Delegates come close, but fail again to clinch high seas protection treaty
Aug 29, 2022, 4:48 pm ByU.N. member states came tantalizingly close to sealing a deal for a high-stakes, legally binding…Raids reveal how illegal gold from Indigenous lands gets laundered in Brazil
Aug 29, 2022, 3:53 pm ByCoordinated raids by police in Brazil have shed new light on the workings of the illegal mining…Bolsonaro agenda gets a lift from dominance of ‘new right’ in Congress
Aug 29, 2022, 3:34 pm ByEarly on in the COVID-19 pandemic, Brazil’s environment minister, Ricardo Salles, caused outrage…Three-fourths of waste in Jakarta’s notoriously polluted rivers is plastic
Aug 29, 2022, 3:05 pm ByJAKARTA — The Citarum River that skirts the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, is infamous as the most…What’s the chance of meeting Paris climate goal? Just 0.1%, study says
Aug 29, 2022, 2:10 pm ByClimate scientists say there’s a 0.1% chance of keeping warming below 1.5° Celsius (2.7°…Engineers bet on a miracle to bring Nepal’s holy river back to life
Aug 29, 2022, 10:47 am ByKATHMANDU — As the monsoon draws to a close in Nepal, workers are putting the finishing touches on…Sumatran conservationist Rahmad Saleh Simbolon dies at 47
Aug 29, 2022, 5:47 am ByJAMBI, Indonesia — Rahmad Saleh Simbolon, who died of a heart attack on Aug. 9 at age 47, is…Mining the Mekong: Land and livelihoods lost to Cambodia’s thirst for sand
Aug 29, 2022, 4:03 am ByROKA KOANG, Cambodia — Some 45 kilometers, or 28 miles, up the Mekong River from Phnom Penh, Voi…No time to keep vultures out of danger as new Nepal airport set to open
Aug 26, 2022, 2:51 pm ByKATHMANDU — Conservationists in Nepal have expressed concern over the opening of a new airport in…A fisheries observer’s disappearance sheds light on a bigger problem
Aug 26, 2022, 10:03 am ByThis story is a reporting collaboration between Mongabay Latam and La Barra Espaciadora. At 6…Fisheries crackdown pushes Cambodians to the brink on Tonle Sap lake
Aug 26, 2022, 3:23 am ByCHHNOK TRU, Cambodia — From her sun-bleached wooden houseboat in the floating village of Koh…Indonesia announces plan to protect 10% of its seas by 2030, and 30% by 2045
Aug 26, 2022, 2:34 am ByJAKARTA — Indonesia plans to expand protection of its seas to cover an area nearly the size of…Big Oil’s capture of IPCC assessment for policymakers ‘shakes our faith’ (commentary)
Aug 25, 2022, 2:03 pm ByThe IPCC report has long been touted as the principal text on climate science. Although the…Study paints ‘bleak picture’ for nearly all marine life without emissions cuts
Aug 25, 2022, 1:15 pm ByA new study has found that nearly 90% of assessed marine life will be at high or critical risk by…Scientists develop AI that can listen to the pulse of a reef being restored
Aug 25, 2022, 12:23 pm ByHealthy coral reefs, with their brightly colored corals and bustling schools of fish, are easy to…Gharials, most distinctive of crocs, are most in need of protection, study shows
Aug 25, 2022, 6:24 am ByKATHMANDU — Something occurred to Phoebe Griffith as she observed gharial and mugger crocodiles in…Sumatra villagers protest iron mine allegedly operating despite stop order
Aug 25, 2022, 2:29 am ByJAKARTA — Villagers in Indonesia’s Sumatra Island have demanded authorities revoke the permit of…A 13-year fight against gold mining in Colombian community marches on
Aug 24, 2022, 11:31 pm By(This report by La Cola de Rata is part of their series entitled Especial Tierra de Resistentes,…It’s time to center African people in the conservation agenda (commentary)
Aug 24, 2022, 4:13 pm ByIt is quite astonishing that the first ever Africa Protected Areas Congress (APAC) was held in July…Urban farming in Indonesia addresses food needs and climate crisis
Aug 24, 2022, 1:33 pm ByMEDAN, Indonesia — Food plants intermingle on the second-floor rooftop of a house in Medan, the…
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