Flocking together may create birds of a feather, study finds
9:19pmKATHMANDU — On an early spring morning in the western forests of Chitwan National Park in Nepal, a cacophony of birdsongs resonates through the air, mingling with the rustling of dried leaves and cries of other animals in the distance. As the sun’s rays…Indigenous Bolivians flee homes as backlash to mining protest turns explosive
11:23amEnvironmental activists in Bolivia say they’ve become the targets of discrimination, death threats and even bombings after speaking out against harmful mining operations in the department of Oruro. The activists, most of them women, have faced escalating…Nepal govt bypasses parliament to allow commercial projects in protected areas
9:11amKATHMANDU — Nepal’s government has bypassed the country’s parliament to issue a controversial ordinance facilitating foreign investment in different sectors of the country, including protected areas, in a move that could have long-term consequences for…Warming climate threatens to worsen air quality in already polluted Kathmandu
8:14amKATHMANDU — Whenever 60-year old Saraswati Adhikari goes for a morning walk in Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, she says she feels a certain unease in her chest. “I get a burning sensation in my eyes and nostrils and I have mucus streaming out for a long…Bioacoustics and AI help scientists listen in on elusive Australian cockatoos
5:17amBarely a year after the Australian government classified the eastern pink cockatoo as an endangered subspecies, scientists have deployed technology to help study and protect the birds. With the help of passive acoustic monitoring and artificial intelligence,…2024 Goldman Prize Winner Murrawah Johnson: First Nations must be at the forefront of creating…
3:37amIn late 2022, the Land Court of Queensland recommended the rejection of a mining lease for one of Australia’s biggest proposed coal mining and export projects, owned by billionaire Clive Palmer’s Waratah Coal Ltd. The project would have emitted 1.58…Meet the 2024 Goldman Environmental Prize Winners
3:31amSeven grassroots environmental activists were awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize on April 29. Known as the “Green Nobel Prize,” the Goldman Prize honors activists from the six continental regions. This year’s winners include two Indigenous…Goldman Prize honors Brazilian investigation linking JBS & deforestation
3:00amMarcel Gomes, the executive secretary at investigative journalism outlet Repórter Brasil, is one of this year’s prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize winners.Borneo and Sumatra megaprojects are carving up clouded leopard forests
2:47amSunda clouded leopards spend most of their lives in the leafy shade of the forest canopy. Equipped with exquisite camouflage, superb climbing skills and outsize canines, they’re formidable arboreal predators. But amid a development boom, the big cats’…Fewer fish and more rules lead to illegal catches, Italian fishers say
Fri 11:20amCALABRIA, Italy — “On our coasts there is … a massive presence, that everyone can see, of poachers and illegal fishermen,” a fisher in Calabria, in southwestern Italy, told Mongabay. He said he decided to speak with this team of journalists because…It’s tough to be a wild orchid: Interview with conservation biologist Reshu Bashyal
Fri 10:36amOrchids (members of the family Orchidaceae) are diverse flowering plants with colorful and fragrant blooms and are often described as neglected plants in Nepal, where an estimated 500 or so of the roughly 30,000 species known to science are found. Most orchid…Fishing by dodgy fleets hurts economies, jobs in developing countries: Report
Fri 9:13amCompanies implicated in illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing can have a serious impact on the economies, job opportunities and overall welfare of the developing countries in whose waters they operate, according to a recent report from London-based…Wildlife from space: Winners of Satellites for Biodiversity Award named
Fri 6:38amThe Airbus Foundation and the Connected Conservation Foundation have announced the winners of the second edition of their Satellites for Biodiversity Award. The four winners of the award are international conservation NGO Fauna & Flora International, Peruvian…Etelvina Ramos: From coca farmer to opponent of the illegal crop
Fri 6:22amThis story is part of a Mongabay series on female environmental defenders in the Amazon. Read about the lives and work of Soraida Chindoy, Maydany Salcedo, and Alis Ramírez. It was when Etelvina Ramos Campo was four years old that she first became aware that…DRC’s 1 billion trees program makes progress, but hurdles remain
Fri 6:10amKINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo — Every weekend between January 2022 and December 2023, members of the nongovernmental organization Ferme Don de Dieu (FDD) planted trees on farmland in Yolo and Kinzono, on the outskirts of Mbankana, more than 140 km…A single gang of poachers may have killed 10% of Javan rhinos since 2019
Fri 12:56amIt was news that rhino conservationists had long feared. Indonesian media are reporting that a poaching ring allegedly killed seven Javan rhinos (Rhinoceros sondaicus), and possibly more, from 2019-2023, potentially wiping out 10% of the entire global…Women weave a culture of resistance and agroecology in Ecuador’s Intag Valley
Thu 11:09amINTAG VALLEY, Ecuador — In Ecuador’s lush tropical Andes, Silvia Vetancourt multitasks, her hands maneuvering crochet needles with swift precision as she navigates the rocky path to the old town of Plaza Gutierrez. “We like this craft because it’s…Latest Peruvian oil spill cuts Indigenous communities from life-giving river
Thu 10:42amAs dawn began to break in the Peruvian Amazon on March 5, an oil slick spread across the Puinahua River in the district of the same name, engulfing clumps of palms and reeds in a thick, black layer as it streamed down the current. The sight of the spill…EU law to reduce deforestation is on a knife’s edge, will leaders act? (commentary)
Thu 10:41amWe are now in a make-or break-moment for the landmark law to halt imported global deforestation into the European Union. Global forest defenders watch with bated breath as in the next few days, the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen will…Navigating the rise in conflicts between humans and fishing cats in Bangladesh
Thu 9:18amIn a quiet village called Charghikamala in Rajbari district, a sad story unfolded one night. Helal, a villager, heard his goat crying out in fear. When he went to check, he found a beautiful creature lying still under the moonlight — a fishing cat, with fur…
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