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Dec 15, 2020, 1:53 am By MongabayIn his homeland, Norwegian social geographer Torkjell Leira is known as a leading expert on Brazil.…Brazil scientists map forest regrowth keeping Amazon from collapse: Study
Dec 15, 2020, 1:45 am By MongabayWhen Celso Silva Junior, a Ph.D. candidate at the Brazilian Institute for Space Research (INPE),…A forest in Sumatra disappears for farms and roads. So do its elephants
Dec 14, 2020, 10:48 am By MongabayJumar is no stranger to the presence of elephants. Having lived and farmed in the village of…Restaura Cerrado: Saving Brazil’s savanna by reseeding and restoring it
Dec 14, 2020, 5:54 am By MongabayAlong with its restoration activities, the Restaura Cerrado network is also engaged in public…[Photos] Tiny frog, venomous viper among 20 new species described in Bolivia
Dec 14, 2020, 5:43 am By MongabayAn expedition into the cloud forests of the Bolivian Andes has uncovered 20 species new to science,…European money funds an Amazon dam, but affected residents haven’t seen much of it
Dec 14, 2020, 12:35 am By MongabayIt’s been more than a year since the Sinop hydroelectric dam started operations in the northern…Whale of a find: Scientists spot beaked whale believed to be a new species
Dec 11, 2020, 12:21 pm By MongabayWhen a trio of beaked whales surfaced off Mexico’s Pacific coast, researchers thought they’d…Brazil beef giants linked to illegal Amazon deforestation
Dec 11, 2020, 9:55 am By MongabayBrazil’s biggest beef companies have been directly linked to more than 17,000 hectares (42,000…It’s time to redefine business to save the planet (commentary)
Dec 11, 2020, 9:41 am By MongabayDuring the summer, we were submerged in a thick blanket of smoke in California. Being evacuated…Sri Lanka activists decry downgrade of non-protected ‘other’ forests by government
Dec 11, 2020, 3:14 am By MongabayCOLOMBO — With a single notification, Sri Lankan authorities have recently transferred the…Brazil’s blue macaws, golden lion tamarins back in traffickers’ sights
Dec 11, 2020, 2:49 am By MongabayExperts at two of Brazil’s leading wildlife conservation bodies are on high alert following a…Papua sawmill loses legal timber stamp over allegations of permit forgery
Dec 11, 2020, 12:25 am By MongabayJAKARTA — A major sawmill operation linked to widespread deforestation and corruption in Indonesia…Brazilians impacted by mining assert: ‘Genocide legalized by the state’
Dec 10, 2020, 7:42 am By MongabayThis story is the fifth in a series reporting on the legacy, current status and likely future of…Only 40% of world’s forests have high ecological integrity, a new index reveals
Dec 10, 2020, 5:53 am By MongabayOf the world’s remaining forests, only 40% are intact, with high ecological integrity, according…Herd opportunity: Hundreds of elephants return to DRC’s Virunga
Dec 10, 2020, 4:25 am By MongabayFor years, Anthony Caere, an anti-poaching pilot at Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic…Palm oil, coca and gangs close in on Colombia’s Indigenous Nukak Makú
Dec 10, 2020, 12:45 am By MongabayA group of nomadic hunters who once lived deep in the Amazon is today on the brink of physical and…Hope and peace: Bison return to the Rosebud reservation
Dec 9, 2020, 11:39 pm By MongabayThe bison circled four times around the holding pen, before the lead animals took them into the…Podcast: Is Brazil’s biodiverse savanna getting the attention it deserves, finally?
Dec 9, 2020, 8:58 am By MongabayToday we look at efforts to preserve and restore the biodiversity of the Cerrado in Brazil, the…Our most popular conservation news stories in November 2020
Dec 9, 2020, 6:34 am By MongabayNovember was the second straight month where regular multi-day suspensions of Mongabay’s Facebook…In China, public support grows to rein in the wildlife trade in the wake of the pandemic
Dec 9, 2020, 6:24 am By MongabayPublic attitudes in China have shifted substantially to favor stricter regulations on the wildlife…
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