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Jun 28, 2020, 9:15 pm By MongabayFilipino lepidopterist Jade Aster T. Badon is accustomed to traveling to some of the remotest parts…‘If they take our lands, we’ll be dead’: Cameroon village battles palm oil giant
Jun 26, 2020, 7:54 pm By MongabayThe first time Emmanuel Elong wrote a letter to Vincent Bolloré was in 2013. “The impact of the…How the legacy of colonialism built a palm oil empire
Jun 26, 2020, 7:27 pm By MongabayBetween 1885 and 1908, Belgium’s King Leopold II exerted control over a vast area of Africa that…It’s time to rein in the industries devouring the world’s last standing forests (commentary)
Jun 26, 2020, 5:43 pm By MongabayIt was the middle of the afternoon in one of the world’s largest metropolises when the sky went…The first modern-day marine fish has officially gone extinct. More may follow
Jun 26, 2020, 2:53 pm By MongabayThere is only one photo of the smooth handfish: an image of a withered, yellowing specimen with…Court forces Ecuador government to protect Indigenous Waorani during COVID-19
Jun 26, 2020, 1:04 pm By MongabayQUITO — As COVID-19 sweeps across communities in the Amazon rainforest, the Indigenous Waorani in…Brazil’s indigenous hit especially hard by COVID-19; why so vulnerable?
Jun 25, 2020, 5:41 pm By MongabayThe Coronavirus continues its deadly spread across Brazil with 1.1 million cases confirmed and…Animal crossing: A wild ass makes history
Jun 25, 2020, 5:11 pm By MongabayAn Asiatic wild ass made history when it became the first of its species to cross into the eastern…Forests are a solution to global warming. They’re also vulnerable to it
Jun 25, 2020, 9:53 am By MongabayLowland rainforest in West Papua. Along with neighboring Papua province, it holds more than a third…The Consultant: Why did a palm oil conglomerate pay $22m to an unnamed ‘expert’ in Papua
Jun 25, 2020, 9:47 am By MongabayThis article was co-published with The Gecko Project. In April 2019, an Indonesian delegate stepped…In Madagascar’s dry forests, COVID-19 sparks an intense, early fire season
Jun 25, 2020, 2:59 am By MongabayThe barbed terrain forged by the tsingy topography in western Madagascar has, for millions of…Did China really ban the pangolin trade? Not quite, investigators say
Jun 24, 2020, 3:08 pm By MongabayIn early June, it was widely reported that the Chinese government had banned pangolin scales in…Podcast: Animals have culture, too, and for some it’s crucial to their survival and conservation
Jun 24, 2020, 11:14 am By MongabayOn today’s episode of the Mongabay Newscast we explore animal culture and social learning with…World’s top tapir expert prepares for unprecedented Amazon mission
Jun 24, 2020, 11:02 am By MongabaySocial and travel restrictions imposed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic prevented Brazilian…‘Betting on impunity’: Brazilian Amazon under attack despite logging crackdown
Jun 23, 2020, 8:03 pm By MongabayIn a corner of Brazil’s Mato Grosso state, a handful of clandestine roads neatly slice the dense…Illegal farms on indigenous lands get whitewashed under Bolsonaro administration
Jun 23, 2020, 3:30 pm By MongabayThe administration of President Jair Bolsonaro has legitimized more than a hundred farms established…China and EU appetite for soy drives Brazilian deforestation, climate change: Study
Jun 23, 2020, 3:22 pm By MongabayThe vast scale of native vegetation clearance for industrial soy cultivation in Brazil is apparent…The fire prophet: Dolors Armenteras on saving the Amazon and fighting misogyny in science
Jun 23, 2020, 12:18 pm By MongabayRecognized as one of the 50 most influential women scientists in fire studies in the world by the…Using photography and indigenous art to help Amazon communities during COVID
Jun 23, 2020, 11:29 am By MongabaySome indigenous communities in the Amazon rainforest are being devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic,…
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