The Panamanian shamans working to save their ancestral medicinal plants
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SANTA MARTA, Panama — Mauricio Martínez was convinced he was going to die. The year was 2021 and…Cambodian company strips protected areas of timber for export
Oct 22, 2024, 1:21 am By
A Cambodian company has been illegally logging in protected areas and exporting the timber to…In Costa Rica, sustainable tourism is no longer enough for conservation
Oct 21, 2024, 5:43 pm By
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Oct 21, 2024, 4:28 pm By
Just over two years have passed between the inauguration of Gustavo Petro, Colombia’s first-ever…Will a forest in Borneo be gutted for ‘green’ energy?
Oct 21, 2024, 12:32 pm By
NORTH KALIMANTAN, Indonesia —Indonesia is trying to kick its coal habit, which currently powers…New study upends common belief that birds escape winter to save energy
Oct 21, 2024, 11:20 am By
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Oct 21, 2024, 6:20 am By
For a long time, the king cobra, the world’s largest venomous snake, was thought to be a single…Illegal logging footprint in the Amazon expanded by a fifth, report finds
Oct 21, 2024, 5:58 am By
Illegal logging in the Amazon jumped by 19% over the past year, according to a new report. Between…At Mexico’s school for jaguars, big cats learn skills to return to the wild
Oct 21, 2024, 4:34 am By
In the grasslands of Yagul, in the central valleys of southern Mexico’s Oaxaca state, a jaguar…Experts map biodiversity richness on Afro-descendent peoples’ lands
Oct 21, 2024, 3:00 am ByA new atlas by human rights groups assessed tree cover and biodiversity hotspots on lands belonging…Cambodian logging syndicate tied to major U.S. wood flooring supply chains
Oct 20, 2024, 10:43 pm ByThis is the second part of a Mongabay series Cambodia’s illicit timber trade. Read Part One.…Revealed: Biomass firm poised to clear Bornean rainforest for dubious ‘green’ energy
Oct 20, 2024, 8:08 pm By
LABAN NYARIT, Indonesia — Ipu Angit’s close relationship with the forest here in the interior of…Indigenous territories & peoples are key to achieving COP16’s 30×30 target (commentary)
Oct 18, 2024, 1:11 pm By
It is time to recognize that the Western conservation model has serious historical flaws and cannot…Extreme drought wrecks rivers and daily life in Amazon’s most burnt Indigenous land
Oct 18, 2024, 10:05 am By
SÃO FÉLIX DO XINGU, Brazil — In the village of Tepdjàti, nestled deep within the Kayapó…Rural-urban migration across the Amazon Basin
Oct 18, 2024, 6:57 am By
Rural-to-urban migration is a worldwide phenomenon and the Amazon is no exception. Nonetheless, a…Fishers & scientists unite to restore seaweed populations on Chilean coast
Oct 18, 2024, 6:31 am By
At the age of 15, Elvio Lagos took his first steps toward becoming a shellfish diver. He began…Scientists discover new hammerhead shark species — and it’s already at risk
Oct 18, 2024, 4:30 am By
A new-to-science hammerhead species, the shovelhead shark, has been hiding in plain sight for three…Japan’s LNG financing abroad harms biodiversity, human rights: Report
Oct 18, 2024, 2:44 am By
The Japanese government’s financing of natural gas projects worldwide, via its international…Research proving impact of ocean acidification on marine life urgently needed: Report
Oct 18, 2024, 2:40 am By
A group of marine scientists is calling for focused research that provides “incontrovertible…Largest dam removal ever, driven by Tribes, kicks off Klamath River recovery
Oct 17, 2024, 4:33 pm By
KLAMATH, CALIFORNIA—Brook M. Thompson was just 7 years old when she witnessed an apocalypse. “A…
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