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September 12, 2026
Indonesia seeks to bring back baby orangutans allegedly trafficked to India

Sep 11, 2026 (AFP)
Indonesian authorities are working to repatriate five baby orangutans allegedly trafficked to India, where they were found motherless in a forest, Jakarta's forestry ministry told AFP Friday. read more
  Indonesia rescues six orangutans from fires in a week
Sep 10, 2026 (AFP)
Six orangutans including two nursing infants have been rescued from fires raging on Borneo island in the past week, Indonesian authorities and rescuers said Thursday, bringing the total to 15 in a month. more
Portugal harvests grapes at night to beat the heat
Sep 10, 2026 (AFP)
Equipped with headlamps and pruning shears, a team of farm workers navigate pitch-black darkness during a nocturnal grape harvest that shields them from Portugal's increasingly oppressive summer heat. more
Praying for rain as fires, haze plague Indonesian Borneo
Sep 08, 2026 (AFP)
Wildfires ravaging the Indonesian part of Borneo island are choking communities as far away as Malaysia with putrid haze, testing the resources and resolve of those having to endure them. more
Scorching summer pushes French wine harvest to new historic low
Sep 07, 2026 (AFP)
French wine production this year is expected to fall 6 percent from 2025 after a summer of unprecedented heatwaves and drought, the agriculture ministry said on Monday, predicting the most paltry harvest for some 70 year... more
Panama Canal says not ruling out new transit restrictions due to El Nino
Sep 07, 2026 (AFP)
The Panama Canal is not ruling out new restrictions on ship traffic due to a drought exacerbated by the El Nino weather phenomenon, the critical waterway's new administrator told AFP on Monday. more
Deadly attack and drought emergency underline S.Sudan challenges
Sep 05, 2026 (AFP)
A deadly attack on a military base in South Sudan, combined with the declaration of an "unprecedented" drought emergency, have underlined the challenges facing the world's youngest nation as it prepares for its first ele... more
  Panama Canal begins reducing crossings due to El Nino
Sep 04, 2026 (AFP)
The Panama Canal on Friday began reducing the number of ships passing through due to a drought caused by the El Nino weather phenomenon. more
Record European fires burn over 500,000 hectares over summer
Sep 04, 2026 (AFP)
A record-breaking summer that saw more than 1,000 wildfires has torched some 540,000 hectares of land across the European Union since mid-June, according to official data -- an area more than twice the size of Luxembourg... more
 
Trump again seeks to remove protections for wolves
Sep 04, 2026 (AFP)
President Donald Trump's administration on Friday pushed to drop endangered species protections for wolves, outraging conservationists who said the move would jeopardize the iconic predators' recovery from the brink of e... more
France unveils 1 bn euro farm aid package after climate-hit summer
Sep 04, 2026 (AFP)
France on Friday announced more than one billion euros in emergency support for farmers after an unprecedented summer of heatwaves, wildfires and drought, but agricultural groups said the package falls short. more
  Europe struggles to respond as Russia escalates shadow warfare
Sep 03, 2026 (AFP)
European spy chiefs worry that Russia's war against Ukraine is increasingly spilling over onto their soil, but Kyiv's Western allies are struggling to come up with countermeasures to halt Moscow's "hybrid" attacks. more
Farming experts tout 'conscious' food systems to fix agriculture woes
Sep 03, 2026 (AFP)
Farmers around the world are struggling with the impact of climate change, financial pressures and depleted soil -- and industry experts say bringing consumers closer to the people who produce their food could provide a ... more
 
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