Bolsonaro revives a plan to carve a road through one of Brazil’s last untouched areas
May 11, 2020, 3:16 pm By MongabayThe plan to extend the BR-163 highway to the border with Suriname was originally drawn up by the…In defense of bats in a COVID world (commentary)
May 11, 2020, 1:50 pm By MongabayMuch is being said lately about wild animals and epidemics these days. And it is true, the…Yehimi Fajardo: A voice for the birds of Putumayo
May 11, 2020, 12:54 pm By MongabayPUTUMAYO, Colombia – Yehimi Fajardo only had to hear the shriek of the common potoo (Nyctibius…Climate tipping point ecosystem collapses may come faster than thought: Studies
May 11, 2020, 12:49 pm By MongabayA coral reef in Indonesia. Coral reefs — especially Australia’s Great Barrier Reef — have…Canadian company positions for mining ban lift in Argentine province
May 11, 2020, 10:45 am By MongabayLike much of the world, Argentina remains locked down, its citizens more or less homebound due to…New bill could legalize ‘land banking’ by Indonesian plantation firms
May 10, 2020, 11:24 pm By MongabayA little-known provision in a sweeping deregulation package now before the Indonesian parliament…Pandemic lockdown gives Philippine province time to rethink planned split-up
May 10, 2020, 9:42 pm By MongabayPALAWAN, Philippines — A landmark vote on dividing the biodiverse Philippine province of Palawan…Amazon deforestation increases for 13th straight month in Brazil
May 9, 2020, 2:26 pm By MongabayDespite the global economic slowdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, deforestation in the Brazilian…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…
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