Rethinking carbon: The climate movement needs to be a human one, says Paul Hawken
Apr 1, 2025, 4:29 pm ByCelebrated author, thinker and entrepreneur Paul Hawken joins Mongabay’s podcast to discuss his new book, Carbon: The Book of Life, and argues that the jargon and fear-based terms broadly used by the climate movement alienate the broader public and fail to…The newest wildlife crime-fighting superheroes in town (cartoon)
Apr 1, 2025, 1:59 pm ByYou might think that ‘hero rats’ are the lead characters of a new Pixar movie, but these happen to be actual African Giant Pouched Rats, trained by the organization APOPO. Their prolific portfolios include detection of landmines, tuberculosis and wildlife…As US agroforestry grows, federal funding freeze leaves farmers in the lurch
Apr 1, 2025, 12:05 pm ByAgroforestry, the ancient agricultural system of integrating trees and shrubs with crops and livestock, has seen a revival in recent decades in the U.S. Around the country, agroforestry projects have sprung up, bolstered by federal grants like the Department…Mongabay investigation finds gorilla trade more widespread than previously thought
Apr 1, 2025, 10:33 am ByA Mongabay investigation has uncovered exclusive details about the clandestine market for gorilla and chimpanzee body parts in northeastern Nigeria, revealing that the trade works in a larger area than previously believed and kills more critically endangered…Wildfires in South Korea kill at least 30 people
Apr 1, 2025, 10:01 am ByAt least 30 people were killed and more than 48,000 hectares, or 119,000 acres, of land was burned in fires that raged over the last week of March in South Korea, media reported. According to NASA’s Earth Observatory, the fires started on March 21 and were…Bangladesh continues promotion of biodegradable bags amid battle against polythene
Apr 1, 2025, 9:45 am ByOn a busy morning in November 2024, a dramatic scene unfolded in a supermarket in Banani, Dhaka. Government officials, armed with security personnel, launched a joint operation to crack down on the widespread use of plastic bags. As the supermarket employees…Key transit province in DRC bans gray parrot capture and trade
Apr 1, 2025, 7:54 am ByAfrican gray parrots, one of the world’s most trafficked birds, can no longer be captured or traded across the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Tshopo province, a key transit route for traffickers, according to a recent decree passed by the provincial…A Kichwa women collective uses ecotourism to safeguard Ecuador’s Amazon
Apr 1, 2025, 7:53 am ByFor members of the Sani Warmi collective in Amazonian Ecuador, the day begins before sunrise. They tend to the chacra — their agroforestry garden — and harvest plantain, yuca, palm heart and bijao leaves. They feed the cachama fish in the tanks and catch…Colombia’s women clam collectors protect Pacific mangroves and mollusks
Apr 1, 2025, 6:36 am ByIn the green-fringed inlet of Bahía Málaga, tucked along Colombia’s Pacific coast in the department of Valle del Cauca, Marlin Valencia’s melodic voice drifts among the tangled roots of the mangrove trees. As she sings, she crouches down and swirls her…Smuggling networks exploit migrant debt to fuel tiger poaching in Malaysia, study shows
Mar 31, 2025, 11:20 pm ByFewer than 150 Malayan tigers remain in their home range of Peninsular Malaysia. Poaching to supply an illegal trade in their body parts is a major threat to the survival of this critically endangered subspecies of tiger, Panthera tigris jacksoni. A new study…A third of US bird species are in decline, report warns
Mar 31, 2025, 8:40 pm ByA recent report assessing the health of U.S. bird populations presents a grim outlook: Birds in the U.S. are declining, and a third of the species — 229 to be precise — are in need of urgent conservation actions. Among the 112 “Tipping Point species”…UK delays to environment law have led to massive deforestation, report says
Mar 31, 2025, 5:24 pm ByIn 2021, the U.K. appeared to be making serious strides against illegal deforestation when lawmakers introduced “forest risk” regulations on imported commodities like beef, soy, palm oil, cocoa, coffee and rubber. But critics have said the rules are…Leaked data reveals decades of unreported pollution by Colombia oil giant
Mar 31, 2025, 4:32 pm ByColombia’s state-led oil company Ecopetrol caused more than 600 instances of major environmental damage between 2010 and 2016, according to internal data leaked by one of their former employees. Mongabay contributor Mie Hoejris Dahl reports that the leaked…Forest restoration is booming but biodiversity isn’t
Mar 31, 2025, 3:51 pm ByFounder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay’s founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives, and story summaries. Global efforts to restore forests are gathering pace, driven by promises of combating climate change, conserving…PNG’s Torricelli Mountains teem with life — and the risk of extinction
Mar 31, 2025, 2:13 pm ByMillions of years ago, as the Indo-Australian plate pushed into the Pacific plate, a volcanic arc of islands began to emerge near the modern-day island of New Guinea that would one day form the Torricelli Mountains. And in this ancient, slow-motion reordering…Brazil plans new Amazon routes linking the Pacific & China’s New Silk Road
Mar 31, 2025, 1:14 pm ByChinese President Xi Jinping visited Peru last November and inaugurated the Chancay Port, a megaproject rising from the Pacific coast. This wasn’t just a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Jinping’s presence in the town, 75 kilometers (46.6 miles) from Peru’s…‘Substantial’ transshipment reforms adopted at North Pacific fisheries summit
Mar 31, 2025, 12:57 pm ByFishing vessels can often work long periods at sea without coming to port, thanks to the practice of transshipment, in which catches are transferred at sea to carrier ships called reefers. But the practice can also obscure the origins of catch and is often…Australia’s environment minister sued for failure to act on threatened species
Mar 31, 2025, 12:15 pm ByAustralian conservation NGO The Wilderness Society has launched a court case against the country’s environment minister, Tanya Plibersek, alleging her failure to put in place formal recovery plans for a number of threatened species. The public interest legal…Madagascar highway pushes on through controversy
Mar 31, 2025, 12:06 pm ByANTANANARIVO, Madagascar — The Malagasy government is pushing ahead with a controversial highway linking Antananarivo and the port city of Toamasina, 260 kilometers (162 miles) away. Construction has already begun on the first section, which passes through…Belize’s natural heritage deserves even stronger conservation strategies (commentary)
Mar 31, 2025, 10:56 am ByBelize is widely regarded as a global leader in conservation, home to vast rainforests, diverse wildlife and the second-largest barrier reef in the world. The country has implemented protected areas, community-led conservation initiatives and sustainable…
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Fri 4:35pm - How trafficking & misconceptions threaten Nigeria’s wildlife: Q&A with Dr. Mark Ofua
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