A 600-year-old Hawaiian fishpond that faced the possibility of development is now permanently protected as a community conservation site after a $4 million charitable gift from Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg helped fund its acquisition. Alakoko Fishpond, also known as Alekoko or Menehune Fishpond, covers 102 acres in Niumalu near Līhuʻe on Kauaʻi. It features…

Nepal’s mid-hills have long relied on terraced farming, with generations of farmers cultivating steep slopes for maize, millet, rice and other crops. But the relationship between farmland and wildlife is becoming increasingly difficult. Rhesus macaques now enter cultivated fields, often in large troops, damaging crops that families depend on for food and income. Wild boars…