When the world’s rarest primate couples up, it’s a win for the species
Thu 2:56pm By MongabayThe Hainan gibbon was once teetering and tottering at the precipice of extinction. In the 1950s,…Harrowing video shows indigenous Colombians fleeing gunfire
Thu 12:21pm By MongabayIn the midst of a national lockdown in Colombia, a dramatic video showing dozens of indigenous…In the Amazon, a farmer practices the future of sustainable cattle ranching
Thu 11:34am By MongabayA cattle farmer in the Mid-Solimões region for nearly 30 years, Otacílio Soares Brito has adopted…Taylor and Tate: Canine-human teams rescue Australia’s fire-ravaged koalas
Thu 11:18am By Mongabay“Find koala!” With those two simple words, four-year-old English Springer Spaniel Taylor sprang…Investigation exposes European firms exploiting loophole to import Myanmar teak
Thu 8:56am By MongabayInvestigators have uncovered a scheme by European timber traders to evade E.U. laws by supplying…Faced with a health crisis, a plea for trees and agroforestry (commentary)
Thu 12:57am By MongabayEpidemiologists know that wildlife disappearance facilitates epidemics that affect humanity. This…In the Ecuadoran Andes, protectors of the páramos guard their water source
May 27, 2020, 5:18 pm By MongabayIt’s freezing cold. The wind whistles. A gentle drizzle falls from the sky, and the ground wheezes…Green alert: How indigenous have been experiencing climate change in the Amazon
May 27, 2020, 2:22 pm By MongabayAntônio Veríssimo Apinajé recalls his life as a boy in Taquari village in northern Tocantins…Audio: Listening to elephants to protect Central Africa’s tropical forests
May 27, 2020, 1:59 pm By MongabayOn today’s episode of the Mongabay Newscast we take a look at a project that aims to preserve the…Contentious Guatemala nickel mine ‘ignores coronavirus lockdown’
May 27, 2020, 1:45 pm By MongabayWhen Cristobal Pop, 41, started fishing in Lake Izabal in eastern Guatemala with his uncle nearly 30…Loggers attack Brazilian environmental official in Amazon; Bolsonaro silent
May 27, 2020, 1:38 pm By MongabayHeavy equipment used in illegal operation, destroyed by IBAMA, Brazil’s environmental agency. Such…Spiny lobsters raise an undersea racket that can be heard miles away
May 27, 2020, 9:52 am By MongabayEuropean spiny lobsters (Palinurus elephas) create quite the rumble. By rubbing an antenna across…A new sanctuary for the Sumatran rhino is delayed amid COVID-19 measures
May 27, 2020, 7:57 am By MongabayBANDA ACEH, Indonesia — A much-anticipated plan to establish a new rhino-breeding sanctuary in…Indonesia drops panned plan to scrap legality license for wood exports
May 27, 2020, 7:06 am By MongabayJAKARTA — The Indonesian government has backed down from a decision to scrap its timber legality…Campaigners in Myanmar’s Tanintharyi region oppose $21m conservation project
May 27, 2020, 5:38 am By MongabayCampaigners in the Tanintharyi region of southern Myanmar have urged international donors to support…Brazil minister advises using COVID-19 to distract from Amazon deregulation
May 26, 2020, 5:41 pm By MongabayBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro (left) with Environment Minister Ricardo Salles. Image by Marcos…Brazilian taxpayers subsidizing Amazon-clearing cattle ranches, study shows
May 26, 2020, 4:59 pm By MongabayOne in every 10 pieces of beef served up on Brazilian plates is paid for by tax dollars. The…‘Don’t let your cat outside’: Q&A with author Peter Christie
May 26, 2020, 3:33 pm By MongabayThe statistics capturing the effects that pets have on wildlife are mind-boggling. Cats in the…For the western chimpanzee, sanctuaries are more than just a last resort
May 26, 2020, 12:39 pm By MongabayIn the 1960s, there were an estimated 1 million wild chimpanzees in West Africa. Today, there are…Brazil judge blocks appointment of missionary to indigenous agency
May 26, 2020, 11:25 am By MongabayThis isolated uncontacted indigenous group in the Brazilian Amazon is clearly hostile to the…
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