Shallow-water mining isn’t the eco alternative to deep-sea mining, study says
Oct 17, 2022, 5:51 am ByConcerns about the environmental impacts of deep-sea mining have increased over the past few years,…Dog shooting highlights Sri Lanka’s need for stricter animal cruelty laws
Fri 3:29pm ByCOLOMBO — The horrific fatal shooting of a 1 1/2-year-old Rottweiler in Sri Lanka has sparked…Proposal to grant the ocean rights calls for a sea change in legal framework
Fri 3:19pm ByThe idea is simple but ambitious: protect the ocean by giving it the same kind of rights a person…Panama restricts information on sanctioned boats, evading transparency
Fri 2:52pm ByThis is the second in a two-part series originally published in Spanish on Mongabay Latam. You can…Feeding wild animals is a bad idea: the case of Belo Horizonte’s coatis
Fri 11:40am ByFeeding wild animals is a common habit in Brazil. Whether it is for the opportunity to approach and…Poaching surges in the birthplace of white rhino conservation
Fri 10:58am ByIn the first nine months of this year, poachers have killed 190 rhinos in state-run protected areas…On the roof of the world, water is life. Or a sign of it, thanks to eDNA
Fri 9:20am ByIt’s tough enough to study one particular species endemic to Sagarmatha, the Nepali name for Mount…Community study sheds light on wild cat killings in Brazil’s central Amazon
Fri 7:00am ByWild felids in Brazil’s Amazon face a myriad of pressures from habitat loss and, most recently,…As Indonesia protects more marine areas, top priority is management: experts
Fri 6:56am ByJAKARTA — As Indonesia aims to protect more of its seas, scientists say in a new paper that…First-ever regional court case involving rights of uncontacted peoples awaits verdict
Oct 13, 2022, 5:38 pm ByDeep in Ecuador’s northern Amazon rainforest live the Tagaeri and Taromenane Indigenous nations,…Panama: A ‘flag of convenience’ for illegal fishing and lack of control at sea
Oct 13, 2022, 4:32 pm ByThis is the first in a two-part series originally published in Spanish on Mongabay Latam. We will…“Largest of its kind” dam in Cameroon faces backlash from unimpressed fishmongers
Oct 13, 2022, 3:52 pm ByNDJI, Cameroon – Batchenga, 65 kilometers (40 miles) northeast of Cameroon’s capital Yaoundé,…Wild cats threatened by ‘underrecognized’ risk of spillover disease
Oct 13, 2022, 2:54 pm ByStarting in 2020, the global coronavirus pandemic brought the threat posed by zoonotic diseases into…Ecuador’s Indigenous Siekopai communities sue for title in protected area
Oct 13, 2022, 2:27 pm ByA group of Indigenous communities in Ecuador is taking legal action to regain control of territory…Thailand bets on coal despite long losing streak for communities
Oct 13, 2022, 11:38 am ByIn November 2021, during the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, the Thai delegation announced…Indonesian beauty queen founds Indigenous coffee brand in her native Lombok
Oct 13, 2022, 4:09 am ByLOMBOK, Indonesia — In the northern foothills of Mount Rinjani, an active volcano, lies a coffee…Study highlights ‘friends with benefits’ relation between gorillas and chimps
Oct 12, 2022, 6:14 pm ByGorillas and chimpanzees living in a remote part of the Congo Basin hang out together and some, like…Successes and struggles: Brazil’s 20-year Amazon reforestation carbon sink project
Oct 12, 2022, 6:06 pm ByFor decades, the highest deforestation rates in Brazil have been recorded at the eastern and…‘Critically endangered’ listing for East African dugong population is needed (commentary)
Oct 12, 2022, 2:30 pm ByOnce common in East Africa, there is now only one known viable dugong population found in this…A ‘super reef’ recovery raises hopes — but also questions about its resilience
Oct 12, 2022, 1:49 pm ByIn April 2009, ocean explorer Enric Sala and a team of marine biologists dove into the waters around…
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