Ahead of election, deforestation increases in Brazil
Oct 7, 2022, 1:44 pm ByDeforestation in the Amazon rainforest is surging ahead of the presidential election in Brazil.…Brazil may fail Paris Agreement targets by 137% if Bolsonaro keeps in office
Oct 7, 2022, 10:33 am ByIn a civilized world, commitments should be kept. Sometimes it is impossible due to uncontrollable…Cambodia’s elites swallow up Phnom Penh’s lakes, leaving the poor marooned
Oct 7, 2022, 8:30 am ByPHNOM PENH — On the edges of Boeung Tamok, Phnom Penh’s largest lake, 25-year-old Kong Khun…Fished out at sea and smoked out on land, Senegal fishers take on a fishmeal factory
Oct 6, 2022, 4:34 pm ByDAKAR — A fishers’ collective called Taxawu Cayar has brought a case before the Senegalese…Greenland shark, world’s longest-living vertebrate, gets long-awaited protection
Oct 6, 2022, 3:42 pm ByEverything about the Greenland shark seems to be slow: these long-bodied animals swim slowly, grow…Locals in the dark about oil auctions in DRC: report
Oct 6, 2022, 2:07 pm ByOne of the first on-the-ground investigations into the Democratic Republic of Congo’s proposed oil…Indonesian program pays fishers to collect plastic trash at sea
Oct 6, 2022, 10:57 am ByJAKARTA — The Indonesian government has launched a program that will pay thousands of traditional…Mongabay’s What-To-Watch list for October 2022
Oct 6, 2022, 10:14 am ByIs simply having fewer children really a viable solution to the climate crisis? Mongabay dove into…Sulawesi islanders grieve land lost to nickel mine
Oct 6, 2022, 2:03 am ByWAWONII ISLAND, Indonesia — The coconut palm has been a source of food and identity for centuries…Podcast: ‘Destructive & flawed’: Claire Nouvian on bottom trawling’s many impacts
Oct 5, 2022, 10:23 pm ByThe European Commission (EC) made headlines recently for moving to protect an area half the size of…Conservatives tighten grip on Brazil Congress, hampering environmental agenda
Oct 5, 2022, 6:54 pm ByAs the rest of the world closely watched Brazil’s presidential election on Oct. 2, the country’s…Malaysia revokes oil palm concession near UNESCO-listed Bornean park
Oct 5, 2022, 5:07 pm ByIn a surprise victory for Indigenous communities in Malaysian Borneo, the Sarawak state government…Trouble in the tropics: The terrestrial insects of Brazil are in decline
Oct 5, 2022, 3:12 pm ByIn 1978, when he moved to his current home on the rural outskirts of Campinas, Brazil, Thomas…‘Disclose the deal,’ East Africa pipeline opponents say (commentary)
Oct 5, 2022, 1:39 pm ByThe East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) will have vast consequences for Uganda’s people and…Forests & Finance: Sit-ins, seeds over seedlings, and fuel-saving cookstoves
Oct 5, 2022, 11:15 am ByLiberian forest communities were supposed to get a cut of logging fees. They say they got a sliver…Survey captures Bornean ecosystems and Indigenous lives around them
Oct 5, 2022, 8:06 am ByAfter two years tracking the sights, sounds and cultural significance of the forests that form their…New study identifies mature forests on U.S. federal lands ripe for protection
Oct 4, 2022, 5:00 pm ByIn a major new study, a team of scientists has published what it calls the first-ever, map-based…‘One more thing’ about plastics: They could be acidifying the ocean, study says
Oct 4, 2022, 3:10 pm ByThe trillions of pieces of plastic currently roving through the global ocean are known to be an…Element Africa: Diamonds, oil, coltan, and more diamonds
Oct 4, 2022, 2:10 pm ByFrom oil to diamonds, offshore prospecting looms over South African fishing town DORINGBAAI, South…The force is strong with space lasers helping researchers map the Amazon in 3D
Oct 4, 2022, 1:50 pm ByFor decades, satellite images have clearly captured how rampant deforestation is destroying the…
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