Brazil’s isolated tribes in the crosshairs of miners targeting Indigenous lands
Mar 17, 2021, 3:00 am By MongabayWith much of the world under some kind of lockdown over the past year, working from home has become…As Arctic sea ice hits annual maximum, concern grows over polar ice loss: Studies
Mar 16, 2021, 3:41 pm By MongabayOn March 12, sea ice floating atop the Arctic Ocean reached its greatest extent for the year,…Peatland on fire again as burning season starts in Indonesia
Mar 16, 2021, 9:36 am By MongabayJAKARTA — Fires have flared up in at least 10 provinces in Indonesia, with some of the burning…Freight train project that railroads Indigenous rights still on track
Mar 16, 2021, 8:32 am By MongabayA controversial freight railway line that would cut through Indigenous lands in the Brazilian Amazon…Dying of curiosity: Why people shoot harpy eagles
Mar 16, 2021, 6:30 am By MongabayThe rancher peers at an enormous bird high in the treetops. Reining in his horse, he squints upward.…Brazil must do more to protect its people, forests, and the planet (commentary)
Mar 15, 2021, 5:38 pm By MongabayDespite growing international awareness of the importance of protecting and restoring our vital…New age of sail looks to slash massive maritime carbon emissions
Mar 15, 2021, 2:10 pm By MongabayIn January 2010, an “unpowered” wooden sailing vessel more than 70 years old, the Tres Hombres,…Thailand’s Indigenous Peoples fight for ‘land of our heart’ (commentary)
Mar 15, 2021, 12:50 pm By MongabayOn Sept. 3, 2019, the remains of Porlajee “Billy” Rakchongcharoen, a Karen environmental and…Palm oil conflicts persist amid lack of resolution in Indonesian Borneo
Mar 15, 2021, 9:32 am By MongabayJAKARTA — The framework for resolving land disputes involving palm oil companies in Indonesian…Pig nest-building promotes tree diversity in tropical forest: Study
Mar 15, 2021, 3:55 am By MongabayWild pigs have reputation as a destructive lot. Farmers and scientists alike know that, when…The Hungry Mills: How palm oil mills drive deforestation (commentary)
Mar 12, 2021, 2:57 pm By MongabayFor decades, Indonesia has been blighted by some of the highest levels of deforestation on earth. It…Traditional healers are preserving their knowledge, and with it, the biodiversity of Brazil’s savanna
Mar 12, 2021, 2:56 pm By MongabaySince Lucely Pio was a little girl, she has been collecting medicinal plants in the Cerrado,…Scaling up tree nurseries is key to unlocking U.S. reforestation potential: Study
Mar 12, 2021, 1:26 pm By MongabayRestoring forests in areas where they once stood is an important step toward halting climate change.…When a tree falls in the forest, it’s the birds that don’t make a sound, study finds
Mar 12, 2021, 11:23 am By MongabayA recorder is fastened to a tree, its microphone pointed downward. It captures a fusion of sound:…Panama’s rare black panthers a product of humid forests, studies suggest
Mar 12, 2021, 10:11 am By MongabayA jaguar roars in front of a camera trap in Panama’s Mamoní Valley. The video lasts only 11…Déjà vu as palm oil industry brings deforestation, pollution to Amazon
Mar 12, 2021, 6:01 am By MongabayTOMÉ-AÇU, Brazil — Guided by an Indigenous leader, we drove down dusty roads in the…Conservation actions see Iberian lynx claw back from brink of extinction
Mar 12, 2021, 12:40 am By MongabayIt’s midday in summer, the mercury climbing above 40° Celsius (104° Fahrenheit), and nature…Amid South China Sea dispute, Philippines’ Palawan is besieged by political split
Mar 11, 2021, 10:08 pm By MongabayMANILA — Palawan is an outlier in the Philippine archipelago, its topography and habitat closer to…Sri Lanka’s budding biologists get their science on with iNaturalist
Mar 11, 2021, 1:02 pm By MongabayCOLOMBO — Sixteen-year-old Pasindu Dilshan from Padukka, a small town in Sri Lanka’s Western…Developing nations pay for rich countries’ hunger for healthy, exotic food
Mar 11, 2021, 11:33 am By MongabayLuísa Carvalheiro says she remembers a time when açaí was just a humble berry, a staple for the…
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