From scorpion skewers to cricket flour, bug protein is becoming big business
Jan 3, 2020, 2:04 pm By MongabayLOC NINH DISTRICT, Vietnam — A spade strikes the bone-dry Cambodian dirt with a crunch, and the…In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, Jan. 3, 2020
Jan 3, 2020, 10:35 am By MongabayTropical forests The rush to meet the global demand for avocados could be fueling conflict in Mexico…From trash to cash: How a Thai entrepreneur turned used flip-flops into a sustainable business model
Jan 2, 2020, 4:07 pm By MongabayOne day in mid-2015, Dr. Nattapong Nithi-Uthai, who goes by the nickname “Arm,” looked at the…‘Rediscovered’ after 100 years, Gurney’s pitta is in peril once again
Jan 2, 2020, 5:07 am By MongabayGurney’s pitta may be running out of time. The tiny, vibrantly colored bird, first described from…Environmental damage exacerbates Jakarta flooding amid record rainfall
Jan 2, 2020, 2:24 am By MongabayJAKARTA — Flash floods triggered by the heaviest rains ever recorded in Jakarta wreaked havoc…Bolsonaro’s Brazil: 2020 could see revived Amazon mining assault — part two
Dec 31, 2019, 2:11 pm By MongabayAn industrial mining operation in Brazil. Note the forest at the edge of the open pit mine. Photo…Concerns about radioactive contamination dog Rio Tinto’s Madagascar mine
Dec 31, 2019, 7:39 am By MongabayActivists have accused mining giant Rio Tinto of dragging its feet in addressing the fallout from a…Balancing short and long term interests vital for Sri Lanka in 2020 (Commentary)
Dec 31, 2019, 5:25 am By MongabaySri Lanka enters 2020 at a time of political transition. With a new president in office and a…Our top nature drone photos of 2019 (Insider)
Dec 30, 2019, 10:24 pm By MongabayWhile I’ve written about use of drones in conservation since 2012 — a Mongabay story was the…Illegal tin mining leaves trail of ruin in protected Brazilian rainforest
Dec 30, 2019, 7:24 pm By MongabayThe damage only became clear once the rain stopped and the clouds parted over Altamira National…Palm oil, fire pushing protected areas in Honduras to the ‘point of no return’
Dec 30, 2019, 4:23 pm By MongabayResidents of the community of París de Leán in Honduras say they have been dealing with dirty…Habitat loss drives deadly conflict in Indonesia’s tiger country
Dec 30, 2019, 2:39 pm By MongabayPALEMBANG, Indonesia — A spate of recent tiger attacks on farmers in Indonesia’s South Sumatra…Brazil knows how to fight Amazon deforestation: Monitoring and law enforcement must be strengthened (commentary)
Dec 30, 2019, 2:23 pm By MongabayAs the COP25 climate conference in Madrid, Spain came to a close with little progress earlier this…Bolsonaro’s Brazil: 2019 brings death by 1,000 cuts to Amazon — part one
Dec 30, 2019, 1:49 pm By MongabayLogging trucks lacking license plates remove trees illegally harvested from an indigenous reserve in…Alarm over mass vulture poisoning in South Africa
Dec 29, 2019, 9:01 pm By MongabayDURBAN, South Africa — Another mass vulture poisoning incident has ended the year on a sour note…Rainforests in 2020: 10 things to watch
Dec 29, 2019, 1:31 pm By MongabayAfter a decade of increased deforestation, broken commitments, and hundreds of murders of rainforest…Global consumer demands fuel the extinction crisis facing the world’s primates
Dec 29, 2019, 8:45 am By MongabayA ceaselessly growing human population and an ever-expanding world economy based on the…2019: The year rainforests burned
Dec 27, 2019, 1:04 pm By Mongabay2019 closed out a “lost decade” for the world’s tropical forests, with surging deforestation…Amazon’s Mura indigenous group demands input over giant mining project
Dec 27, 2019, 11:34 am By MongabayTuxaua (chief) Aldinelson Pavão stands beside an exploratory well drilled by Potássio do Brasil.…In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, December 27, 2019
Dec 27, 2019, 11:19 am By MongabayTropical forests Seventeen black rhinos were moved from South Africa to Malawi (CNN). A journalist…
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