Ecuador axes environment ministry as officials scramble to revive economy
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Ecuador announced this month that it’s eliminating the Ministry of Environment and folding its…We need a revolution in environmental communications (commentary)
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A recent study in the US, UK, and Australia showed that referring to the terms “climate change”…Can rainwater-fed ponds revive Bangladesh’s hilly streams?
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Natural streams, the lifeline of Bangladesh’s Chittagong Hill Tracts’ rich biodiversity, are…DNA research changes the fate of the most trafficked parrots in Colombia
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Parrots of the Amazona genus are among the most trafficked birds in Colombia. With their distinctive…Indonesian farmers plant hope for isolated Javan gibbons
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In Indonesia’s Central Java province, two groups of Javan gibbons have become isolated in two…Community patrolling reduced environmental crime by 80% in the Amazon
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Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis,…Jailed Vietnamese civil society leader wins award, boosting calls for his release
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On the fourth anniversary of his imprisonment, Vietnamese environmentalist Dang Dinh Bach, who was…When the sea takes over: Voices from a climate-displaced community in Mexico
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TABASCO, Mexico — Flooding caused by rapid sea-level rise and increasingly intense storms has…At least 60 dead in northern China due to extreme rainfall and floods
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Flooding from torrential rain in northeastern China has killed at least 60 people since July 29,…Drone swarms and AI take aim at stopping wildfires in 10 minutes
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Fifteen teams have advanced to the semifinal round of XPRIZE’s $5 million Autonomous Wildfire…Uncovering forest loss in gorilla park six months after M23 offensive in the DRC
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Six months ago, the M23 rebel group seized Goma, one of the largest cities in the east of the…A sales-pitch pivot brings deep-sea mining closer to reality
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Early on, Canada-based The Metals Company cast the rocks it seeks to mine from the deep seafloor as…As UN plastic treaty talks face possible deadlock, what are the ways forward?
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Historically, most United Nations agreements have been reached by consensus. But based on recent…Indigenous leadership and science revive Panama’s degraded lands
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Two Indigenous groups in Panama are collaborating with researchers in a long-term reforestation…‘Nothing about us without us’: Inuit leader Sara Olsvig on ocean politics
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Sara Olsvig is a veteran advocate for Indigenous rights at international meetings, maneuvering with…Recently contacted Indigenous in Peru want REDD+ and conservationists to stay away
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Indigenous people in the Peruvian Amazon who have only recently come into contact with the outside…Ethiopia’s national tree campaign underway with aim to plant 700 million seedlings in one day
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia has launched a national campaign to plant 700 million trees…Report reveals severe impact of last year’s drought on Amazonian communities
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A new report by the U.N. Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and the U.S. National Drought…Illegal pet trade in Nepal now shifting online, research suggests
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KATHMANDU — Wildlife trafficking for the illegal pet trade in Nepal has made a significant shift…First record of Cape clawless otter preying on African penguins: Study
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The critically endangered African penguin has several predators to fear, including gulls, seals and…
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