COP25: EU officials say biomass burning policy to come under critical review
Dec 16, 2019, 10:10 am By MongabayFrans Timmersmans, executive vice president of the EU (center), and Bas Eickhout, a member of the…FSC complaint filed against pulpwood firms tied to Indonesia’s richest man
Dec 16, 2019, 6:21 am By MongabayJAKARTA — An Indonesian NGO has filed a complaint with the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC),…Philippine mayors under fire from environment department over open dumpsites
Dec 15, 2019, 7:24 pm By MongabayMANILA — The Philippines’ Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has filed…Murders of indigenous leaders in Brazil Amazon hit highest level in two decades
Dec 14, 2019, 11:10 am By MongabayA young indigenous Guajajara man was found dead with multiple stab wounds Friday in the Brazilian…Whitetip sharks declared critically endangered, but gain no protections in Pacific
Dec 13, 2019, 2:13 pm By MongabayThis week, the oceanic whitetip shark was reclassified as “critically endangered” by the…COP25: Brazil’s official presence diverges widely from its public persona
Dec 13, 2019, 12:33 pm By MongabayHalf a million climate protesters take to the streets of Madrid while national delegations negotiate…COP25: Wood pellet CEO claims biomass carbon neutrality, despite science
Dec 13, 2019, 10:51 am By MongabayWill Gardiner CEO of Drax, the United Kingdom’s largest biomass plant speaking at COP25. Image by…In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, December 13, 2019
Dec 13, 2019, 10:43 am By MongabayTropical forests Beekeeping in the Amazon is improving lives and helping to stave off deforestation,…Indonesia to revive idle shrimp farms to boost fisheries and save mangroves
Dec 13, 2019, 10:34 am By MongabayKUTA, Indonesia — Indonesia plans to restore more than 300,000 hectares (741,300 acres) of idle…Indonesia’s fires burned mostly abandoned and degraded land, not forests
Dec 13, 2019, 7:54 am By MongabayJAKARTA — It was large swaths of degraded and idle land, and not forested land, that accounted for…Audio: Mongabay investigation reveals large-scale land invasion in Peruvian Amazon
Dec 12, 2019, 5:30 pm By MongabayOn today’s episode of the Mongabay Newscast, we speak with Chris Fagan about the investigative…Indonesian dam raises questions about UN hydropower carbon loophole
Dec 12, 2019, 5:09 pm By MongabayEmmy Hafild, senior advisor to the chairman of PT NSHE at the COP 25 climate conference. Image by…Encoded in the genes: Scientists devise a ‘lifespan clock’ for vertebrates
Dec 12, 2019, 11:10 am By MongabayThere’s some uncertainty about his exact age at death, but it’s now been confirmed that…Analysis: The Tanah Merah project is a bellwether for Jokowi’s permit review
Dec 11, 2019, 10:54 pm By MongabayThis article was co-published with The Gecko Project. When Indonesian government officials received…Conservation biologist and wildtech journalist Sue Palminteri, 1965-2019
Dec 11, 2019, 5:54 pm By MongabayWhether it was radio-collaring elephants across the savannas of East South Africa, competing…Vanishing sea ice in the Arctic could shake up seabird migrations
Dec 11, 2019, 10:30 am By MongabayFor seabirds, an Arctic Ocean with less sea ice could provide some tantalizing alternatives to the…Our fires weren’t as bad as in the Amazon, Indonesian officials claim
Dec 11, 2019, 8:12 am By MongabayJAKARTA — The Indonesian government has attempted to downplay the scale of its land and forest…The Sri Lankan legume: Extinct, rediscovered, and now at risk again (commentary)
Dec 11, 2019, 1:00 am By MongabayCOLOMBO — The recent rediscovery of the endemic plant known as the Sri Lanka legume by three young…Amazon deforestation paces ahead of recent historical norm
Dec 10, 2019, 11:39 pm By MongabayDeforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is continuing to pace ahead of recent historical norms despite…It’s time for Climate Bonds Initiative to scrap its hydro certification scheme (commentary)
Dec 10, 2019, 2:43 pm By MongabayThe world urgently needs to embrace effective financial incentives to arrest the climate crisis, but…
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