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Jul 5, 2021, 11:50 am By MongabayThe past 16 months have been challenging for many of us, a time from which we are learning how to…Naming of new ant species from Ecuador breaks with binary gender conventions
Jul 5, 2021, 9:42 am By MongabayScientists describing a new species of ant, Strumigenys ayersthey, have broken with conventional…In the Brazilian Amazon, a road project drives the threat of deforestation
Jul 5, 2021, 5:49 am By MongabayThe pace of deforestation has surged in the region around Brazil’s BR-319 highway since the…‘Abnormally high’ turtle deaths after acid-laden ship sinks off Sri Lanka
Jul 4, 2021, 1:18 pm By MongabayCOLOMBO — Up to 100 turtles and 20 dolphins have washed up dead on Sri Lanka’s beaches in the…Deforestation soars 40% in Xingu River Basin in Brazilian Amazon
Jul 2, 2021, 3:54 pm By MongabayA hundred and ninety-six trees per minute. That’s how fast the forest was being cleared in…Nauru’s intention to mine the seabed prompts alarm among conservationists
Jul 2, 2021, 10:38 am By MongabayThe Pacific island nation of Nauru has stated its intention to start deep-sea mining in two years’…Biofuel in Mexico: Uphill battle against bureaucracy, organized crime
Jul 2, 2021, 10:35 am By MongabayPUEBLA, Mexico — Twice a week, Moisés Flores sends his pickup trucks on a tour of big fast-food…Myanmar’s warring military and rebels find common ground in corrupt jade trade
Jul 2, 2021, 9:20 am By MongabayJade mining is fueling conflict in Myanmar, channeling money into the coffers of the military and…Blind spot in palm policy raises deforestation risk in Malaysia, report says
Jul 2, 2021, 8:26 am By MongabayA “blind spot” in the sustainability policies of major palm oil conglomerates is allowing…Carving up the Cardamoms: Conservationists fear massive land grab in Cambodia
Jul 1, 2021, 7:29 pm By MongabayA new regulation signed into law in March this year but only unveiled publicly in May will see…‘We are intimately connected with nature’: Q&A with oceanographer Kim McCoy
Jul 1, 2021, 4:20 pm By MongabaySit on a beach and watch the waves. If powered by a storm, the waves may chew away at the beach,…Mining exposes Indigenous women in Latin America to high mercury levels
Jul 1, 2021, 11:40 am By MongabayA recent investigation has found dangerously high levels of mercury among women from different…Fire season intensifies in the Brazilian Amazon, feeding off deforestation
Jul 1, 2021, 9:39 am By MongabaySo far this year, 24 major fires have burned in the Brazilian Amazon, covering an area of 7,167…The conservation gains we’ve made are still fragile, says Aileen Lee of the Moore Foundation
Jul 1, 2021, 9:34 am By MongabaySince the early 2000s, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation has invested more than half a billion…Converting biowaste to biogas could power cleaner sustainable Earth future
Jul 1, 2021, 9:27 am By MongabayBiogas has been used as an energy source for centuries, to warm bathwater or light streetlamps, for…Mongabay’s What-To-Watch list for July 2021
Jul 1, 2021, 6:37 am By MongabayTech advances in the last decades have given humans new tools for helping animals — whether it’s…‘I am Indigenous, not pardo’: Push for self-declaration in Brazil’s census
Jun 30, 2021, 8:53 pm By MongabayRIO DE JANEIRO — When the Portuguese fleet led by Pedro Álvares Cabral landed in Brazil in 1500,…Podcast: Connecting kids and ourselves to the world
Jun 30, 2021, 6:33 pm By MongabayToday we’re discussing environmental education and the importance of spending time in nature to…In Rio de Janeiro, Indigenous people fight to undo centuries of erasure
Jun 30, 2021, 6:06 pm By MongabayRIO DE JANEIRO — Maracanã, Ipanema, the Lapa Arches, the Church of Our Lady of Glory of Outeiro…Monks and wildlife come under pressure from Malaysian cement company
Jun 30, 2021, 8:30 am By MongabayOn Dec. 28 last year, a Monday, a group of representatives from a local cement firm arrived at the…
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