World Elephant Day: How these giants are adapting to a changing world
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August 12 is World Elephant Day. To celebrate, Mongabay looks back at recent stories about how the…In India, sacred groves serve as vital nurseries for future forests
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In early March 2026, acting on intelligence shared by my organization, the Environmental…Cambodia’s banned sand trade with Singapore appears to be back
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Authorities in Cambodia’s Koh Kong province say they’ve approved a sand mining operation…Forest fires likely to continue to burn twice as much without ‘serious action’ on climate change
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Elizabeth Goldman is a co-director of Global Nature Watch, previously known as Global Forest Watch,…Key Amazon cases reach Brazil’s Supreme Court following Lula’s defeats in Congress
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SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s Supreme Court is set to decide cases that could reshape protections…Meet the Indigenous women restoring Kenya’s Mau Forest — and reshaping gender roles
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Before dawn breaks over Eor Ewaso, a village in southwestern Kenya, Judy Mukut is already awake. By…Iceland to deport antiwhaling protest ship’s crew after they interfered with whale hunt
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Soon after becoming president and chief executive of the Wildlife Conservation Society, Adam Falk…New ropeways aim to save wildlife in Bangladesh’s fragmented habitats
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Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis,…Wildfire ravages Indonesia’s Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park
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A massive wildfire within a national park in Indonesia has forced a total closure of one of the…Uzbekistan’s houbara releases serve hunting, not conservation, expert says
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There’s no conservation motive or benefit behind the Uzbekistan government’s recent releases of…Gabon ends fisheries partnership agreement with EU
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Gabon has ended its 19-year fisheries partnership with the European Union, which allowed EU…Can a photo save orangutans?
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In Indonesian Borneo, conservation organization KehatiKu is testing a new approach: paying local…Kazakhstan releases first tiger into the wild in 70 years
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Kazakhstan has released its first tiger into the wild more than seven decades since the last…In Amazon rivers, fish breathe and ingest plastics
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This is the second story in a special three-part series on microplastics in the Amazon. Read the…
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