Top brands failing to spot rights abuses on Indonesian oil palm plantations
Jul 13, 2021, 10:15 am By MongabayJAKARTA — Human rights abuses continue to fester in the Indonesian palm oil industry as global…Indonesian fishers seize dredging boat in protest against offshore tin mining
Jul 13, 2021, 8:06 am By MongabayJAKARTA — Hundreds of Indonesian fishers protesting against an offshore tin mining operation in…For Africa’s great apes, even ‘best-case’ climate change will decimate habitat
Jul 13, 2021, 5:33 am By MongabayGorillas, chimpanzees and bonobos face a bleak future thanks to a perfect storm of human-driven…Armed with data and smartphones, Amazon communities boost fight against deforestation
Jul 12, 2021, 3:00 pm By MongabayTeaching Indigenous communities in the Amazon to use remote-monitoring technologies can reduce…The science of forest biomass: Conflicting studies map the controversy
Jul 12, 2021, 2:25 pm By MongabayIn a rare interview in December 2019, the CEO of the world’s largest company that burns woody…‘Red-carded’ Australian miner signals intention to play on in Greenland
Jul 12, 2021, 12:07 pm By MongabayAn Australian mining company hoping to build a vast open-cut rare earths and uranium mine on a…Study shows how soy, cattle team up to drive deforestation in South America
Jul 12, 2021, 10:22 am By MongabayAs the human population grows, so does our demand for food, and soy is one of the key crops meeting…Indigenous communities in Brazil reinvent grief in the time of COVID
Jul 12, 2021, 7:16 am By Mongabay“The body is here. We’re going to die!” That’s what Watatakalu Yawalapiti heard over the…Dugong deaths in Sri Lanka lend urgency to calls for stronger protections
Jul 12, 2021, 7:06 am By MongabayPUTTALAM, Sri Lanka — Samith Fernando runs a tour boat service in Puttalam Lagoon, a scenic spot…Indonesia bets on biofuels over oil, but EVs could render both moot
Jul 12, 2021, 6:48 am By MongabayJAKARTA — The rapid development of electric vehicles looks set to overtake the biofuel…Sri Lanka seeks peace with pachyderms as human-elephant conflicts escalate
Jul 10, 2021, 2:18 am By MongabayHAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka — The first time Mahinda Samarawickrama, a farmer in Hambantota district,…Colombia brings landmark rulings of importance closer to Indigenous communities
Jul 9, 2021, 2:59 pm By MongabayBOGOTÁ — The year 2021 marks 30 years since Colombia adopted its current Constitution. Considered…Our World Heritage is deeply tied to rivers and they need protection from dams (commentary)
Jul 9, 2021, 2:17 pm By MongabayWhen the UNESCO World Heritage Committee (WHC) meets from July 16 to 31, they will be tasked with…Amazon deforestation rises modestly in June
Jul 9, 2021, 11:58 am By MongabayDeforestation in the Brazilian Amazon continued on an upward trajectory in June, reports the…Environmental defenders in Ecuador aren’t safe, new report shows
Jul 9, 2021, 5:08 am By MongabayQUITO — For almost five years, Andres Durazno and his niece Elizabeth would march, block roads,…Green peafowl flourish in Thailand’s northern forests, but conflict looms
Jul 8, 2021, 11:28 pm By MongabayCHIANG MAI, Thailand — Once widespread across Southeast Asia, from Java to southern China, green…‘Technical problems’ holding up enforcement of rulings in Indonesian fire and haze cases, official says
Jul 8, 2021, 1:57 pm By MongabayDifficulty tracing the assets of plantation companies convicted in civil court of causing forest and…As Arctic melt sets early July record, hard times lie ahead for ice: Studies
Jul 8, 2021, 11:37 am By MongabaySea ice cover in the Arctic Ocean hit a record low on Monday for this time of year, surpassing even…Seafloor microbes hoover up methane, keeping global warming in check
Jul 8, 2021, 10:42 am By MongabayJeffrey Marlow says we should be thinking more about microbes — those teensy, tiny organisms that…The Brooklyn Bridge needs a makeover. Is rainforest lumber still in style?
Jul 8, 2021, 8:37 am By MongabayPETÉN, Guatemala — Once or twice a year, a jaguar visits Uaxactun at night. It slinks under the…
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