung Kulung<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/div>A nokchho<\/em> (shaman) pours homemade alcohol over the head of a hen to be sacrificed as part of a tos <\/em>ceremony in Chachalung, a village inhabited by the Kulung Indigenous people in the Himalayan foothills of eastern Nepal. Tos<\/em> is a traditional ritual conducted three times a year in villages across ancestral Kulung territory to worship the land, during which locals pray for a good harvest (Image: Nerabung Kulung \/ Dialogue Earth)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nThe South African fishers fighting fossil fuels<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\nPhotographer: Barry Christianson<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"an]()
<\/div>The ruins of a fish and chip shop outside the harbour of Port Nolloth. This village in South Africa\u2019s remote Northern Cape became a hub for diamond mining and fishing in the 1920s. These days, the mines lie dormant, and the fishing industry is also in decline, with many blaming industrial overharvesting for dwindling stocks. Now, there\u2019s an added threat, as international companies explore for oil and gas in nearby waters (Image: Barry Christianson)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nThe communities paying the price for Zambia\u2019s toxic mining disaster<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\nPhotographer: Tsolofelo Miladzi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"A]()
<\/div>In Zambia\u2019s Copperbelt province, Victoria Banda\u2019s fields were ruined in February by the failure of a tailings facility operated by Sino Metals. A company hired by Sino Metals to conduct an assessment said 1.5 million tonnes of acidic effluent were released into tributaries of the Kafue River, one of Zambia\u2019s most important waterways, with signs of pollution detected 100 km downstream (Image: Tsolofelo Miladzi \/ Dialogue Earth)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nAs Panama Canal dam project looms, communities face up to floods<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
![\"man](\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250417_pots-bathing-river_Sao-Jose-Uruburetama-Mamia-river_Brazil_Raphael-Tavares_Dialogue-Earth.jpg\")
<\/div>How is climate change impacting Ghana\u2019s tropical forests?<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\nPhotographer: Kwabena Ackah Blay<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/div>Looking up through the leaves of an ofram tree in southern Ghana\u2019s Bobiri forest reserve. A team of scientists are studying how trees in the reserve react to extreme heat. They hope the work will help inform which species Ghana chooses for its reforestation drive<\/a>, making the West African country more resilient to climate change (Image: Kwabena Ackah Blay \/ Dialogue Earth)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nLessons in agriculture from Nepal\u2019s Indigenous Kulung people<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\nPhotographer: Nerabung Kulung<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/div>A nokchho<\/em> (shaman) pours homemade alcohol over the head of a hen to be sacrificed as part of a tos <\/em>ceremony in Chachalung, a village inhabited by the Kulung Indigenous people in the Himalayan foothills of eastern Nepal. Tos<\/em> is a traditional ritual conducted three times a year in villages across ancestral Kulung territory to worship the land, during which locals pray for a good harvest (Image: Nerabung Kulung \/ Dialogue Earth)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nThe South African fishers fighting fossil fuels<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\nPhotographer: Barry Christianson<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"an]()
<\/div>The ruins of a fish and chip shop outside the harbour of Port Nolloth. This village in South Africa\u2019s remote Northern Cape became a hub for diamond mining and fishing in the 1920s. These days, the mines lie dormant, and the fishing industry is also in decline, with many blaming industrial overharvesting for dwindling stocks. Now, there\u2019s an added threat, as international companies explore for oil and gas in nearby waters (Image: Barry Christianson)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nThe communities paying the price for Zambia\u2019s toxic mining disaster<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\nPhotographer: Tsolofelo Miladzi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"A]()
<\/div>In Zambia\u2019s Copperbelt province, Victoria Banda\u2019s fields were ruined in February by the failure of a tailings facility operated by Sino Metals. A company hired by Sino Metals to conduct an assessment said 1.5 million tonnes of acidic effluent were released into tributaries of the Kafue River, one of Zambia\u2019s most important waterways, with signs of pollution detected 100 km downstream (Image: Tsolofelo Miladzi \/ Dialogue Earth)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nAs Panama Canal dam project looms, communities face up to floods<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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<\/div>Lessons in agriculture from Nepal\u2019s Indigenous Kulung people<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\nPhotographer: Nerabung Kulung<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/div>A nokchho<\/em> (shaman) pours homemade alcohol over the head of a hen to be sacrificed as part of a tos <\/em>ceremony in Chachalung, a village inhabited by the Kulung Indigenous people in the Himalayan foothills of eastern Nepal. Tos<\/em> is a traditional ritual conducted three times a year in villages across ancestral Kulung territory to worship the land, during which locals pray for a good harvest (Image: Nerabung Kulung \/ Dialogue Earth)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nThe South African fishers fighting fossil fuels<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\nPhotographer: Barry Christianson<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"an]()
<\/div>The ruins of a fish and chip shop outside the harbour of Port Nolloth. This village in South Africa\u2019s remote Northern Cape became a hub for diamond mining and fishing in the 1920s. These days, the mines lie dormant, and the fishing industry is also in decline, with many blaming industrial overharvesting for dwindling stocks. Now, there\u2019s an added threat, as international companies explore for oil and gas in nearby waters (Image: Barry Christianson)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nThe communities paying the price for Zambia\u2019s toxic mining disaster<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\nPhotographer: Tsolofelo Miladzi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"A]()
<\/div>In Zambia\u2019s Copperbelt province, Victoria Banda\u2019s fields were ruined in February by the failure of a tailings facility operated by Sino Metals. A company hired by Sino Metals to conduct an assessment said 1.5 million tonnes of acidic effluent were released into tributaries of the Kafue River, one of Zambia\u2019s most important waterways, with signs of pollution detected 100 km downstream (Image: Tsolofelo Miladzi \/ Dialogue Earth)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nAs Panama Canal dam project looms, communities face up to floods<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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<\/div>The South African fishers fighting fossil fuels<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\nPhotographer: Barry Christianson<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"an]()
<\/div>The ruins of a fish and chip shop outside the harbour of Port Nolloth. This village in South Africa\u2019s remote Northern Cape became a hub for diamond mining and fishing in the 1920s. These days, the mines lie dormant, and the fishing industry is also in decline, with many blaming industrial overharvesting for dwindling stocks. Now, there\u2019s an added threat, as international companies explore for oil and gas in nearby waters (Image: Barry Christianson)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nThe communities paying the price for Zambia\u2019s toxic mining disaster<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\nPhotographer: Tsolofelo Miladzi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"A]()
<\/div>In Zambia\u2019s Copperbelt province, Victoria Banda\u2019s fields were ruined in February by the failure of a tailings facility operated by Sino Metals. A company hired by Sino Metals to conduct an assessment said 1.5 million tonnes of acidic effluent were released into tributaries of the Kafue River, one of Zambia\u2019s most important waterways, with signs of pollution detected 100 km downstream (Image: Tsolofelo Miladzi \/ Dialogue Earth)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nAs Panama Canal dam project looms, communities face up to floods<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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<\/div>The communities paying the price for Zambia\u2019s toxic mining disaster<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\nPhotographer: Tsolofelo Miladzi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"A]()
<\/div>In Zambia\u2019s Copperbelt province, Victoria Banda\u2019s fields were ruined in February by the failure of a tailings facility operated by Sino Metals. A company hired by Sino Metals to conduct an assessment said 1.5 million tonnes of acidic effluent were released into tributaries of the Kafue River, one of Zambia\u2019s most important waterways, with signs of pollution detected 100 km downstream (Image: Tsolofelo Miladzi \/ Dialogue Earth)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nAs Panama Canal dam project looms, communities face up to floods<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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