Expanding the colonization of the Brazilian Amazon through gold mining
Aug 1, 2024, 7:13 am ByGold was central to the colonization of the Mato Grosso state area. The state’s current capital…Muhammadiyah latest faith group to join Indonesia religious coal rush
Aug 1, 2024, 12:14 am ByJAKARTA — Islamic groups claiming more than 160 million followers across the world’s largest…WTO negotiations flounder — again — over banning unsustainable fishing subsidies
Jul 31, 2024, 1:04 pm ByHopes for closure on a fair deal to stop governments bankrolling overfishing flopped yet again at…Tía María copper mine set to open in Peru despite community backlash
Jul 31, 2024, 12:36 pm ByAfter years of delays, officials in Peru said they’re moving forward with the construction of a…Cerrado’s current drought impossible without human-caused climate change: Study
Jul 31, 2024, 11:00 am ByUnder severe drought for decades, Brazil’s Cerrado is experiencing an ongoing water crisis. Its…In Nepal, a cable car in a sacred forest sparks swift, and controversial, direct action
Jul 31, 2024, 10:50 am ByPANCHTHAR, Nepal — On a remote stretch of road in far-eastern Nepal, three figures stepped in…Agroforestry offers Thai rubber farmers a pathway to profit and sustainability
Jul 31, 2024, 10:24 am ByBANGKOK — Little by little, the canopy of branches and interlocking leaves closes overhead as our…Most ‘compostable’ bioplastics are anything but, says new report
Jul 31, 2024, 10:20 am ByPlastic trash has become one of the most visible global environmental crises of our time. Single-use…‘Lost’ snow leopard to remain at Kathmandu zoo, officials say
Jul 31, 2024, 8:05 am ByKATHMANDU — A Himalayan-dwelling snow leopard that somehow wound up in Nepal’s lowland plains at…Magnate’s visit to Indonesia’s untouched Aru Islands revives Indigenous concerns
Jul 31, 2024, 6:14 am ByARU ISLANDS, Indonesia — When the ship with “J7Explorer” embossed across its hull approached…New Indigenous reserve in the Amazon among first steps to protect peoples in isolation
Jul 31, 2024, 6:00 am ByIn May 2024, Indigenous organizations in Peru’s Amazon achieved a milestone in a campaign that…Hydropower plants disrupt fishers’ lives in Amazon’s most biodiverse river basin
Jul 31, 2024, 3:00 am ByHUMAITÁ, Brazil — At dawn, 20 fishers received a tip that matrinxãs were swimming down the…Saving Lake Victoria from plastic: Interview with Kenya’s teenage Muchilwa siblings
Jul 31, 2024, 1:00 am ByIn recent years, there has been a significant trend in young people from around the world joining…Scientists are racing to save South Asia’s butterflies from the threat of extinction
Jul 31, 2024, 12:00 am ByIn the dark undergrowth of mangrove forests, an anthology of color stirs. Flickers of turquoise rise…Andrea Vidaurre on the Goldman Prize and the clean transport revolution
Jul 30, 2024, 6:15 pm ByIn this episode of Mongabay Sessions, Romi Castagnino, Mongabay’s associate video producer, sits…Cambodia’s largest mangrove forest is ‘teeming with life,’ biodiversity survey finds
Jul 30, 2024, 2:55 pm ByA recent deep-dive biodiversity survey in Cambodia identified hundreds of unique species swimming,…Time for a copal comeback? The natural resin could boost Amazon’s economy
Jul 30, 2024, 1:54 pm ByAs a young man, Djalma Moreira Lima used to walk throughout the rainforest to collect copal resin.…A tribe once declared ‘extinct’ help reintroduce salmon to the Columbia River
Jul 30, 2024, 11:22 am ByNELSON, British Columbia — For thousands of years, the stretch of the Columbia River that passed…In Nepal, criticizing government conservation policies is becoming harder
Jul 30, 2024, 11:13 am ByKATHMANDU — When Nepal’s government approved a controversial measure at the start of the year to…It’s not the end, we have several possible futures: Interview with Indigenous author Ailton Krenak
Jul 30, 2024, 10:39 am ByFor decades, scientists have been warning that the world is heading toward catastrophic scenarios…
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