How a ‘dirty gambling company’ may have set the standard for destruction in Cambodia
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Feb 7, 2022, 2:03 pm By MongabayMEDAN, Indonesia — A politician arrested on charges of bribery last month in Indonesia’s North…Fires threaten vital peatland in Chile’s Tierra del Fuego
Feb 7, 2022, 1:44 pm By MongabayA forest fire that has been spreading for weeks in Chile’s Tierra del Fuego is threatening the…Demand for sea cucumbers turns India-Sri Lanka waters into trafficking hotspot
Feb 7, 2022, 1:20 pm By MongabayCOLOMBO/MANDAPAM — It was a calm October night over Sri Lanka’s northern seas, the silence…Two storms in two weeks carve trail of death and destruction in Madagascar
Feb 7, 2022, 10:03 am By MongabayCyclone Batsirai rammed into Madagascar’s coast on Feb. 5, bringing further devastation to a…Even degraded forests are more ecologically valuable than none, study shows
Feb 7, 2022, 1:35 am By MongabayThey may be labeled “degraded,” but forests that have been logged, or are otherwise no longer…Preventing the next pandemic is vastly cheaper than reacting to it: Study
Feb 4, 2022, 2:06 pm By MongabayAs the novel COVID-19 coronavirus swept the planet in early 2020, researchers scrambled to find…‘There’s not much hope’: Mediterranean corals collapse under relentless heat
Feb 4, 2022, 9:56 am By MongabayFor years, Joaquim Garrabou donned scuba gear and dove into the waters of the Scandola Marine…Gulf of Thailand oil pipeline leak threatens reef-rich marine park
Feb 4, 2022, 9:27 am By MongabayMarine experts in Thailand have warned that a recent oil spill off the country’s east coast could…Polluting with impunity: Palm oil companies flout regulations in Ecuador
Feb 3, 2022, 8:48 pm By MongabayThis is the second in a two-part series. Read Part One. Palm oil, a popular cooking oil as well as…Indigenous hunter-gatherers in Cameroon diversify food sources in the face of change
Feb 1, 2022, 4:09 pm By MongabayIn Gribe, a village located in southeastern Cameroon, the Indigenous Baka of Dimgba are one of…Links between terrorism and the ivory trade overblown, study says
Feb 1, 2022, 10:32 am By Mongabay“The white gold of jihad.” “Case proven: ivory trafficking funds terrorism.” “How killing…A royal release: Cambodia returns 51 rare turtles to the wild
Feb 1, 2022, 9:26 am By MongabayOn a late November day in the Kampong Seila district of Cambodia’s Preah Sihanouk province, 51…‘A bigger deal than it sounds’: Coconut crabs are vanishing, island by island
Feb 1, 2022, 9:26 am By MongabayCoconut crabs, known in Indonesia as ketam kenari, are the world’s largest land crab. They’re…Displaced and deprived, Indigenous communities suffer from hunger in Nicaragua
Jan 28, 2022, 4:20 pm By MongabayMany Indigenous communities in northern Nicaragua are struggling with hunger and malnutrition as…California redwood forest returned to Indigenous guardianship, conservation
Jan 28, 2022, 3:56 pm By MongabayTen Native American tribal nations, forming the InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council, have…Full steam ahead for Tren Maya project as lawsuits hit judicial hurdles
Jan 28, 2022, 1:40 pm By MongabayIn late 2021, the Mexican government made a controversial announcement that many of the country’s…The Years of the Tiger: The demand for tigers and the price they pay (commentary)
Jan 28, 2022, 10:11 am By MongabayOn the 1st of February 2022, the Year of the Tiger starts. The Chinese zodiac is an increasingly…Elephant protector and fossil hunter Richard Leakey leaves outsized legacy in Kenya
Jan 25, 2022, 5:06 pm By MongabayOn July 19th, 1989, Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi lit the match on twelve tons of elephant tusks…Innovative sewage solutions: Tackling the global human waste problem
Jan 25, 2022, 10:44 am By MongabayThe sum of human waste produced by 7.8 billion people is grossly impacting human health and the…
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