Vodun’s sacred role in saving West Africa’s mangroves
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GRAN POPO, Benin — In Benin, mangroves are said to be protected by the Zangbéto. In the Vodun…From Africa to Central Asia, the European roller’s migration builds relationships
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The European roller is a small, striking migratory bird that breeds in open woodlands — or farms…New report questions Africa’s oil and gas promise
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Fossil fuels have enriched a wealthy few, undermined economic development and left African economies…Alaska wildlife agents can kill bears to protect caribou, judge rules
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JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A judge says Alaska wildlife agents can resume shooting and killing bears as…Indonesia should avoid controversial programs to fund conservation (commentary)
Fri 1:57pm By
Protecting nature is still a struggle due to funding gaps that governments across developing…Paraguay expanded a reserve in the Gran Chaco. Why is deforestation still rising there?
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More than a decade ago, officials in Paraguay expanded a biosphere reserve in the Gran Chaco, hoping…Up to half the bird species using the African-Eurasian flyway are declining
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Each year in May, World Migratory Bird Day draws attention to the billions of birds that migrate…Forests, fires and fragile gains: Interview with WRI’s Elizabeth Goldman
Fri 11:38am By
According to new data from the World Resources Institute’s Global Forest Watch platform, losses of…In the Nimba Mountains, a film examines the paradox of mining-funded conservation
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For good reason, mining and conservation are typically understood to be activities that exist in…Conservationists fear fires could erase years of orangutan habitat recovery
Fri 6:34am By
JAKARTA — Fires have burned part of a decade-long orangutan habitat restoration site in Indonesian…In Mozambique, four isolated mountains yield four new chameleon species
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Scientists have identified four new-to-science species of chameleons inhabiting four distinct,…African elephant genomes reveal ancient mixing — and modern pressures
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A continent-wide genomic study of both savanna and forest elephants in Africa has found that African…‘Hope is rooted in action’: Interview with Jane Goodall’s grandson Merlin Van Lawick
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Five months after the passing of conservation icon Jane Goodall in 2025, Mongabay met her grandson,…Dangerous arsenic levels detected in Thailand’s Mekong mainstream for first time
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BANGKOK — Thai authorities have found what they described as dangerous levels of arsenic…What Indigenous youth filmmaking reveals about environmental communication (commentary)
Thu 12:38pm By
A machete is typically an instrument for clearing dense brush or, in a certain kind of movie, for…Using songlines, elders codify traditional knowledge to care for Country
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LAJAMANU, Australia — A group of Warlpiri men and women gathered along one of the most remote…Crude oil and wood fires fuel Nigeria’s soot pollution, in photos
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Visual storyteller Taiwo Aina-Adeokun traveled across Nigeria over several months from 2025-26,…Climate change could erase most South American cloud forests, study warns
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Up in the misty mountains, teems a kaleidoscope of life: trees drip with epiphytes, hummingbirds sip…Deforestation and warming could push Amazon to tipping point by 2040s: Study
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Deforestation coupled with climate change is rapidly pushing the Amazon Rainforest toward a perilous…Tanzania cracks down on mining sector, aims for inclusivity and sustainability
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Tanzania canceled 40 mining exploration licenses and put another 43 license holders on notice in a…
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