Sri Lanka’s marbled rock frog may not be on brink of extinction, modeling suggests
May 9, 2020, 3:14 am By MongabayUDUDUMBARA, Sri Lanka — Twelve years ago, as a young undergraduate, Kanishka Ukuwela was trekking…Insects decline on land, fare better in water, study finds
May 8, 2020, 1:09 pm By MongabayInsects touch nearly every corner of life on this planet, filling endless functional roles and…Brazil opens 38,000 square miles of indigenous lands to outsiders
May 8, 2020, 11:29 am By MongabayExperts fear the impacts the new FUNAI policy, with it potentially resulting in a widespread…How Indonesia’s omnibus bill may impact fisheries compliance and enforcement (commentary)
May 8, 2020, 11:12 am By MongabayIndonesia’s parliament is reviewing a new bill on job creation that will amend and repeal…World lost forest ‘the size of Libya’ since 1990, FAO says
May 8, 2020, 9:31 am By MongabayThe world has lost 178 million hectares (439 million acres) of forest cover over the past 20 years,…‘It was like a church’: Ecuador’s Kichwa community mourns death of sacred tree
May 8, 2020, 8:55 am By MongabayPUCARÁ ALTO, Ecuador — Bellowing winds thrashed the farmers’ corn stocks and the wild patches…Activists challenge Indonesia deregulation bill that threatens environment
May 8, 2020, 5:10 am By MongabayJAKARTA — Activists in Indonesia have filed a legal challenge to stop legislation that would…Indonesia lifts export ban on baby lobsters aimed to protect wild population
May 8, 2020, 3:42 am By MongabayJAKARTA — Indonesia will start exporting baby lobsters after a previous ban aimed at conserving…Get sick or go hungry? Workers face dilemma at Freeport’s Grasberg mine
May 8, 2020, 12:58 am By MongabayThousands of workers at the world’s largest copper and gold mine, run by U.S.-based Freeport…For Philippine farmers reeling from disasters, lockdown is another pain point
May 7, 2020, 9:12 pm By MongabayALBAY, Philippines — Ramon Oliva, a rice farmer from the Philippine province of Camarines Sur, has…The mining map: Who’s eyeing the gold on Brazil’s indigenous lands?
May 7, 2020, 3:18 pm By MongabayPresident Jair Bolsonaro has made clear on multiple occasions that Brazil’s indigenous territories…Authorities seize record 26 tons of illegal shark fins in Hong Kong
May 7, 2020, 11:39 am By MongabayCustoms officials in Hong Kong have seized 26 tons of shark fins from an estimated 38,500 sharks…Dayak women of Indonesia resist gender inequality exacerbated by palm oil production
May 7, 2020, 10:28 am By MongabayIn the rural Indonesian village of Hongoi*, indigenous Dayak Modang women like Lina* have had to…Journo arrested for reporting on palm oil tycoon’s alleged land grab
May 7, 2020, 8:48 am By MongabayJAKARTA — Activists have condemned the arrest of a journalist in Indonesia for reporting on a land…Fracking effort closes in on impoverished Colombian communities
May 7, 2020, 6:04 am By Mongabay*This article is a collaboration between Semana Sostenible of Colombia and Mongabay Latam. Sofía…Forest clearing proceeds for dam in Sumatra despite locals’ land claims
May 7, 2020, 5:23 am By MongabayDELI SERDANG, Indonesia — A forest in Indonesia’s Sumatra Island is being cleared to build…DNA detective work reveals where in the ocean shark fins came from
May 7, 2020, 4:12 am By MongabayIn 2013, Demian Chapman ambled down the streets in the Sheung Wan district in Hong Kong, where…Massive erosion likely due to hydropower dam causes oil spill on Ecuador’s Coca River
May 6, 2020, 7:23 pm By MongabayEcuador is in a deep economic and health crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic that has spread…Indigenous solutions to climate crisis could lie in archaeology, experts say
May 6, 2020, 4:10 pm By MongabayFor the first time last August, indigenous groups felt the global community was taking seriously…Plans to prevent future pandemics must consider gender issues, too (commentary)
May 6, 2020, 1:24 pm By MongabayAs COVID-19 continues to wrack our lives, the topic of the illegal wildlife trade and its connection…
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