State governors support Bolsonaro’s Amazon mining, agribusiness plans
11:05am By MongabayBrazil President Jair Bolsonaro met with the nine Amazon governors on August 27, 2019. The governors…Disaster strikes in Bolivia as fires lay waste to unique forests
Sep 6, 2019, 5:53 pm By MongabayThis story is a journalistic collaboration between Mongabay’s Latin America (Latam) team and the…Asian otters gain protection from the pet trade
Sep 6, 2019, 5:26 pm By MongabayParties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) voted to place the…How rubber farmers can reduce risk and help the environment (commentary)
Sep 6, 2019, 12:53 pm By MongabaySince as far back as the early 1990s, Thailand has been the world’s largest exporter of natural…Amazon deforestation and development heighten Amazon fire risk: study
Sep 6, 2019, 12:46 pm By MongabayForest fires burn out of control in the municipality of Colniza, Mato Grosso state, Brazil in 2019.…In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, September 6, 2019
Sep 6, 2019, 11:27 am By MongabayTropical forests More than two-thirds of the world’s forests are at risk, according to a U.N.…Fires in Brazil’s Amazon have devastating consequences
Sep 6, 2019, 11:25 am By MongabayA dense layer of pollution has plagued the Brazilian cities of São Paulo, Manaus and Cuiabá for…Connected forests key to more sustainable palm oil industry: report
Sep 5, 2019, 12:48 pm By MongabayResearchers in the U.K. are calling for stronger criteria to ensure that high-quality forested areas…Sri Lanka scales up its domestic campaign to protect sharks with a global push
Sep 5, 2019, 10:59 am By MongabayDecades ago along the beaches of Sri Lanka, fish sellers used bicycles to transport their catch,…New monkey species found in Amazon forest area that’s fast disappearing
Sep 5, 2019, 8:29 am By MongabayFrom an area of southern Amazonia, where forests are rapidly being cut for gold mining, agriculture,…Protected areas best conserve mammalian diversity when connected with corridors, biologged weasels show
Sep 4, 2019, 7:12 pm By MongabayIn a recently published study, Canadian researchers monitored the fine-scale movements of…Audio: Rev. Lennox Yearwood on why he’s ‘excited’ about the urgency and energy behind climate action
Sep 4, 2019, 3:39 pm By MongabayOn today’s episode of the Mongabay Newscast, we speak with Reverend Lennox Yearwood, President and…New report reveals northern Ecuadorian region has lost 61 percent of forests
Sep 4, 2019, 3:35 pm By MongabaySpanning nearly 3 million hectares (7.4 million acres) along the coast, Ecuador’s Chocó region is…‘Holy grail’: Nest of extremely rare bird captured on video in Russia
Sep 4, 2019, 11:55 am By MongabayIn June this year, researchers surveying a remote part of the Russian Far East finally managed to…New species of giant flying squirrel brings hope to one of the world’s ‘most wanted’
Sep 4, 2019, 6:10 am By MongabayIn 1981, a team of scientists led by zoologist Shyamrup Biswas discovered the Namdapha flying…Transforming African conservation from old social cause into next-gen growth market
Sep 3, 2019, 3:03 pm By MongabayAfrica’s conservation challenges are daunting. The continent faces rapid human population growth,…Giant Norway pension fund weighs Brazil divestment over Amazon deforestation
Sep 3, 2019, 9:39 am By MongabayIllegal Amazon logging on Pirititi Indigenous lands in Roraima state, Brazil, May 2018. Image by…A Philippine island employs a rare cockatoo in its fight against mines
Sep 3, 2019, 8:35 am By MongabayGUIUAN, Philippines — The island of Homonhon in the Philippines’ Eastern Samar province cemented…Indonesian court cancels dam project in last stronghold of tigers, rhinos
Sep 2, 2019, 8:01 am By MongabayBANDA ACEH, Indonesia — A court in Indonesia has annulled a permit allowing the development of a…Brazil’s satellite agency resumes releasing deforestation data
Sep 1, 2019, 7:02 pm By MongabayBrazil’s National Space Research Institute INPE resumed releasing deforestation data after nearly…
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