New Indonesian law may make it harder to punish firms for haze-causing fires
Oct 9, 2020, 3:12 pm By MongabayA wide-ranging deregulation bill passed in Indonesia this week downgrades a key legal provision used…Singapore embarks on a million-tree planting spree to protect its future
Oct 9, 2020, 11:51 am By MongabaySINGAPORE — Languishing in the soft, silty mud, the living fossil looked as if it didn’t have a…New evidence suggests China’s ‘dark’ vessels poached in Galápagos waters
Oct 9, 2020, 11:23 am By MongabayIn late June, a fleet of about 300 Chinese fishing vessels swarmed around the rich, biodiverse…Madagascar’s top court criticizes government handling of mining project
Oct 9, 2020, 9:51 am By MongabayA year ago, Base Resources, an Australian mining firm, seemed to be nearing the “go” phase of a…Brazil reports lower deforestation, higher fires in September
Oct 9, 2020, 9:45 am By MongabayBrazil’s national space research institute INPE reported a third straight monthly drop in Amazon…Mining covers more than 20% of Indigenous territory in the Amazon
Oct 9, 2020, 7:43 am By MongabayMining, both legal and illegal, impinges on more than one-fifth of Indigenous territory in the…We’re not protecting enough of the right areas to save biodiversity: Study
Oct 9, 2020, 7:26 am By MongabayThe past decade began with promise, as nearly every country on the planet made commitments to…On a Philippine mountain, researchers describe a ‘fire flower’ orchid species
Oct 9, 2020, 3:58 am By MongabayA new tiny orchid species with fiery orange flowers has been discovered on a mountain peak in the…As Brazil burns, Indigenous fire brigades face an uncertain future
Oct 9, 2020, 3:30 am By MongabayAge-old Indigenous knowledge has guided the sustainable management of wilderness areas around the…For small farmers in a drier Amazon, fire is no longer a sustainable tool
5:49pm By MongabayTAPAJÓS NATIONAL FOREST, Brazil — “Fire is becoming a dangerous thing,” says Pedro Pantoja,…In a drier Amazon, small farmers and researchers work together to reduce fire damage
5:49pm By MongabayTAPAJÓS NATIONAL FOREST, Brazil — “Fire is becoming a dangerous thing,” says Pedro Pantoja,…The social network of coral reef fish: Q&A with ecologist Mike Gil
7:47am By MongabayUnless you’re thinking of the colorful characters in the movie Finding Nemo, the first word you…The Amazon savanna? Rainforest teeters on the brink as climate heats up
7:17am By MongabayShifting rainfall patterns, especially those exacerbated by climate change, could drive large parts…Our most read conservation stories for September 2020
7:15am By MongabayMongabay continued to see growth in readership in September, with traffic across our websites rising…The murky process of licensing Amazonian meat plants
6:33am By MongabayPoliticians and meatpackers in Brazil’s Amazonian state of Pará gathered for a celebration in…Deaths and media-driven panic threaten human-jackal coexistence in Sri Lanka
4:56am By MongabayCOLOMBO — Gayan Chamila, a resident of a village near Horana in western Sri Lanka, recalled…Research links industrial pig farming and virus outbreaks
2:01am By MongabayIn recent months, meatpacking companies in different parts of the world have been associated with…Vietnam conservation regulations improving, but much work remains
Wed 8:54am By MongabayHO CHI MINH CITY — Earlier this year, Vietnam’s prime minister called for a ban of the wildlife…With the help of an app, Nunavut hunters document the changing Arctic
Wed 3:00am By MongabayIt’s fall in Nunavut, Canada, and Richard Kakk is hunting caribou. Snow that started in September…Blooms driven by climate change threaten to smother marine life in Arabian Sea
Wed 2:41am By MongabayOn Feb. 26, 2003, a group of scientists set out to sea from Goa, India, on a routine mission. They…
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