Seaweed farming offers a boost for Sri Lanka’s ‘blue economy’ ambitions
Sep 13, 2021, 3:04 pm By MongabayCOLOMBO — In its territorial waters and exclusive economic zone, Sri Lanka is home to an abundance…Lockdowns didn’t stop 2020 being deadliest year yet for earth defenders
Sep 13, 2021, 12:20 pm By MongabayDespite COVID-19 restrictions and lockdowns, 2020 set a new record for the deadliest year for land…OECM concept may bring more inclusive approach to protecting biodiversity
Sep 13, 2021, 11:43 am By MongabayEver heard of “other effective area-based conservation measures” (OECM)? Snappily named, they…Workshop empowers Brazil’s Xakriabá people to publish their own books
Sep 13, 2021, 11:24 am By MongabayChief Rodrigão will soon have a book written about his life. The story, which has been told,…Project works with farmers to restore Brazilian pine forests
Sep 13, 2021, 10:50 am By MongabayAraucaria trees have been growing since the Jurassic period, surviving across numerous geological…Myanmar’s snowcapped north is a haven for large mammals, new study finds
Sep 13, 2021, 8:03 am By MongabayThe Hkakaborazi landscape at the northern tip of Myanmar is dominated by precipitous snowcapped…Worked to death: How a Chinese tuna juggernaut crushed its Indonesian workers
Sep 13, 2021, 6:46 am By MongabayWhen Sepri was growing up, life in his village began to deteriorate. In the 1990s, the village,…Deforestation sweeps national park in Brazil as land speculators advance
Sep 10, 2021, 7:56 pm By MongabayDeep in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, the emerald canopy of the Campos Amazonicôs National Park…‘On the map’: App shines light on 5,000 ‘invisible’ families in Brazil’s Cerrado
Sep 10, 2021, 6:16 pm By MongabayThousands of families from traditional communities in Brazil have finally been granted visibility…After surge, Amazon deforestation slows for second straight month
Sep 10, 2021, 1:04 pm By MongabayDeforestation in the Brazilian Amazon declined for the second straight month according to data…Should tree plantations count toward reforestation goals? It’s complicated
Sep 10, 2021, 11:28 am By MongabayIt’s as if a professional cleaner has been let loose in the rainforest. The whistles of birds and…Indonesia terminates agreement with Norway on $1b REDD+ scheme
Sep 10, 2021, 10:36 am By MongabayJAKARTA — Indonesia has terminated a long-standing agreement with Norway, in which the latter…As tourists flood a Tanzanian park, the Maasai say they’re being pushed out
Sep 10, 2021, 10:25 am By MongabayEvery year, hundreds of thousands of tourists flock to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA) in…Indonesia lays out plan to rescue 15 lakes under pressure from human activity
Sep 10, 2021, 8:23 am By MongabayJAKARTA — The Indonesian government has unveiled the country’s first national priority plan to…Africa’s montane forests are more carbon-dense than even the Amazon
Sep 10, 2021, 2:27 am By MongabayA new study promises to give Africa’s mountain forests a leg up in the eyes of climate scientists.…What’s fair in conservation to locals? Just ask, study says
Sep 9, 2021, 12:26 pm By MongabayThe iTaukei, an Indigenous people of the Fiji Islands’ Ra province, have strong cultural ties to…Deep-sea mining gets a resounding rejection from conservation authorities
Sep 9, 2021, 10:46 am By MongabayMARSEILLE, France — Delegates at this year’s global conservation summit have voted…As illegal logging route in Peru nears Brazil, Indigenous groups warn of calamity
Sep 9, 2021, 10:37 am By MongabayOn the western fringe of the Brazilian Amazon, lush forest stretches for miles across a protected…Can we stop calling it biodiversity? There’s no word for what we’re losing (commentary)
Sep 9, 2021, 10:12 am By MongabayIn an August 26, 2021 article appearing here at Mongabay, Ashoka Mukpo detailed some of the…Seeing the maligned urban rat in a new light: Q&A with Michael Parsons
Sep 9, 2021, 6:19 am By Mongabay“Wild rats are as different to laboratory rats, as probably a wolf is to a Chihuahua. That’s not…
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