‘Silent killing machines’: How water canals threaten wildlife across the globe
Feb 20, 2025, 9:59 am By
Deadly drownings of animals in water canals for irrigation and other purposes have been observed in…Timber trade watchdog urges Poland to halt imports of Myanmar ‘blood timber’
Feb 20, 2025, 8:19 am By
Highly prized teak from Myanmar continues to be imported into Poland, despite EU sanctions on the…Illegal seabed dredging surges as Indonesia resumes sand exports
Feb 20, 2025, 7:34 am By
JAKARTA/BATAM, Indonesia — Mounting reports of illegal seabed dredging in Indonesian waters have…Thermal drones detect rare tree kangaroos in Australia
Feb 20, 2025, 7:02 am By
Tree kangaroos, which live high up in the tall rainforest trees of New Guinea and Australia, are…Pangolin burrows are biodiversity magnets in burnt forests, study shows
Feb 20, 2025, 6:46 am By
Pangolins, the world’s most trafficked mammals, hit the headlines more often for the illegal trade…Vicuña poop creates biodiversity hotspots as glaciers retreat rapidly
Feb 20, 2025, 5:54 am By
The vicuña’s social habit of pooping in the same place could help Andean ecosystems adapt as…Bangladeshi researchers pin hopes on irrigation method with real-time methane monitoring
Feb 20, 2025, 3:08 am By
When Bloomberg published a report on Apr. 8, 2021, identifying Bangladesh as the 12th largest…Taranaki Maunga, New Zealand mountain, declared a ‘legal person’
Feb 20, 2025, 1:05 am By
New Zealand has formally granted a mountain legal personhood for the first time, recognizing not…As Indonesia, US back away from climate goals, hopes fade to retire coal plants early
Feb 19, 2025, 9:33 pm By
As a summit of Southeast Asian leaders in Jakarta fast approached in September 2023, Indonesia’s…US defense think tank warns of China’s grip over Indonesian nickel industry
Feb 19, 2025, 9:31 pm By
JAKARTA — More than 75% of the nickel refining capacity in Indonesia, home to the biggest reserves…Randy Borman (1955-2025): An unlikely guardian of the Amazon rainforest
Feb 19, 2025, 6:35 pm By
Randy Borman was never meant to be Cofán. And yet, from the moment he was born in 1955, deep in the…Only 17% of peatlands, vital to curbing climate change, are protected, study finds
Feb 19, 2025, 2:05 pm By
Peatlands around the globe hold more carbon than all the world’s forests, and yet new research…Investigating the real price of Congo’s gold
Feb 19, 2025, 1:53 pm By
BAMEGOARD, Republic of Congo — In the Republic of Congo’s Sangha region, the expansion of mining…Researchers eye marsupial recovery with first IVF kangaroo embryo
Feb 19, 2025, 10:27 am By
Researchers in Australia have successfully created the first kangaroo embryo using in vitro…Can a new DNA test un-extinct the world’s rarest turtle?
Feb 19, 2025, 10:06 am By
It might sound hyperbolic to say that finding even one female turtle can revive an entire species.…Beyond COP, former UN climate chief talks nuance, optimism on Mongabay podcast
Feb 19, 2025, 4:45 am By
Christiana Figueres, the former executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Conference on…How ‘country palm’ could help pave the way toward a sustainable palm oil future in Liberia
Feb 18, 2025, 6:49 pm By
Across southeastern Liberia, oil palms grow wild in the forest. Known as “country palm,” the…Many companies meet climate pledges on paper — not on the ground, analyst says
Feb 18, 2025, 3:49 pm By
A recent paper in the journal Nature Climate Change concludes there is limited accountability for…Photo series on Himalayan water-saving ice stupas wins global award
Feb 18, 2025, 3:14 pm By
A photo series on ice stupas — artificial glaciers in the northern Indian Himalayas — recently…As the rainforest gets drier, Amazon Indigenous groups thirst for clean water
Feb 18, 2025, 1:23 pm By
Mariazinha Baré spent her childhood bathing and playing in the Upper Negro River. Born and raised…
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