Siberian heat drives Arctic ice extent to record low for early July
Jul 10, 2020, 2:08 pm By MongabayArctic sea ice extent July 9, 2020. Image courtesy of University of Bremen. The record-setting heat…Deforestation rate climbs higher as Amazon moves into the burning season
Jul 10, 2020, 1:58 pm By MongabayDeforestation in the Brazilian Amazon climbed higher for the fifteenth straight month, reaching…‘Unacceptably high’ risk of tailings dam failure in Canadian miner’s Amazon project
Jul 10, 2020, 11:10 am By MongabayA new report makes the case that the tailings dam for what would be the biggest open-pit mining…10-year plan hopes to give western chimpanzees a fighting chance
Jul 10, 2020, 10:11 am By MongabayWestern chimpanzees are the most threatened of the four confirmed chimpanzee subspecies.…A third of Madagascar’s lemur species on the brink of extinction, IUCN warns
Jul 10, 2020, 8:27 am By MongabayHuman actions have pushed 13 more lemur species, the iconic primates native to Madagascar, to the…Camera snaps first ever glimpse of a troop of the world’s rarest gorilla
Jul 10, 2020, 7:34 am By MongabayThere are only about 300 Cross River gorillas left in the world, making them the rarest species of…Oil slick threatens Philippine mangrove forest recovering from earlier spill
Jul 10, 2020, 1:00 am By MongabayAKLAN, Philippines — An oil spill on July 3 threatens a mangrove forest on the Philippine island…‘On the edge’: Endangered forest cleared for marijuana in Paraguay
Jul 9, 2020, 8:13 pm By MongabayThis story is a collaboration between La Nación and Mongabay Latam. Stretching between Brazil,…Madagascar remembers Guy Suzon Ramangason, a champion of protected areas
Jul 9, 2020, 3:43 pm By MongabayANTANANARIVO, Madagascar — This spring, Madagascar lost a prominent champion of the country’s…Brazilian meatpacker expands with World Bank funding but fails to reduce impacts in the Amazon
Jul 9, 2020, 3:43 pm By MongabayAn $85 million investment made by the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation in 2013 in…Traditional villages dread living in shadow of Amazon tailings dams
Jul 9, 2020, 12:04 pm By MongabayThis story is the second in a series reporting on the legacy, current status and likely future of…Shanthi, world’s most studied elephant, dies at Washington’s National Zoo
Jul 9, 2020, 10:09 am By MongabayIn 1976, a young Asian elephant named Shanthi was flown from Sri Lanka to the U.S. An orphaned calf,…After canoe chase, Madagascar authorities seize 144 endangered tortoises
Jul 9, 2020, 8:00 am By MongabayAuthorities in Madagascar have arrested three poachers carrying 144 radiated tortoises, the largest…Indonesian parliament to probe pulpwood firm’s dispute with Indigenous group
Jul 9, 2020, 6:33 am By MongabayJAKARTA — Lawmakers in Indonesia plan to call pulp and paper executives to testify about a recent…Forest communities in Mexico suffer the blow of COVID-19 pandemic
Jul 9, 2020, 5:39 am By MongabayThis year, the Easter holidays didn’t bring tourists to the Presa del Llano ecotourism park in…Indonesia identifies rhino to capture for breeding, but will have to wait until next year
Jul 9, 2020, 12:41 am By MongabayJAKARTA — Indonesian officials have identified a wild Sumatran rhino that they plan to catch for a…Pandemic or not, the mission to save the rare Philippine eagle grinds on
Jul 8, 2020, 11:06 pm By MongabayMANILA — “How can we rehabilitate a Philippine eagle during a lockdown?” That was the first…Investors find agroforestry isn’t just climate friendly — it can also be profitable
Jul 8, 2020, 5:37 pm By MongabayIn the latter part of 2016, Ethan Steinberg and two of his friends planned a driving tour across the…Prosecutors target Brazil’s environment minister over dismantling of protections
Jul 8, 2020, 5:37 pm By MongabayBrazilian prosecutors have called for the dismissal of the country’s environment, Ricardo Salles,…Brazil bows to pressure from business, decrees 120-day Amazon fire ban
Jul 8, 2020, 5:18 pm By MongabayGeneral Hamilton Mourão, Brazil’s Vice President (left), and President Jair Bolsonaro, during…
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