Citizen scientists can boost IUCN species assessments, but need better guidance from ecologists
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Australia’s vibrant biodiversity is hanging by a thread, but citizen scientists have stepped up…Illegal gold mining drives deforestation in DRC reserve home to ‘African unicorn’
Nov 25, 2024, 7:29 pm By
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In the heart of southwestern Cameroon, Ebo Forest is under immense threat from logging. This…‘Momentous’ sustainable fishing rules adopted for Atlantic Ocean swordfish
Nov 25, 2024, 3:28 pm By
In the late 1990s, swordfish had been so overfished in the North Atlantic Ocean that its population…COP29 ends in $300 billion deal, widespread dismay — and eyes toward COP30
Nov 25, 2024, 2:20 pm By
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Nov 25, 2024, 1:56 pm By
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Nov 25, 2024, 11:00 am By
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Nov 25, 2024, 10:19 am By
“Plastics pollution exacerbates the impacts of all [nine] planetary boundaries,” warns a report…As Sumatra loses mangroves to oil palms, local fishers also suffer
Nov 25, 2024, 9:51 am By
LANGKAT, Indonesia — Syafi’i has spent three decades picking up the crabs scurrying along the…$125b in ‘climate finance’ funds polluting, rights-violating projects: Report
Nov 25, 2024, 9:48 am By
Multilateral development banks claim to have handed out a record $125 billion in “climate…Indigenous leaders killed as narco airstrips cut into their Amazon territories
Nov 25, 2024, 9:26 am By
Mongabay and Earth Genome detected 67 clandestine airstrips used for transporting drugs in the…Nepal’s top court to rule next month on law allowing development in protected areas
Nov 25, 2024, 7:16 am By
KATHMANDU — Nepal’s Supreme Court has concluded hearings in a petition filed against…Researcher discovers new role played by manatees, ‘the gardeners of the Amazon’
Nov 25, 2024, 5:42 am By
MANAUS, Amazonas, Brazil — Located near the confluence of the Solimões and Japurá rivers, Lake…‘Old’ animals offer wisdom and stability, need protection: Study
Nov 25, 2024, 1:56 am By
In many animal societies, elderly individuals are critical contributors to their species’…Seeking solutions in Indigenous knowledge: Interview with the Maldives’ Mohamed Nasheed
Nov 23, 2024, 12:12 am By
Eighty percent of the Maldives may become uninhabitable in the next 50 years, and climate impacts…Prosecutors urge suspension of Amazon carbon projects, citing Mongabay investigation
Nov 22, 2024, 3:03 pm By
Brazil’s Federal Public Ministry (MPF) filed a lawsuit Nov. 19 requesting the suspension of carbon…Deforestation around Mennonite colonies continues in Peruvian Amazon: Report
Nov 22, 2024, 2:34 pm BySatellite data and imagery confirm ongoing deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon around colonies of…Biden administration doesn’t support a cap on plastic production
Nov 22, 2024, 2:05 pm ByThe Biden administration recently clarified its position on a global treaty calling for a reduction…Huge deforested areas in the tropics could regenerate naturally, study finds
Nov 22, 2024, 12:48 pm ByCleared or degraded tropical forests around the world covering a combined area larger than Saudi…One of the tiniest frogs ever is discovered in Brazil, defying size limits
Nov 22, 2024, 12:26 pm By
A frog smaller than a pencil eraser has hopped into the record books as the one of the smallest…
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