Brazilian meatpacker expands with World Bank funding but fails to reduce impacts in the Amazon
Jul 9, 2020, 3:43 pm By MongabayAn $85 million investment made by the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation in 2013 in…Traditional villages dread living in shadow of Amazon tailings dams
Jul 9, 2020, 12:04 pm By MongabayThis story is the second in a series reporting on the legacy, current status and likely future of…Shanthi, world’s most studied elephant, dies at Washington’s National Zoo
Jul 9, 2020, 10:09 am By MongabayIn 1976, a young Asian elephant named Shanthi was flown from Sri Lanka to the U.S. An orphaned calf,…After canoe chase, Madagascar authorities seize 144 endangered tortoises
Jul 9, 2020, 8:00 am By MongabayAuthorities in Madagascar have arrested three poachers carrying 144 radiated tortoises, the largest…Indonesian parliament to probe pulpwood firm’s dispute with Indigenous group
Jul 9, 2020, 6:33 am By MongabayJAKARTA — Lawmakers in Indonesia plan to call pulp and paper executives to testify about a recent…Forest communities in Mexico suffer the blow of COVID-19 pandemic
Jul 9, 2020, 5:39 am By MongabayThis year, the Easter holidays didn’t bring tourists to the Presa del Llano ecotourism park in…Indonesia identifies rhino to capture for breeding, but will have to wait until next year
Jul 9, 2020, 12:41 am By MongabayJAKARTA — Indonesian officials have identified a wild Sumatran rhino that they plan to catch for a…Pandemic or not, the mission to save the rare Philippine eagle grinds on
Jul 8, 2020, 11:06 pm By MongabayMANILA — “How can we rehabilitate a Philippine eagle during a lockdown?” That was the first…Investors find agroforestry isn’t just climate friendly — it can also be profitable
Jul 8, 2020, 5:37 pm By MongabayIn the latter part of 2016, Ethan Steinberg and two of his friends planned a driving tour across the…Prosecutors target Brazil’s environment minister over dismantling of protections
Jul 8, 2020, 5:37 pm By MongabayBrazilian prosecutors have called for the dismissal of the country’s environment, Ricardo Salles,…Brazil bows to pressure from business, decrees 120-day Amazon fire ban
Jul 8, 2020, 5:18 pm By MongabayGeneral Hamilton Mourão, Brazil’s Vice President (left), and President Jair Bolsonaro, during…Turtles and tortoises in trouble: More than half of all species face extinction
Jul 8, 2020, 2:54 pm By MongabayTurtles and tortoises in trouble On the island of Madagascar, locked gates, razor-wire fences, and…Podcast: Five years after the death of Cecil the Lion, trophy hunting debate rages on
Jul 8, 2020, 10:29 am By MongabayOn this episode of the Mongabay Newscast, we take a look at the state of the debate over trophy…Investigation hints at cronyism in awarding of Indonesia lobster export permits
Jul 7, 2020, 10:15 pm By MongabayJAKARTA — An investigative report has revealed the political links between Indonesia’s fisheries…Civil war didn’t hurt this Sri Lankan mangrove forest, but shrimp farming might
Jul 7, 2020, 3:12 pm By MongabayMANNAR, Sri Lanka — The Vidattaltivu coastal belt in Sri Lanka’s north was once home to the…World Bank’s IFC pumped $1.8b into factory farming operations since 2010
Jul 7, 2020, 3:01 pm By MongabayThe World Bank’s private investment arm has channeled more than $1.8 billion into major livestock…Brazilian court orders 20,000 gold miners removed from Yanomami Park
Jul 7, 2020, 1:34 pm By MongabayAn illegal gold mine on Yanomami land. Image courtesy of Rogério Assis / ISA. On 3 July, the First…Groups demand financial, human rights probes into palm conglomerate Korindo
Jul 7, 2020, 12:06 pm By MongabayJAKARTA — Activists have called on the Indonesian authorities to probe the finances of the Korindo…How Mexican communities are helping to save a fir forest
Jul 7, 2020, 5:55 am By MongabayFor 20 years, the Colima fir tree (Abies colimensis) has been at the heart of many disputes to…What is a dhole? Candid Animal Cam takes you to Asia
Jul 7, 2020, 1:50 am By MongabayCamera traps bring you closer to the secretive natural world and are an important conservation tool…
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