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…‘New’ footage released of the last Tasmanian tiger
May 26, 2020, 2:44 am By MongabayIn a 21-second newsreel clip, Benjamin, a thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus) who lived at Beaumaris…What is an Olive baboon? Candid Animal Cam heads to Africa
May 26, 2020, 2:22 am By MongabayCamera traps bring you closer to the secretive natural world and are an important conservation tool…For Sri Lankans reporting environmental crimes, there’s now an app for that
May 25, 2020, 11:54 pm By MongabayKelanimulla is one of the last remaining wetlands in Sri Lanka’s western district of Colombo, and…As lockdown ends, activists brace to resume fight over Manila Bay reclamation
May 25, 2020, 9:50 pm By MongabayMANILA — Land reclamation projects in Manila Bay are expected to resume once Metro Manila…Vietnam wildlife trade ban appears to flounder amid coronavirus success
May 25, 2020, 5:15 pm By MongabayHO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam – Conservation organizations in Vietnam sent a letter to the Prime…Brazil’s ‘land-grabbers law’ threatens Amazonia (commentary)
May 25, 2020, 11:59 am By MongabayBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. Even as his popularity with the public plunges, Bolsonaro…The unknown Cerrado and its colossal biological relevance (commentary)
May 22, 2020, 5:19 pm By MongabayThe fires that ravaged the Amazon last year have put Brazil in the headlines around the world. The…For Amazon indigenous facing COVID-19, distance to ICU beds poses dire threat
May 22, 2020, 3:14 pm By MongabayCOVID-19 in the Amazon COVID-19 represents a particularly insidious threat for remote villages in…Locals stage latest fight against PNG mine dumping waste into sea
May 22, 2020, 3:06 pm By MongabayA coalition of more than 5,000 villagers and a provincial government in Papua New Guinea has built a…Slow and steady: Sea turtles mount a long-term recovery
May 22, 2020, 2:23 pm By MongabayIn 2018, something extraordinary happened in Phuket, Thailand. For the first time in five years, a…Illegal logging ‘mafia’ stripping hornbill habitat in Northeast India
May 22, 2020, 12:21 pm By MongabayOn a wet August afternoon in 2015, Jorjo Tana Tara, 48, a member of the indigenous Nyishi community…Indonesian levee project serves industry over community, study says
May 22, 2020, 10:50 am By MongabayJAKARTA — A highway and levee project touted as a solution to coastal flooding in communities…Mining company pressing to enter Ecuador’s Los Cedros Protected Forest
May 22, 2020, 7:00 am By MongabayFor nine months, the communities near Ecuador’s Los Cedros Protected Forest have been unable to…Papuan farmer dies after alleged police assault at palm oil company
May 22, 2020, 3:44 am By MongabayJAKARTA — Activists in the Indonesian province of Papua are demanding an investigation into the…Deaths, arrests and protests as Philippines re-emerges from lockdown
May 21, 2020, 9:00 pm By MongabayMANILA — The Philippines’ COVID-19 lockdown has exacerbated threats to activists fighting for…
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