Brazilian Amazon deforestation surge is real despite Bolsonaro’s denial (commentary)
Jul 29, 2019, 1:01 pm By MongabayBrazil’s Amazonian deforestation in June 2019 was 88 percent greater than for the same month in…India pushes for its largest ever hydropower project despite concerns
Jul 29, 2019, 8:27 am By MongabayHydropower projects are back in focus in India, with the government declaring in the past sixth…Two ferns presumed extinct found on remote Australian mountaintops
Jul 26, 2019, 11:24 pm By MongabayOn the remote mountaintops of Queensland, Australia, researchers have rediscovered two species of…To regulate or not to regulate? EU climate commitments face key test over global deforestation (commentary)
Jul 26, 2019, 11:41 am By MongabayEurope’s new plan to address its role in driving rampant, often illegal deforestation through its…In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, July 26, 2019
Jul 26, 2019, 11:36 am By MongabayTropical forests Climate organizations accuse India of violating community rights and, in doing so,…In Indonesia, a court victory for Bali’s ban on single-use plastics
Jul 26, 2019, 6:10 am By MongabayJAKARTA — A ban on single-use plastics on the Indonesian island of Bali will stay in place, after…Baby whale wears a camera, reveals its travel and nursing behavior: video
Jul 25, 2019, 4:59 pm By MongabayBaby whales, like all young mammals, rely on their mother’s milk for their early development. A…Simba’s future depends on putting communities at the forefront of lion conservation (commentary)
Jul 25, 2019, 12:31 pm By MongabayThis past weekend, Disney’s newly released version of The Lion King shattered box office records…Gabonese timber linked to illegal logging seized in Antwerp
Jul 25, 2019, 9:05 am By MongabayOn July 8, Greenpeace forest campaigner Philippe Verbelen was conducting routine monitoring at the…FSC to keep Korindo in the fold, for now
Jul 25, 2019, 1:40 am By MongabayKorindo, one of the biggest palm oil companies operating in the Indonesian province of Papua, must…Where did the birds go?: Q&A with river tern researcher Bosco Chan
Jul 24, 2019, 11:13 pm By MongabayThe case of the river tern is a curious one. The medium-sized gray bird with a forked tail, a black…Small-scale farming is a big threat to biodiversity in the western Amazon: Study
Jul 24, 2019, 4:01 pm By MongabaySmallholder farming poses a significant threat to biodiversity in the western Amazonian forests of…New roads in Papua New Guinea may cause ‘quantum leap’ in forest loss
Jul 24, 2019, 2:21 pm By MongabayPapua New Guinea hopes to nearly double the length of its road network by 2022, posing grave threats…Protecting Antarctica beyond 2041: an interview with polar explorer Robert Swan
Jul 24, 2019, 12:31 am By MongabayExplorer Robert Swan is the first person to walk to both the North and South Poles unassisted. Those…Building a global inventory of plants: Q&A with botanist Patrick Weigelt
Jul 23, 2019, 11:09 pm By MongabayFor more than 200 years, naturalists, adventurers, explorers and plant hunters have navigated the…Audio: David Quammen on ecological restoration, emerging diseases, evolutionary science, and more
Jul 23, 2019, 7:33 pm By MongabayToday we speak with award-winning science writer, author, and journalist David Quammen about some of…Secretive and colorful dryas monkey isn’t as rare as once thought
Jul 23, 2019, 5:46 pm By MongabayOn a July day in 2014, biologists Henri Silegowa and Jean Pierre Kapale were buying rice in Bafundo,…Top court holds Indonesian government liable over 2015 forest fires
Jul 23, 2019, 7:08 am By MongabayJAKARTA — Indonesia’s highest court has upheld a ruling holding the government, including the…When it comes to captive breeding, not all Sumatran rhinos are equal
Jul 23, 2019, 12:54 am By MongabayIn November 2018, a small female Sumatran rhino plunged into a pit trap in Kalimantan, the…Making room for wild foods in forest conservation
Jul 22, 2019, 3:44 pm By MongabayEarlier this year, the EAT-Lancet Commission on Food, Planet and Health published its version of a…
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