Indonesia’s peatlands face growing flood risks amid widespread degradation
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JAKARTA — Nearly half of Indonesia’s peatlands are vulnerable to flooding due to degradation…What do CITES data tell us about the legal wildcat trade?
Apr 7, 2025, 7:08 am By
Ancient Egypt’s feline gods, embroidered tigers on Chinese textiles, lions in Southern Africa’s…Nigerian officials arrest Chinese pangolin trafficking ‘kingpin’
Apr 7, 2025, 12:35 am By
Nigerian officials have arrested a Chinese national suspected of masterminding a transnational…Brazil is speeding-up forest fire prevention to avoid dangerous tipping points in the Amazon (commentary)
Apr 5, 2025, 11:32 pm By
Brazil is facing an alarming surge in forest fires. Last year, the country registered 237,000…Palm oil company uses armed forces, tear gas against protesting villagers in Cameroon
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Apr 4, 2025, 1:13 pm By
Global demand for lithium is expected to increase by nearly 500% over the next few decades, as…Colombian farmers switch from coffee to cacao as temperature and prices soar
Apr 4, 2025, 11:50 am By
RISARALDA, Colombia — “Before, anyone who wanted to grow cacao at 1,200 or 1,500 meters [3,900…Study delves into increase in humpback whale sightings in UK and Ireland
Apr 4, 2025, 10:41 am By
Earlier this year, U.K. media reported an increase in humpback whale sightings in British and Irish…Fishing cats in India struggle to survive outside protected areas
Apr 4, 2025, 10:36 am By
The wetlands of West Bengal in eastern India are one of the country’s best habitats for the…Kanzi the bonobo shattered boundaries between humans and apes
Apr 4, 2025, 7:00 am By
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis,…Farmers turn to living ‘yam sticks’ to grow their crop and spare the forest
Apr 3, 2025, 6:27 pm By
Yams are considered one of the world’s most important crops. A starchy, nutrient-rich root…After outcry, Brazil Supreme Court nixes proposal for mining on Indigenous lands
Apr 3, 2025, 4:28 pm By
Following intense outcry nationwide and abroad, Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court has recently…Uttarakhand’s extreme weather wreaks havoc on crops, livelihoods & futures
Apr 3, 2025, 12:28 pm By
Rita grew up in a small village in Uttarakhand with mountains forming the backbone of her childhood.…Betting on future forest carbon storage endangers Paris Agreement targets
Apr 3, 2025, 11:31 am By
Banking on the capacity of global forests to continue storing huge amounts of carbon could put the…Nepali farmers switch crops to reduce human-elephant conflict
Apr 3, 2025, 10:04 am By
A village on Nepal’s border with India has found a way to reduce conflicts with wild Asian…‘Plastic People’ documentary exposes the human health threats from plastic
Apr 3, 2025, 9:25 am By
Microplastics are a growing ecological and human health crisis: Scientist have found the tiny…Amid fuzzy data, scientists urge monitoring of Hong Kong’s tokay gecko trade
Apr 3, 2025, 8:59 am By
Tokay geckos (Gekko gecko), named after their characteristic “to-kay” calls, are among the…Floods devastate normally arid parts of Australia’s Queensland
Apr 3, 2025, 8:31 am By
Intense flooding submerged usually dry areas of Queensland state in eastern Australia during the…Groundwater overuse puts Brazil’s river flow at risk, study finds
Apr 3, 2025, 4:45 am By
In many parts of Brazil, rivers may be losing water to the ground instead of gaining from it. A…Traffic noise turns Galápagos warblers into angry birds
Apr 3, 2025, 12:39 am By
Traffic noise isn’t just unpleasant; in the Galápagos Islands, it can also make songbirds…
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