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As the Russo-Ukrainian war continues, Ukrainian mushroom scientists struggle in their quotidian work.

As pollution, sewage, and unchecked development shrink Kashmir's lakes, families who rely on them for their livelihoods have few alternatives — even when the water is toxic.

While the number of cruise passengers visiting Old San Juan rose 11% from 2015 to 2025, residents warn that the influx is straining public infrastructure and community life.

“Worst of all is that the floods have forced people to lose their traditions and ancestral lands. I think nature is reclaiming its lost glory.”

Conflicts with people are growing as expanded forest land and climate change push the creatures into human settlements. There are solutions to try.

“We’re really the only country in the world that keeps people locked up so many years. We are getting so used to that here that we forget that that’s not normal and other countries look at us like we’re crazy.”

Indigenous communities say burial sites are being disturbed by the EACOP project in Uganda and Tanzania, and compensation is not adequate to move graves.

“Targeting menstrual products might seem small compared to bombings and executions, but it is a serious threat to women survivors of war who need menstrual supplies to stay healthy. This has become a tool, another way for conflict to control women’s bodies.”

“That’s what I hope I can do, even though I’m just an ordinary person. If one day my grandchildren ask me what I did for nature, at least I have an answer: I fought for your future.”