Protected areas store a year’s worth of CO₂ emissions, study reveals
Jun 2, 2023, 2:20 pm ByBy avoiding deforestation, globally protected areas store roughly one year’s worth of global…Spotlighting oil majors’ ‘ecocide’ of Niger Delta: Q&A with Michael J. Watts
Jun 2, 2023, 11:47 am ByIn May, a commission of experts appointed by the governor of Nigeria’s Bayelsa state released its…Competing for rainforest conservation: Q&A with XPRIZE’s Kevin Marriott
Jun 2, 2023, 11:23 am BySINGAPORE — It’s been a hectic few weeks for Kevin Marriott. On a humid May morning in…Nearly 30% of all tree cover in Africa may be outside of forests, study says
Jun 2, 2023, 11:20 am ByWhen it comes to mapping green cover, it’s easy to miss the trees for the forest. New research…Report: Forest-razing biomass plant in Indonesia got millions in green funds
Jun 2, 2023, 1:14 am ByA renewable energy project that received millions of dollars in climate financing from the…The counterstrike: Brazilian Congress moves to block Lula’s environmental agenda
Jun 1, 2023, 7:40 pm ByThe Brazilian Congress approved this week two actions that clash with the environmental policy of…Drivers of environmental degradation in the Amazon
Jun 1, 2023, 5:43 pm ByWhy do people clear forest? To anybody who has lived on the forest frontier, the answer is as simple…Indigenous land rights key to curbing deforestation and restoring lands: Study
Jun 1, 2023, 4:51 pm ByIndigenous territories with secure land rights not only reduce deforestation inside their lands in…Mongabay’s What-to-Watch list for June 2023
Jun 1, 2023, 2:37 pm ByThe underwater world continues to surprise us with new discoveries across the world, both in the…Years of pioneering work make Brazil the model for reintroduction of jaguars
Jun 1, 2023, 2:26 pm ByXamã is a year old. In August 2022, the jaguar cub was found all by himself, extremely malnourished…Indonesia eyes enrolling more ports in fight against illegal fishing
Jun 1, 2023, 2:05 am ByJAKARTA — The Indonesian government is considering applying an international treaty to fight…In Nepal, Chepang take up the challenge to revive their cultural keystone tree
May 31, 2023, 11:00 pm BySILINGE, Nepal — On a sunny afternoon, 70-year-old Dhanikram Praja squats on top of a hillock…The state of the Amazon: Chapter 1 of “A Perfect Storm”
May 31, 2023, 4:16 pm ByThe Amazon, home to the largest tropical forest on the planet, is an irreplaceable natural asset…Palm giants Wilmar, Indofood, RGE fined over Indonesian cooking oil shortage
May 31, 2023, 3:48 pm ByJAKARTA — Subsidiaries of some of the world’s biggest palm oil companies have been found guilty…Strong like an oak tree: Guardians of the Juanacatlán forest in Mexico
May 31, 2023, 3:28 pm ByThirty-five years ago on a sweltering April night, Enrique Cárdenas, a biology and natural sciences…Bangladesh tries fences to tackle growing human-tiger conflict in Sundarbans
May 31, 2023, 2:39 pm ByDHAKA — Authorities in Bangladesh have decided to install nylon net fencing in the Sundarbans, the…New index identifies marine reserves that are protected in theory only
May 31, 2023, 9:00 am ByAcross the world, around 18,500 marine protected areas have been set up to protect sea life and the…U.S. says Mexico failed to uphold international treaty protecting vaquita porpoise
May 30, 2023, 8:25 pm ByMEXICO CITY — The U.S. has opened up the possibility of imposing a trade embargo on Mexico due to…Shipibo communities create Indigenous guard to protect Peruvian Amazon from deforestation
May 30, 2023, 4:25 pm ByDrug trafficking, logging, oil palm plantations, oil spills, highways, illegal fishing, expanding…Survival and economics complicate the DRC’s bushmeat and wild animal trade
May 30, 2023, 4:20 pm ByREADER ADVISORY: This story contains images of dead animals that some viewers may find disturbing.…
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