Alkuma Rumi

At this very moment, when escalating wars and rising tensions—involving the United States, Israel and Iran, as well as Pakistan and Afghanistan—dominate global headlines, our February edition on ‘Conflict and Nature’ could not be more relevant or timely for our readers. As part of the editorial team of Nature Insights , I am truly honored to feature an interview with Sidney Michelini, a researcher at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF) in Germany and a member of its Research...

Everyone knows that the Amazon is the largest rainforest in the world, often called the “lung of the earth.” But how many of us have heard that the war-torn African continent is also the home of the “second lung of the earth,” known as the Congo Basin? The Congo Basin The Congo Basin is the second-largest rainforest in the world after the Amazon. It spans across six African countries: Cameroon, the Central African Republic (CAR), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Equatorial Guinea,...

Image generated wit AI Whenever we think of nature, our perspective is limited to terrestrial environments like oceans, forests, and deserts. We rarely consider what lies beyond Earth’s atmosphere, forgetting that space is part of nature too, despite lacking Earth's biological richness. Therefore, our discussions revolve around the existing climate crisis on Earth. But, in this 21st century, the future battleground for climate justice is not confined within the territory of Earth; it extends...