Gray areas and weak policies mar lucrative Asian trade in live reef fish
Jul 6, 2020, 8:55 pm By MongabayPALAWAN, Philippines — On a sunny June morning in Taytay Bay, Jorophy Mahusay stands on a floating…World’s biggest trade deal in trouble over EU anger at Brazil deforestation
Jul 6, 2020, 5:29 pm By MongabayFinalization of the European Union-Mercosur trade agreement was announced at the G20 meeting in…That coconut oil you love? Species have gone extinct over it. True story
Jul 6, 2020, 3:01 pm By MongabayFor conscious consumers, palm oil tends to be the pariah of tropically grown crops. This is due to…In Sri Lanka, the hunt is on for alien fish in native lakes
Jul 6, 2020, 2:36 pm By MongabayCOLOMBO — Located in the suburbs of Sri Lanka’s biggest city, Colombo, the picturesque…For two rhino species on brink of extinction, it’s collaboration vs. stonewalling
Jul 6, 2020, 12:28 pm By MongabayFatu doesn’t seem to care about the carrot she’s been offered by her caretaker. She raises her…COVID-19 may worsen burning and haze as Indonesia enters dry season
Jul 6, 2020, 12:21 pm By MongabayJAKARTA — Milder weather is expected to bring about a less severe forest fire season across…Myanmar ponders what to do with its out-of-work elephants
Jul 5, 2020, 11:02 pm By MongabayCaptured in the wild in 1973, in the country then known as Burma, Thaung Sein Win has been ridden by…Trafficking of thousands of songbirds highlights rampant trade in Indonesia
Jul 3, 2020, 11:32 pm By MongabayMEDAN, Indonesia — Smugglers managed to ship more than 7,000 birds, including wild-caught…Discovery of fish never recorded in the Amazon shows richness of Brazil’s Calha Norte
Jul 3, 2020, 10:15 am By Mongabay“It was a fantastic experience. We were able to access very remote parts of Amazonia,” said…COVID-19 lockdown precipitates deforestation across Asia and South America
Jul 3, 2020, 6:03 am By MongabayOn May 15, authorities in the northeastern province of Si Sa Ket in Thailand arrested two Cambodians…Drug trafficking could be putting ‘fragile fisheries’ at risk, study says
Jul 2, 2020, 5:01 pm By MongabayThe fishing boat flew a Singaporean flag as it sailed toward Batam Island in Indonesia. But when…Brazil could dynamite Amazon dolphin, turtle habitat for industrial waterway
Jul 2, 2020, 4:57 pm By MongabayVILA BELÉM, Pará state, Brazil — The fisherman and I sit on the banks of the Tocantins River in…Treetop cameras capture first known video of a wild roloway monkey
Jul 2, 2020, 3:43 pm By MongabayWhen conservationists set up treetop cameras in Côte d’Ivoire’s Tanoé-Ehy forest, they hoped…EU and partner countries must protect gains in legal timber trade during COVID-19 (commentary)
Jul 2, 2020, 1:46 pm By MongabayFor the past 15 years, the European Union and tropical timber-producing countries have developed…Calls for swift action as hundreds of elephants die in Botswana’s Okavango Delta
Jul 2, 2020, 1:40 pm By MongabayNearly 400 elephants have died in Botswana’s Okavango Delta since March, in what wildlife experts…In Madagascar’s capital, pollution threatens an oasis for birds
Jul 2, 2020, 11:52 am By MongabayANTANANARIVO, Madagascar — Four kilometers (2.5 miles) from downtown Antananarivo, Tsarasaotra…Podcast: International task force unites North America to protect salamander diversity
Jul 1, 2020, 7:01 pm By MongabayNorth America and the U.S. in particular is the world’s hotspot of salamander diversity, hosting…Gold priced at $1,700 per ounce brings new gold rush to Brazilian Amazon
Jul 1, 2020, 11:32 am By MongabayPORTO VELHO, Rondônia state, Brazil — We could just barely see the outline of the ghost boats…Indonesia lavishes $195m subsidy on palm biodiesel producers over smallholders
Jul 1, 2020, 5:37 am By MongabayJAKARTA — Martamis says he’s worried about how he’ll pay for his daughter’s education once…From New Guinea to Florida, one of these crocs is not like the others
Jul 1, 2020, 5:08 am By MongabayThe St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park in Florida prides itself on having every species of…
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