Forest biomass-burning supply chain is producing major carbon emissions: Studies
Oct 15, 2021, 10:05 am By MongabayTwo new studies released this week — both aimed at influencing U.S., U.K. and E.U. policymakers in…Tanzanian gold miners ten times more likely to die from road injuries, study finds
Oct 15, 2021, 4:01 am By MongabayMining areas are dangerous for many reasons: they’re linked to a heightened risk of cancer,…30×30 is not a one-size-fits-all biodiversity target (commentary)
Oct 14, 2021, 10:22 pm By MongabayThe recently issued Kunming Declaration from the High-Level Segment of the United Nations…Malaysia’s Indigenous Penan block roads to stop logging in Borneo
Oct 14, 2021, 5:04 pm By MongabayIndigenous Penan tribespeople have set up road blocks to stop a timber company from logging on land…Podcast: Who benefits from resource extraction in DRC?
Oct 14, 2021, 3:31 pm By MongabayToday we’re looking at the ways resource extraction is impacting the people and the environment in…Deforestation threatens tree kangaroo habitat in Papua New Guinea
Oct 14, 2021, 7:18 am By MongabayThe forests of northwestern Papua New Guinea are home to a group of wide-eyed and reclusive…Inland mangroves reveal a tumultuous climatic past — and hint at our future
Oct 14, 2021, 6:48 am By MongabayExequiel Ezcurra was dubious when he first heard about the possibility of mangroves on the San Pedro…Biosurveillance of markets and legal wildlife trade needed to curb pandemic risk: Experts
Oct 14, 2021, 5:30 am By MongabayBefore the coronavirus pandemic shut down Wuhan’s wildlife markets in 2020, it was common to see…Fate of Malaysian forests stripped of protection points to conservation stakes
Oct 13, 2021, 3:30 pm By MongabayBefore the clearing and excavators and bulldozers, before plans to build a gold mine and oil palm…Forests falling for cashew monocultures: A ‘repeated mistake’ in Côte d’Ivoire (commentary)
Oct 13, 2021, 3:27 pm By MongabayFarmers in northern Côte d’Ivoire are full of praise for cashew, the Brazilian nut tree…Donor agencies should ditch the club and embrace more locals (commentary)
Oct 13, 2021, 12:27 pm By MongabayI was texting my Scandinavian friend who works for a donor agency, informing him about my plan to…Human influence on tropics predates Anthropocene, holds clues to current crisis
Oct 13, 2021, 11:52 am By MongabayOstrich-shaped but elephant-sized, a species known as the elephant bird once roamed Madagascar’s…Wildlife releases have a mixed record, and climate change complicates things
Oct 13, 2021, 11:10 am By MongabayToday around 350 Mauritius fodies fly around the lowlands of Île Aux Aigrettes, a small island off…Environmental defenders in Nicaragua denounce government crackdown as elections loom
Oct 13, 2021, 10:13 am By MongabayThere is a sacred hill in Nicaragua known as Kiwakumbaih, where the ancestors of the Indigenous…To spot wild-caught birds in pet trade, researchers zoom into isotopic detail
Oct 13, 2021, 4:54 am By MongabayFor pet enthusiasts, buying an exotic, rare or endangered species can be done legally, and many pet…Kew ‘Declaration’ offers guidance on reforestation, aims to reach policymakers ahead of COP26
Oct 13, 2021, 2:24 am By MongabayWe are in a moment of heightened attention and momentum around reforestation and forest restoration.…To predict forest loss in protected areas, look at nearby unprotected forest
Oct 13, 2021, 12:33 am By MongabayProtected forests, such as those in national parks, are unlikely to be cut down when surrounded by…Advocates call for a new human rights-based approach to conservation
Oct 12, 2021, 3:47 pm By MongabayArriving via computer screens from across the globe, this week delegates to the long-delayed global…‘Pristine wilderness’ without human presence is a flawed construct, study says
Oct 12, 2021, 3:45 pm By MongabayThe idea of a “pristine wilderness” in conservation efforts — a natural zone free of people…Fire and forest loss ignites concern for Brazilian Amazon’s jaguars
Oct 12, 2021, 11:45 am By MongabayIn August 2019, an unprecedented number of fires ripped through the Brazilian Amazon, sparking…
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