Large birds can boost forest carbon storage — if deforestation doesn’t interfere
Jun 14, 2024, 6:33 am ByThink of a toucan and you’ll probably picture a toco toucan, with its orange bill and white…In Peru’s Madre de Dios, deforestation from mining brings huge economic losses
Jun 13, 2024, 1:16 pm ByMining can take its toll on the environment when done irresponsibly, especially in vulnerable…The harsh, dangerous gig of seizing thousands of illegal cattle in the Amazon
Jun 13, 2024, 11:47 am ByEnvironmental agents from ICMBio, Brazil’s federal agency for conservation areas, were ready to…In Brazil, conservationists try to save one of the world’s most endangered cats
Jun 13, 2024, 10:34 am ByThe Pampas grasslands, spanning southern Brazil, Uruguay, and northeastern Argentina, are home to a…Brazilian Amazon ‘cattle laundering’ taints JBS & Frigol supply chains: Report
Jun 13, 2024, 6:00 am ByA new report by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) reveals how illegal cattle raised in…Know your salamander: To conserve amphibians, study their intelligence (commentary)
Jun 13, 2024, 4:06 am By“We (humans) are trying to get under the skin of other species, trying to understand them on their…Ghost nets haunt marine life in Malaysian marine park, study finds
Jun 13, 2024, 2:30 am ByTioman Island Marine Park in Malaysia, renowned for its coral reefs and vibrant marine life, is…Solutions to avoid loss of environmental, social and governance investment
Jun 12, 2024, 2:54 pm ByThere are now very few global corporations that deny climate change. Senior executives have finally…Ancient farming system and campesino livelihoods at risk in Mexico City
Jun 12, 2024, 1:29 pm ByXOCHIMILCO, Mexico — In the 70 years Miguel del Valle has worked on his family’s chinampa in…Death of Umi sparks concern over electric threat to Sumatran elephants
Jun 12, 2024, 11:49 am ByTEBO, Indonesia — Electrified fences set up around farms are an emerging threat to the critically…Better accounting of peat and mangrove carbon to help Indonesia’s climate policies
Jun 12, 2024, 11:42 am ByJAKARTA — Researchers looking into how Indonesia calculates its greenhouse gas emissions from…Efforts to save Cambodia’s coast tread water as fish stocks plummet
Jun 11, 2024, 10:52 pm ByThis is the third part of a Mongabay series about challenges faced by Cambodia’s small-scale…Indonesians mourn loss of Hariadi Kartodiharjo, beloved ‘father of governance’
Jun 11, 2024, 8:38 pm ByBOGOR, Indonesia — Mourners filed into the residence of Professor Hariadi Kartodiharjo in Bubulak…Burning wood is not ‘renewable energy,’ so why do policymakers pretend it is?
Jun 11, 2024, 5:38 pm ByJustin Catanoso is no stranger to wood pellet plants, as he lives near four of them in the U.S.…Icelandic government grants new license to whaling company to hunt 128 fin whales
Jun 11, 2024, 4:59 pm ByThe Icelandic government has granted a whaling license to commercial whaling company Hvalur, despite…Landmark ruling in Suriname grants protections to local and Indigenous communities — for now
Jun 11, 2024, 1:04 pm ByA court in Suriname has halted development on hundreds of thousands of hectares of Amazon…In eastern Indonesia, forest bird trade flies quietly under social media radar
Jun 11, 2024, 1:03 pm ByKENDARI, Indonesia — In 2021, as the world grappled with the COVID-19 pandemic, Irwan watched…Weak banking regulations leave two-thirds of Amazon vulnerable to oil and gas
Jun 11, 2024, 12:23 pm ByThere are hundreds of oil and gas operations across the Amazon Rainforest. And while critics have…Verra suspends carbon credit projects following police raid in Brazil
Jun 11, 2024, 10:29 am ByThree carbon credit projects were suspended in the Brazilian Amazon after the Federal Police’s…With an eye on EU’s new rules, scientists test ways to capture Africa’s forest loss
Jun 11, 2024, 1:28 am ByRobert Masolele says he remembers being struck by how small-scale farmers in his native Tanzania…
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