With areca leaves and rice bran, Bangladesh replaces single-use plastic tableware
May 30, 2025, 10:35 am ByBangladeshi people love to throw a party, as the disposable tableware industry has increasingly seen. They get together or organize social gatherings often, be it to celebrate festivals or go on group trips to touristy attractions. And all these occasions call…USAID cut curbs hopes at Ethiopia’s largest community conservation area
May 30, 2025, 6:50 am ByADDIS ABABA — Alawara Kolbala, 39, from the Mursi tribe, said he remembers the sense of pride and hope his community felt when they officially gained legal right to manage their land in the Tama Community Conservation Area (TCCA). “I was so happy when the…Mining companies use legal loopholes to move forward without environmental licensing off the Brazilian coast
May 30, 2025, 4:11 am ByInterest in deep-sea mining has increased globally in recent years. And even as the International Seabed Authority (ISA), the U.N. body responsible for overseeing the activity in international waters, continues to deliberate its regulatory framework, companies…Hero rats among the global anti-poaching efforts affected by U.S. funding cuts
May 29, 2025, 5:44 pm ByA sudden freeze on U.S. conservation funding is sending shockwaves through efforts to combat the illegal wildlife trade, a multibillion-dollar industry pushing iconic species toward extinction, through Africa and Southeast Asia, a recent Mongabay article…Ahead of hosting COP30, Brazil is set to weaken environmental licensing
May 29, 2025, 3:59 pm ByBrazil’s Congress is likely to approve what experts describe as the country’s most significant environmental setback since 1988 when the Constitution was enacted. Bill 2159/2021, which changes several rules of the environmental licensing framework, was…After years of silence, Indonesia moves to assess its iconic wildlife
May 29, 2025, 12:40 pm ByIndonesia, one of the most biodiverse nations on Earth, appears to be gearing up to renew official estimates of its remaining wildlife populations, following nearly two decades without official updates on the status of some key species. With a new forestry…Guinea-Bissau’s grassroots efforts offer a blueprint for global mangrove restoration (commentary)
May 29, 2025, 12:02 pm ByGuinea-Bissau is a mangrove country. These unique coastal forests cover around 326,000 hectares (about 806,000 acres), or 9% of the national territory — the highest proportion in the world. They not only sequester vast amounts of carbon but also provide…Manage people more and bears less, say Indigenous elders in world’s ‘polar bear capital’
May 29, 2025, 8:41 am ByA few years back, a particularly imaginative young boy came into Georgina Berg’s kindergarten class in Churchill, Canada, full of excitement. Launching into his story, he said that moments earlier, on his way to school, he and his siblings had turned a…Fighting back against Guinea-Bissau’s illegal chimpanzee trade
May 29, 2025, 3:26 am ByYAOUNDÉ — It’s not uncommon to see chimpanzees kept as pets in private homes and hotels in Guinea-Bissau. Chimpanzees can be seen chained to trees or metal poles, or living alone in small metal cages, often without a permanent water source and lacking…Amazon illegal gold mines drive sex trafficking in the Brazil-Guyana border
May 29, 2025, 3:00 am ByBOA VISTA, Brazil — After crossing the Brazilian border into the town of Lethem in Guyana, a billboard declares that human trafficking is a crime. It’s a jarring message in this otherwise tranquil town with its streets full of stores selling products…US funding shortfall halts Nepal’s rhino census, sparks debate over methods
May 28, 2025, 8:28 pm ByKATHMANDU — In March 2021, dozens of elephants marched through the grasslands and sal (Shorea robusta) forests of Chitwan National Park, their riders armed with GPS devices and notebooks, searching for one of Asia’s most iconic megafauna: the greater…Rigorous, not righteous: How Gopi Warrier helped build Mongabay India’s newsroom
May 28, 2025, 6:08 pm ByIn the often fractious landscape of environmental discourse, S. Gopikrishna Warrier is a steadying presence. As the editorial director of Mongabay-India, Warrier has spent the past seven years cultivating a newsroom that brings light, not heat, to India’s…Indigenous lands & protected areas sequester nearly all Amazon carbon: Study
May 28, 2025, 4:55 pm ByThe Amazon is often described as one of the planet’s most effective carbon regulation systems. Yet recent data suggest its ability to absorb carbon is increasingly concentrated in specific places. Between 2013 and 2022, nearly all of the forest’s net…A new mall for the village: How carbon credit dollars affect Indigenous Guyanese
May 28, 2025, 12:52 pm ByIn the center of the village is a soccer field. Around it, in nicely painted wood, are the main community buildings of the roughly 1,000 Kapohn Indigenous people who live on the banks of the Kako River, in an area of preserved Amazonian forest less than 40…Conservation tech without Indigenous knowledge and local context has limits (commentary)
May 28, 2025, 11:26 am ByTechnology can be a powerful ally in conservation, but it’s not a silver bullet. Too often, tools like drones, GPS apps or satellite imagery are introduced as standalone solutions, disconnected from those who have stewarded these ecosystems for generations.…To collect native seeds, Ugandan botanists are climbing forest giants
May 28, 2025, 11:10 am ByThe mvule (Milicia excelsa) is a giant of a tree, up to 50 meters (165 feet) tall, with a trunk 6 m (20 ft) around. To collect seeds from such a large tree, climbers work in a team of three, explains Sebastain Walaita, curator at the Tooro Botanical Gardens in…Tabby’s likely ancestor & Earth’s most widespread wildcat is an enigma
May 28, 2025, 11:06 am ByThe Afro-Asiatic wildcat (Felis lybica) is the world’s most widely distributed wildcat, but experts and information on the species are scarce. The species’ range is immense, stretching across most of Africa, Southwest and Central Asia, India, China and…US firm KoBold Metals buys stake in contested Manono Lithium Project, DRC
May 28, 2025, 9:47 am ByKoBold Metals, a U.S.-based mining exploration company, has announced a deal to buy Australian AVZ Minerals Ltd.’s stake in a contested lithium project in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Extensive deposits of key minerals mean the DRC is likely a key…New map highlights complex web of marine migrations
May 28, 2025, 7:28 am ByWhere are all the marine animals going? Given the vastness of the oceans, the countless species that live in them, and the lack of a global data set, it’s not easy to figure that out. However, the increasing threats that marine life face mean answering that…Deforestation and fires persist in Indonesia’s pulpwood and biomass plantations
May 28, 2025, 4:36 am ByJAKARTA — Industrial plantations of trees to make paper and wood pellets are causing widespread and persistent environmental and social violations in Indonesia, despite claims to the contrary by the industry and government, a new report shows. A coalition of…
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