On the brink of a coal boom, Papuans ask who will benefit
Apr 21, 2020, 9:30 am By MongabayBINTUNI BAY, Indonesia — Residents of this part of the island of New Guinea have long known they…Investing in Amazon Rainforest Conservation: A Foreigner’s Perspective (commentary)
Apr 21, 2020, 8:08 am By MongabayLast December, I flew to Brazil to learn everything I could about Amazon conservation. As a global…Panic buying amid pandemic drives scarcity in medicinal herbs in Sri Lanka
Apr 21, 2020, 6:32 am By MongabayCOLOMBO — Sri Lanka imposed a lockdown in response to the COVID-19 pandemic on March 16, but…For the Mediterranean, the Suez is a wormhole bringing in alien invaders
Apr 21, 2020, 6:21 am By MongabayBEIRUT, Lebanon — A hidden invasion is taking place beneath the waves of the Mediterranean Sea. In…Thailand’s captive elephants face starvation amid COVID-19 tourism freeze
Apr 21, 2020, 2:18 am By MongabayIn a Facebook photo, a truck with an open trailer is backed up against a mound of sand. The tailgate…What is a Geoffroy’s spider monkey? Candid Animal Cam takes you to the trees this week
Apr 21, 2020, 1:07 am By MongabayCamera traps bring you closer to the secretive natural world and are an important conservation tool…Reviving an ancient way of aquaculture at Hawaii’s Heʻeia fishpond
Apr 20, 2020, 4:03 pm By MongabayOAHU, Hawaii — Tucked at the base of the Ko’olau Mountains on the eastern side of the Hawaiian…Madagascar’s president promotes unproven herbal cure for COVID-19
Apr 20, 2020, 2:12 pm By MongabayThe president of Madagascar, Andry Rajoelina, on Monday appeared to promote an unproven treatment…Earth Day in the coronavirus era: Can resilience thinking provide a way forward? (commentary)
Apr 20, 2020, 2:02 pm By MongabayWe propose rethinking environmentalism through the lens of resilience. Resilience offers an approach…Decade after BP Deepwater Horizon spill, oil drilling is as dangerous as ever
Apr 20, 2020, 1:55 pm By MongabayIt was one of the worst environmental disasters the world has witnessed. Ten years ago, on April 20,…Bird’s eye view: Drone photos of the Amazon rainforest (insider)
Apr 20, 2020, 9:45 am By MongabayIn March 2020, just prior to COVID-19 being a pandemic, I spent a few days in the tri-border region…Photos of wild tiger cubs in Thailand rekindles hope for species
Apr 20, 2020, 5:37 am By MongabayCamera traps in eastern Thailand’s Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai (DPKY) forest complex have yielded…Tribute to Garth Owen-Smith, African conservationist (commentary)
Apr 18, 2020, 12:12 pm By MongabayGarth Owen-Smith, a great African conservation visionary and globally recognized pioneer in…As investment giant BlackRock pulls back from coal, NGOs urge the same for biomass energy
Apr 17, 2020, 2:05 pm By MongabayResponding to intense pressure from investors and environmental activists, BlackRock, the world’s…How to prevent the next COVID-19? Conservationists weigh in
Apr 17, 2020, 1:49 pm By MongabayAs the death toll and economic cost of the COVID-19 crisis mounts, calls are mounting to ban the…Wireless grids and towers of power: Engineering our way out of dirty energy
Apr 17, 2020, 12:35 pm By MongabayJulian Hunt is tasked with scouring the Earth, its libraries, and his own mind to engineer a way to…Decades-old mine in Bougainville exacts devastating human toll: Report
Apr 17, 2020, 10:25 am By MongabayOn satellite images, the Panguna mine yawns amid the otherwise green mountain forests of central…Ocean deoxygenation could be silently killing coral reefs, scientists say
Apr 17, 2020, 5:37 am By MongabayIn March, Australia’s Great Barrier Reef suffered its most widespread bleaching event to date.…$3 million and an official apology: Brazil’s Ashaninka get unprecedented compensation for deforestation on their land
Apr 16, 2020, 4:15 pm By MongabayFar from the Brazil nut trees that shape the landscape of the Kampa do Rio Amônia Indigenous…Brazilian indigenous chiefs act to halt illegal logging in historical landmark area
Apr 16, 2020, 3:02 pm By MongabayLast summer was atypical for Kaxiló Pataxó, an indigenous teacher who also acts as a tourist guide…
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