As nature declines, so does human quality of life, study finds
Feb 9, 2021, 6:16 am By MongabayThe past 50 years have seen a catastrophic decline in the planet’s ecosystems and natural…Indonesia to push for mine rehab, reforestation after deadly floods
Feb 9, 2021, 5:55 am By MongabayJAKARTA — The Indonesian government has walked back its denial that deforestation for coal mines…Myanmar’s troubled forestry sector seeks global endorsement after coup
Feb 8, 2021, 3:44 pm By MongabayIn the midst of political chaos fomented by a Feb. 1 military coup of the government in Myanmar, the…Brazil flower-gatherers win acclaim: ‘Efficient, long-lasting, resilient’
Feb 8, 2021, 1:11 pm By MongabayThe flower gatherers of the Serra do Espinhaço in Minas Gerais state, Brazil, offer an example of…Brazil timber imports ‘may have breached US flooring giant’s probation’
Feb 8, 2021, 10:10 am By MongabayIn 2016, Lumber Liquidators, a US retailer, paid a record-setting $13 million penalty after pleading…The queen sets the tone: Deciphering the dialects of naked mole-rats
Feb 8, 2021, 3:57 am By MongabayThe naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber), a hairless rodent that lives in the arid areas of…Pandemic fails to slow agribusiness’s thirst for Cerrado’s water
Feb 8, 2021, 2:05 am By MongabayIn November 2017, about a thousand small farmers, cowboys and their families got on buses and headed…Indigenous leaders killed in Philippines were ‘red-tagged’ over dam opposition
Feb 8, 2021, 12:11 am By MongabayAKLAN, Philippines — At dawn on Dec. 30, 2020, police officers raided Indigenous villages within a…With shared knowledge, ‘we could build a new world’: Q&A with Lisbet Rausing
Feb 8, 2021, 12:03 am By MongabayIn the past decade we’ve seen an incredible rise in the availability of information, from…Brazil’s BR-319: Politicians capitalize on the Manaus oxygen crisis to promote a disastrous highway (Commentary)
Feb 6, 2021, 9:32 pm By MongabayManaus, the capital of Brazil’s state of Amazonas, has gained worldwide notoriety for its handling…Cambodian environmental activists reportedly arrested
Feb 5, 2021, 5:43 pm By MongabayOn Friday afternoon Kratie provincial environment officers reportedly arrested prominent…Ending tropical deforestation is vital to public health, scientists say
Feb 5, 2021, 11:15 am By MongabayOver the past century, an average of two novel viruses per year have moved from their wild hosts…Investigation: Dutch, Japanese pension funds pay for Amazon deforestation
Feb 5, 2021, 1:24 am By MongabayFor citizens of the Netherlands and Japan, the dream of a comfortable retirement is fueling an…This Mediterranean seagrass filters plastic waste — but it’s also under threat
Feb 4, 2021, 11:44 pm By MongabayUnderwater meadows of a seagrass endemic to the Mediterranean appear to trap some plastic debris…Study suggests the Tasmanian tiger survived into the 21st century
Feb 4, 2021, 3:17 pm By MongabayIn July 2019, Australian authorities on the island of Tasmania received a report of a footprint…Fewer than 100 of these giant whales make up a newly described species
Feb 4, 2021, 2:05 pm By MongabayFor decades, scientists observed a puzzling group of whales in the Gulf of Mexico. The animals…First the savior, now the villain: Fire suppression is often overhyped in the American west (commentary)
Feb 4, 2021, 11:14 am By MongabayWestern forests are pretty healthy, though our relationships with them may not be. Humans crave…Will new US EPA head continue his opposition to burning forests for energy?
Feb 4, 2021, 9:58 am By MongabayEnviva’s Sampson County North Carolina forest biomass facility. Wood pellets made there are mostly…In Indonesia, a village held hostage by coal pleads for change
Feb 4, 2021, 5:38 am By MongabayBANTEN, Indonesia — Every day, Subur and his wife walk past giant chimneys, painted red and white…A wet Amazon may be more resilient to a drying climate than thought: Study
Feb 3, 2021, 3:26 pm By MongabayIn some of the wettest parts of the Amazon rainforest, dry air may increase plant photosynthesis…
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