A Philippine community fights a lonely battle against the mine in its midst
Oct 15, 2019, 7:40 am By MongabayMANILA — Tribal leader Celia Bahag no longer remembers what Mount Dinkidi looked like before the…‘Bring it on,’ EU MP says of trade fight over palm biofuel phase-out
Oct 15, 2019, 12:36 am By MongabayBRUSSELS — The European Parliament will proceed with phasing out palm oil-based biofuel by 2030…$65 million deal to protect Congo’s forests raises concerns
Oct 14, 2019, 12:25 pm By MongabayOn Sept. 3, the Republic of Congo secured a stream of funding aimed at protecting forests and…British armed forces supplied by Brazilian meat firm linked to Amazon deforestation, corruption: report
Oct 14, 2019, 10:07 am By MongabayThe British military has for years sourced beef for soldiers’ ration packs from scandal-plagued…Education, compensation, and spiritual outreach protect threatened whale sharks
Oct 14, 2019, 9:30 am By MongabayIn the 1980s and 1990s, whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) were being slaughtered by the hundreds in the…Expansion of a famous elephant park holds out hope for Africa’s big tuskers
Oct 14, 2019, 5:05 am By MongabayDURBAN, South Africa — There is a scene at the start of the film Last of the Big Tuskers where a…Rare songbird recovers, moves off endangered species list
Oct 11, 2019, 8:44 pm By MongabayThe recovery of a rare bird species that was close to extinction five decades ago is now being…Deforestation continues to rise in the Brazilian Amazon
Oct 11, 2019, 7:43 pm By MongabayDeforestation in the Brazilian Amazon continues its upward trajectory according to data released…Saving an island from the worst oil spill in the Philippines: The case of Guimaras
Oct 11, 2019, 1:52 pm By MongabayOn August 11, 2006, the oil tanker M/T Solar 1, hired by Petron Corporation, sank off the coast of…Bali mangrove bay is now a conservation zone, nixing reclamation plan
Oct 11, 2019, 11:03 am By MongabayJAKARTA — Bali’s mangrove-rich Benoa Bay is now legally off-limits for any reclamation or…In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, October 11, 2019
Oct 11, 2019, 10:53 am By MongabayTropical forests A rainforest in Mexico is home to a newly discovered antibiotic (Science Alert).…Madagascar calls for assistance as fires imperil its protected areas
Oct 11, 2019, 8:50 am By MongabayFires razed more than 1,300 hectares (3,200 acres) of forestland in Madagascar’s Ankarafantsika…‘Witnessing extinction in the flames’ as the Amazon burns for agribusiness
Oct 10, 2019, 1:24 pm By MongabayTRIUNFO DO XINGU, Brazil — The rolling hills of the Triunfo do Xingu protected area in northern…Seeking justice against palm oil firms, victims call out banks behind them
Oct 10, 2019, 12:55 pm By MongabayAMSTERDAM — Hemsi has been in jail three times since 2006 and filed pleas with 13 government…Food is biggest stumbling block on zero-waste nature tour
Oct 10, 2019, 11:57 am By MongabayWhile guests on a recent tour through Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, USA ate dinner in the…Toxic river: mining, mercury and murder continue to plague Colombia’s Atrato
Oct 10, 2019, 11:00 am By MongabaySnaking its way through Colombia’s northwestern department of Choco, for centuries the Atrato…Seven elephants found dead as Sri Lanka’s human-wildlife conflict escalates
Oct 10, 2019, 3:49 am By MongabayANURADHAPURA/COLOMBO — Wildlife authorities in Sri Lanka have launched an investigation after…Legal and illegal trade negatively impacting survival and wellbeing of Africa’s wildlife: Report
5:13pm By MongabayA new report finds that both legal and illegal trade are detrimental to the conservation of…Madagascar: Opaque foreign fisheries deals leave empty nets at home
1:13pm By MongabayTOLIARA AND MORONDAVA, Madagascar — When fishers on the west coast of Madagascar arrive home after…Philippines freezes climate studies loan over scrutiny of Duterte drug war
12:21pm By MongabayMANILA – Negotiations over a $36 million loan on climate change studies in the Philippines, one of…
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