2019 in line for second lowest Arctic sea ice extent record
Aug 19, 2019, 12:48 pm By MongabayHeat waves assaulted the Arctic sea ice this year, especially on the Alaska and Asian side, causing…Colombia: Indigenous Yukpa besieged by deforestation and armed conflict
Aug 19, 2019, 12:11 pm By MongabayThere is still hope in the innocent eyes of Yukpa children. They play, laugh, and jump about,…Mysterious plants that thrive in darkness, steal food: Q&A with botanist Kenji Suetsugu
Aug 19, 2019, 10:51 am By MongabayWhen Kenji Suetsugu is out looking for plants in Japan’s forests, he’s not looking for the usual…Connecting an island: Traveling the Pan Borneo Highway
Aug 19, 2019, 9:18 am By MongabayThis is the first article in our six-part series “Traveling the Pan Borneo Highway.” MIRI,…Philippine eco-warrior Gina Lopez, who battled mines, dies at 65
Aug 19, 2019, 8:07 am By MongabayMANILA — Gina Lopez, a former Philippine environment secretary, philanthropist and eco-warrior,…Travel: A charmed encounter with birds-of-paradise in Papua’s Arfak Mountains
Aug 19, 2019, 12:57 am By MongabayARFAK MOUNTAINS, Indonesia — Seblon Mandacan scampers with ease up the slippery footpath through…Deforestation, climate crisis could crash Amazon tree diversity: study
Aug 18, 2019, 3:05 pm By MongabayThe Amazon rainforest is a cloud factory and has a tremendous influence on the weather and climate…CITES 2019: What’s Conservation Got To Do With It? (commentary)
Aug 16, 2019, 6:46 pm By MongabayFrom August 17-28, the global community convenes in Geneva for the meeting of the Conference of the…Bid for greater protection of star tortoise, a trafficking mainstay
Aug 16, 2019, 2:44 pm By MongabayIn March 2019, custom officials open abandoned luggage in the halls of Manila’s international…Madagascar: What’s good for the forest is good for the native silk industry
Aug 16, 2019, 1:39 pm By MongabayAMORON’I MANIA REGION, Madagascar — People in the highlands of central Madagascar have long…Norway freezes support for Amazon Fund; EU/Brazil trade deal at risk?
Aug 16, 2019, 12:00 pm By MongabayTrucks loaded with trees illegally harvested within an indigenous reserve. The rhetoric and policies…In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, August 16, 2019
Aug 16, 2019, 10:53 am By MongabayTropical forests A free-trade deal between the United States and Brazil could be disastrous for the…Asian elephant footprints serve as safe spaces for frog nurseries
Aug 16, 2019, 6:49 am By MongabayWhile wandering through northwestern Myanmar in 2016, a group of scientists stumbled on hundreds of…Newly described giant extinct penguin and parrot once lived in New Zealand
Aug 16, 2019, 12:21 am By MongabayMillions of years ago, giant birds roamed ancient New Zealand. There was the moa, an extinct…Ekuri Initiative: Inside a Nigerian community’s battle to keep its forest
Aug 15, 2019, 8:03 pm By MongabayLAGOS, NIGERIA — Surrounded by smoke-capped dense forest thick with tall, evergreen trees and…Precision conservation: High tech to the rescue in the Peruvian Amazon
Aug 15, 2019, 10:26 am By MongabayThis story was supported in part by Conservation X Labs’ Artisanal Mining Grand Challenge, a…Nigeria finds itself at the heart of the illegal pangolin trade
Aug 15, 2019, 5:41 am By MongabayEPE, LAGOS – A babel of voices hangs in the misty air over the Oluwo bushmeat market in Epe, in…Europe-bred rhinos join South African cousins to repopulate Rwanda park
Aug 14, 2019, 5:47 pm By MongabayFive eastern black rhinos translocated from European zoos to Rwanda’s Akagera National Park have…From science to reporting (Insider)
Aug 14, 2019, 3:08 pm By MongabayWhen I was growing up, I always thought I would become a writer. I loved reading and writing, and…Indonesia forest-clearing ban is made permanent, but labeled ‘propaganda’
Aug 14, 2019, 6:55 am By MongabayJAKARTA — Indonesia’s president has made permanent a temporary moratorium on forest-clearing…
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