Conservationists look for new ways to fight oil pipelines in southern Mexico
Fri 3:00pmMexico has pledged to more than double its clean energy output by 2030, investing in solar and wind power while transitioning away from fossil fuels. Yet the country continues to lag behind on its renewable energy targets, producing just 12% of its power from…In sub-Saharan Africa, ‘forgotten’ foods could boost climate resilience, nutrition
Fri 2:17pmFor many people across sub-Saharan Africa, Cleome gyandra, commonly known as the spider plant, is not food: it’s a weed. A tall, leggy plant with stars of almond-shaped leaves and clusters of white flowers, the spider plant is particularly common in Southern…Brazil’s wildcat mining is deeply rooted in its politics and thirst for minerals
Fri 2:05pmGold mining has been a feature of the Andean Amazon since pre-Colombian times and, along with silver, it was the cornerstone of the economy in the colonial and republican periods. In Brazil, gold mining was a source of wealth for the Portuguese crown and a…The Amazon’s most fertile forests are also most vulnerable to drought: Study
Fri 1:41pmThe Amazon’s most fertile, productive forests, which are critical for supplying Brazil’s agricultural region with rainfall, are also the most vulnerable to drought, according to recent research that has mapped drought resilience across the basin. An…Rhino poop draws all the deer (and boars and more) to the yard, study finds
Fri 12:28pmKATHMANDU — Amid the tall, rustling elephant grass on the banks of a nearly stagnant Rapti River, half a dozen spotted deer approach mounds of rhino excrement. Unbeknown to them, a camera trap nearby is recording, and it catches them as, with delicate sniffs…Gold mining in the Amazon has doubled in area since 2018, AI tool shows
Fri 9:23amMines are widespread in the biome, affecting especially Brazil, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, and Peru, following a sharp increase in the price of the metal, which nearly doubled since 2018.Peruvian bills could imperil marine biodiversity & artisanal fishing, experts say
Fri 4:54amIn early April, 13 leaders representing more than 60 artisanal fishing unions traveled to the city of Lima from different parts of the Peruvian coast. Their aim: stopping the approval of two bills they say put the Peruvian sea at risk and violate the rights…Palm oil company fined for cheating; Sulawesi farmers to reap their due rupiah
Fri 4:07amJAKARTA — The Indonesian government has ordered a palm oil company to pay 1 billion rupiah ($61,000) in fines for shortchanging villagers by not sufficiently paying them according to a profit-sharing agreement. The company in question, PT Hardaya Inti…Indigenous midwives in Panama strive to preserve traditional medicine for maternal health
Thu 4:09pmKUERIMA, Panama — Once you’re within the Ngäbe-Buglé Indigenous territory in western Panama, the vegetation of the rainforest grows thick and signs of industrial development are scarce. Dirt roads wind up muddy jungled hills to wooden homes with…DRC’s golden-bellied mangabeys: A little-known but much-threatened monkey
Thu 3:18pmDeep in the Congo rainforest, Edward McLester witnessed a spectacle few scientists have seen: a troop of golden-bellied mangabeys (Cercocebus chrysogaster) causing a ruckus, their vibrant underbellies flashing through the understory. “Walking through the…DRC conflict hinders search for Itombwe nightjar, but ‘lost’ bird may yet be found
Thu 12:57pmA rare bird known only from a single specimen captured in the eastern Congo Basin nearly 70 years ago has become one of the most sought-after species in the global Search for Lost Birds initiative. Scientists first described the Itombwe nightjar, also known as…In choice of mangroves or livelihood, Vietnam shrimp farmers choose the latter
Thu 11:25amShrimp farming is a leading driver of mangrove deforestation the world over. As demand for the sweet crustaceans boomed over the past few decades, swaths of vital coastal forests were cleared at unprecedented rates, sparking widespread conservation efforts to…Troubled rubber plantation in Liberia shuts down after labor unrest
Thu 7:22amTwo prominent union leaders remain in prison a month after the headquarters of the Salala Rubber Corporation in Liberia was set on fire by aggrieved rubber tappers. The pair are among 60 workers who were named in an indictment seen by Mongabay. Along with…Short on funds and long on risk, Venezuelan conservation groups worry for future
Thu 6:28amConservation has become a near-impossible task in many parts of Venezuela. Government funding has dried up, political pressure has scared away international donors, and criminal groups continue to overpower the areas where the worst deforestation is happening.…Indigenous communities in the Bolivian Amazon combat droughts and floods
Thu 5:28amLuis Fernando Pumuy turns on the spigot outside of his house and splashes water onto most of his body, trying to cool off from the unrelenting heat in the Indigenous community of Asunción del Quiquibey, where the Mosetén and Tsimané ethnic groups both live.…In Cambodia, Indigenous villagers lose forest & land amid carbon offset project
Wed 6:38pmThis is the second article in our two-part series on Indigenous land rights and the Keo Seima REDD+ project. This series was co-written by a Cambodian journalist whose name is being withheld due to security concerns. Read part one here. Greung Bpel hacked at a…Don’t even study it: Geoengineering research hits societal roadblocks
Wed 5:25pmThis is Part Two of a two-part story. Find Part One here. In April, researchers from the University of Washington sprayed sea salt particles into the air off the California coast in the nation’s first field test of this solar geoengineering concept. The…On heavily dammed Mekong, tracking study tries to find where the fish are going
Wed 4:23pmKey migratory fish species travel hundreds of kilometers along the Mekong River, including through several active and planned hydropower dam projects in Laos, a recent Researchers outfitted hundreds of fish with tracking tags known as passive integrated…Animal welfare advocacy must include wildlife & invertebrates (commentary)
Wed 4:20pmOver recent decades, animal advocacy efforts have been mainly geared towards domesticated animals – including farmed, laboratory and companion animals – and with good reason. Every year across the globe, approximately 70 billion animals are reared for food…Leading the charge in philanthropy across Asia: Interview with Lim Seok Hui
Wed 10:20amStanding at the helm of a mission to revolutionize philanthropy across Asia, and impact the world globally, is the Philanthropy Asia Alliance. And leading it is Lim Seok Hui, the chief executive of PAA, whom Mongabay interviewed as part of our series on…
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