A four-year ox-cart ride across Madagascar: Q&A with Alexandre Poussin
Jun 20, 2019, 4:25 am By MongabayWhen discovering a new country, most travelers are inclined to take the path well-trodden: a train…Carbon to burn: UK net-zero emissions pledge undermined by biomass energy
Jun 19, 2019, 6:59 pm By MongabayThe Drax power stations in the United Kingdom, one of the largest users of woody biomass for energy…Why sustainability should be on your plate when you travel (commentary)
Jun 19, 2019, 2:03 pm By MongabayLike many remote islands blessed with natural beauty and temperate weather, the economy of the South…’Livestock revolution’ triggered decline in global pasture: Report
Jun 19, 2019, 10:12 am By MongabayGlobally, the land we use for pasture is contracting, according to a new report from the…Sumatran rhinos to get a new sanctuary in Leuser Ecosystem
Jun 18, 2019, 8:39 pm By MongabayJAKARTA — The Indonesian government plans to build a third sanctuary for the captive breeding of…Shift to renewable energy could have biodiversity cost, researchers caution
Jun 18, 2019, 6:42 pm By MongabayClimate change has widely reported negative consequences, including exacerbating severe weather…Can REDD+ bring more women into forest conservation?
Jun 18, 2019, 4:45 pm By MongabaySlowly but surely, thinking and talking about gender equality has become normal in much of modern…At least one species has been lost on more than half of Earth’s land area
Jun 18, 2019, 1:05 pm By MongabayLast month, the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem…Recreational divers help researchers track movements of rare stingray
Jun 18, 2019, 11:56 am By MongabayThe smalleye stingray may be the largest of marine stingrays, but the species remains a mystery.…New tool helps monitor forest change within commodities supply chains
Jun 18, 2019, 9:41 am By MongabayCommercial agriculture drives some 40 percent of deforestation in the tropics, as suppliers clear…First Nations have created a robust conservation economy in Great Bear Rainforest: Report
Jun 17, 2019, 4:32 pm By MongabayOver the past decade, First Nations have created a robust conservation economy in Canada’s Great…Norway sees sharp drop in palm oil biofuel consumption after ban on government purchasing
Jun 17, 2019, 3:34 pm By MongabayThe consumption of palm oil-based biofuels fell 70 percent in Norway last year, following a…As Cambodia swelters, climate-change suspicion falls on deforestation
Jun 17, 2019, 2:20 pm By MongabayAs the impacts of climate change become more apparent worldwide, members of the public are…Primates lose ground to surging commodity production in their habitats
Jun 17, 2019, 10:04 am By MongabayThe global trade of products that come at the expense of tropical forest is driving many primate…Deforested areas bleed heat to nearby forests, drive local extinctions
Jun 17, 2019, 5:48 am By MongabayAreas cleared of forests bleed heat to neighboring forests, and this fuels increases in temperatures…Nearly 600 plant species have gone extinct in last 250 years
Jun 17, 2019, 1:04 am By MongabayWhen plants slide into extinction, they rarely make news. But more species of plants have…Exotic pet trade responsible for hundreds of invasive species around the globe
Jun 14, 2019, 12:27 pm By MongabayLast April, a male Burmese python led researchers at the Big Cypress National Preserve in the…In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, June 14, 2019
Jun 14, 2019, 11:45 am By MongabayTropical forests A new project in the Democratic Republic of Congo aims to use degraded land to grow…Leopards get a $20m boost from Panthera pact with Saudi prince
Jun 14, 2019, 11:28 am By MongabayWild cat conservation group Panthera has signed an agreement with a member of the Saudi royal family…Peruvian communities demanding crude cleanup brace for more oil activity
Jun 14, 2019, 9:41 am By MongabayWalking through the tropical forest undergrowth in the Amazonian heat, Elmer Hualinga suddenly stops…
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