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12:03pm ByGold, whose value has spiked by more than 55% since the 2008 financial crisis, is notoriously…How the U.S. financial system props up illegal logging and mining
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Mon 4:28pm ByIt started with monkey poop. A few years ago we analyzed the feces of wild baboons, chimpanzees,…Palm oil cultivation in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Brazil
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Mon 9:25am ByKATHMANDU — Whenever someone talks to Dev Narayan Mandal about biodiversity and conservation in…Mongabay discusses the launch of Africa news bureau with director David Akana
Mon 8:11am ByAs part of an effort to expand African environmental and conservation news coverage, Mongabay…Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon falls 22% in 2023
Nov 10, 2023, 7:21 pm ByDeforestation in Earth’s largest rainforest decreased by 22% in the year ending July 31, 2023,…Study links pesticides to child cancer deaths in Brazilian Amazon & Cerrado
Nov 10, 2023, 12:30 pm ByWhen Marin Elisabeth Skidmore visited Brazil in 2019, she heard rumblings among the locals about…In Borneo, the ‘Power of Mama’ fight Indonesia’s wildfires with all-woman crew
Nov 10, 2023, 11:11 am ByEly Marlina’s 2-year-old child began to cough as the wildfires enveloped Indonesia’s Ketapang…‘Very good progress’ but nothing firm as deep-sea mining rules are hashed out
Nov 10, 2023, 9:28 am ByCommercial mining in the deep ocean is not yet a reality, but the possibility is on the horizon.…Amazon deforestation has a regional, not just local impact: study
Nov 10, 2023, 3:00 am ByIt’s been well-documented that local temperatures rise in an area after the forest has been…
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