Money to burn: Study finds fire-prevention incentives in Indonesia don’t work
Dec 2, 2020, 11:14 pm By MongabayJAKARTA — Paying village in Indonesia to ensure they don’t burn their land for farming appears…French Guiana soy biofuel power plants risk massive Amazon deforestation
Dec 2, 2020, 11:30 am By MongabayThe heavily forested port of Lavirot in Cayenne, French Guiana, where a 120-megawatt soy liquid…Countries fall short of U.N. pledge to protect 10% of the ocean by 2020
Dec 2, 2020, 9:37 am By MongabayCovering a swath of ocean larger than Peru around coral reefs, golden beaches and rocky atolls in…Reforestation projects should include tree diversity targets, too (commentary)
Dec 2, 2020, 8:54 am By MongabayHanging in harnesses 80 feet above the rainforest floor, I realize Ruth and I might be the first…The glaciers of the Greenland Ice Sheet are running away
Dec 2, 2020, 7:23 am By MongabayThe Greenland Ice Sheet is losing mass, and there may be no way to stop it, scientists have…Dolphins face growing pressure as development eats into Borneo’s interior
Dec 2, 2020, 3:59 am By MongabayAmid the steaming swamps adjoining Borneo’s Mahakam River, a fisherman slows his boat to glide…Layers of regulations to protect European seas ‘not working,’ audit finds
Dec 2, 2020, 2:45 am By MongabayEurope is failing to protect its oceans, despite having policies in place to safeguard its marine…Unprecedented sightings of maned wolves in Amazon herald a changing landscape
Dec 2, 2020, 2:00 am By MongabayA mammal native to South America’s savannas, the maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus) now lives in…Pulp producers pull off $168 million Indonesia tax twist, report alleges
Dec 1, 2020, 10:42 pm By MongabayJAKARTA — Two major pulp and paper producers associated with widespread deforestation and land…Alleged gov’t-linked land grabs threaten Cambodia’s Cardamom Mountains
Dec 1, 2020, 4:29 pm By MongabayRising across remote stretches of southeast Cambodia, the Cardamom Mountains harbor dense tropical…‘Turning fear into strength’: One woman’s struggle for justice and land rights in Sulawesi
Dec 1, 2020, 11:35 am By MongabayThis article was co-published with The Gecko Project. Read parts one and two of the series, and…The New Guinea singing dog, once thought extinct, is alive in the wild
Dec 1, 2020, 5:20 am By MongabayAn analysis of the DNA of three wild dogs living above 4,300 meters (14,000 feet) on the island of…Ecuador’s palm oil law a boon for producers, but not people and planet, groups say
Dec 1, 2020, 1:57 am By Mongabay*This article is a collaboration between Mongabay Latam and GK, Ecuador. At the beginning of June…New snail subspecies with ‘upside down shell’ found in last green frontier east of Manila
Nov 30, 2020, 9:57 pm By MongabayMANILA — In 2017, a group of researchers surveying mollusks in a popular ecotourism site east of…What is a white-lipped peccary? Candid Animal Cam is in South America
Nov 30, 2020, 9:30 pm By MongabayCamera traps bring you closer to the secretive natural world and are an important conservation tool…Amazon deforestation tops 11,000 sq km in Brazil, reaching 12-year high
Nov 30, 2020, 4:12 pm By MongabayDeforestation in the Brazilian Amazon topped 11,000 square kilometers for the first time since 2008…‘Certified’ palm oil linked to worse social, ecological outcomes for Indonesian villagers
Nov 30, 2020, 1:59 pm By MongabayWhile many look to sustainability certifications as a panacea for the issues surrounding oil palm…Madagascar moves to reopen domestic trade in non-precious timber
Nov 30, 2020, 11:20 am By MongabayANTANANARIVO, Madagascar — On Oct. 21, Madagascar’s council of ministers issued a decision to…Why did the woolly rhino go extinct?
Nov 30, 2020, 6:57 am By MongabayIn the arctic tundra of northeastern Siberia lies a graveyard of a now-extinct species of megafauna,…The promise of ‘bird-friendly’ cities: Q&A with author Timothy Beatley
Nov 30, 2020, 3:42 am By MongabayTim Beatley will humbly tell you that he’s not a birder. But in his new book, there are enough…
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