Sargassum surges in Mexico: From nuisance to new green industry?
May 17, 2023, 8:19 pm By2023 is shaping up to be a banner year for sargassum, a type of brown macroalgae now starting to…Does the Global Biodiversity Framework give due consideration to market mechanisms? (commentary)
May 17, 2023, 4:02 pm ByMultilateral environmental agreements like the United Nations’ Convention on Biological Diversity…Congo Basin communities left out by ’fortress conservation’ fight for a way back in
May 16, 2023, 8:18 pm ByThe concept of a “pristine wilderness” is a flawed one, researchers argue, but this pervasive…Indigenous chief shot in head in Brazil’s ‘palm oil war’ region; crisis group launched
May 16, 2023, 7:25 pm ByA prominent Indigenous leader was shot in the head on May 14 in the Brazilian Amazon, intensifying…As Shell, Eni quit Niger Delta, state-backed report describes legacy of carnage
May 16, 2023, 4:22 pm ByOil and gas companies, led by Shell, Eni, Chevron, Total and ExxonMobil, spilled 110,000 barrels of…For weary Niger Delta residents, shocking oil pollution report offers little hope
May 16, 2023, 4:18 pm ByEarlier this month, a fisherman reported oil leaking from an old wellhead at Okpoama, in the…Targeting 3% of protected areas could accelerate progress on 30×30 goals, says Global Conservation’s Jeff Morgan
May 16, 2023, 2:47 pm ByLast December, delegates from nearly 200 governments adopted the Kunming-Montreal Global…New research finds slow forest recovery in the Andes — and ways to improve
May 16, 2023, 12:33 pm ByDegraded by human activity, mountain forests across the tropical Andes are having a hard time…Dams and plantations upend livelihoods in Ethiopia’s Lower Omo River Valley
May 16, 2023, 12:05 pm ByADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — The peoples of the Lower Omo River Valley in southwestern Ethiopia have…Fish deaths near Rio Tinto mine in Madagascar dredge up community grievances
May 16, 2023, 10:19 am ByLAKE AMBAVARANO, Madagascar — On March 5, 2022, following days of cyclone-induced flooding,…Sarawak Indigenous Org Squeezed by Defamation Case, Silenced from Reporting Alleged Logging
May 16, 2023, 7:45 am ByA court in the Malaysian state of Sarawak announced May 15 that it will delay the hearing of a…In Indonesia, clouds form over East Java’s promising band of avocado growers
May 16, 2023, 2:10 am ByPASURUAN, Indonesia — Indonesia is one of the world’s largest producers of food commodities, but…It’s time to embrace community-led conservation vs. the colonial kind (commentary)
May 15, 2023, 7:54 pm ByWhen I lived on the remote island of Beqa, in Fiji, I watched as foreign-based NGOs entered villages…Award-winning, Indigenous peace park dragged into fierce conflict in Myanmar
May 15, 2023, 7:41 pm ByOn 27 March 2021, the natural sounds of the teak and bamboo forests of eastern Myanmar — calling…Organic farming, and community spirit, buoy a typhoon-battered Philippine town
May 15, 2023, 5:26 pm ByKIDAY, Philippines — Gloomy skies don’t dampen the spirit of Virginia Nazareno as she happily…Fewer migratory birds stopping at key Bangladesh wetland amid human disturbances
May 15, 2023, 1:28 pm ByOne of Bangladesh’s two Ramsar sites, wetlands of international importance, is slowly losing some…On the border of Colombia and Venezuela, illegal gold mining unites armed forces
May 12, 2023, 9:22 am By*This report is part of a journalistic collaboration between Mongabay Latam and Vorágine, a…From palm oil waste to cellulosic ethanol: Indonesia’s opportunity (commentary)
May 12, 2023, 3:22 am ByIndonesia’s biofuel program was supposed to be a boon for small farmers. But although the…Amazon Rainforest loss could reach new height in just 5 years, study says
May 11, 2023, 10:41 pm ByWithin just five years, the Amazon Rainforest could lose half the total forest cover that it lost in…Only fundamental change can fix our broken food systems (commentary)
May 11, 2023, 8:19 pm ByOur food systems are under enormous strain. As the climate crisis deepens – as highlighted by the…
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