Fighting to save an endangered ape, Indonesian activists fear for their lives
Dec 18, 2019, 3:44 am By MongabayJAKARTA — Indonesia’s North Sumatra province, the only known habitat of the Tapanuli orangutan…Europe’s ‘ruthless’ animal attractions: Q & A with filmmaker Aaron Gekoski
Dec 17, 2019, 9:05 pm By MongabayWildlife photographer and filmmaker Aaron Gekoski recently traveled across Europe with fellow…Tropical forests’ lost decade: the 2010s
Dec 17, 2019, 3:48 pm By MongabayThe 2010s opened as a moment of optimism for tropical forests. Widely available satellite imagery…The role of sustainable finance in Forest Landscape Restoration (commentary)
Dec 17, 2019, 3:14 pm By MongabayThe recent forest fires in Brazil and Bolivia showed once more that traditional approaches to…COP25: Self-serving G20 spites youth, humanity, world at climate talks
Dec 17, 2019, 1:34 pm By MongabayHalf a million climate protesters take to the streets of Madrid while national delegations negotiate…Arhuaco community of Colombia allows scientists to photograph ‘lost’ toad
Dec 17, 2019, 11:03 am By MongabayNot all species “lost to science” are truly lost. For nearly 30 years, the starry night…Mountain gorilla census reveals further increase in numbers
Dec 17, 2019, 10:55 am By MongabayThe outlook for eastern Africa’s mountain gorillas is growing brighter, as a recent census…Dodgy science and corporate concessions in Indonesia’s bid for clean palm oil
Dec 17, 2019, 6:15 am By MongabayJAKARTA — Indonesia has launched a campaign that government officials say should boost the…Sri Lanka’s Sinharaja rainforest reserve to be quadrupled in size
Dec 17, 2019, 1:02 am By MongabayCOLOMBO — Sri Lanka plans to quadruple the size of the protected area inside its last viable…A Philippine conservation park juggles funding needs with animal welfare
Dec 16, 2019, 3:00 pm By MongabayILOILO, Philippines — A pig growled in pain. I walked up to the enclosure of sharp, rusty metal…Madagascar: Is NGO-led conservation too conservative to conserve much?
Dec 16, 2019, 10:56 am By MongabayANTANANARIVO, Madagascar — Madagascar’s natural resources are under threat. Local people use…COP25: EU officials say biomass burning policy to come under critical review
Dec 16, 2019, 10:10 am By MongabayFrans Timmersmans, executive vice president of the EU (center), and Bas Eickhout, a member of the…FSC complaint filed against pulpwood firms tied to Indonesia’s richest man
Dec 16, 2019, 6:21 am By MongabayJAKARTA — An Indonesian NGO has filed a complaint with the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC),…Philippine mayors under fire from environment department over open dumpsites
Dec 15, 2019, 7:24 pm By MongabayMANILA — The Philippines’ Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has filed…Murders of indigenous leaders in Brazil Amazon hit highest level in two decades
Dec 14, 2019, 11:10 am By MongabayA young indigenous Guajajara man was found dead with multiple stab wounds Friday in the Brazilian…Whitetip sharks declared critically endangered, but gain no protections in Pacific
Dec 13, 2019, 2:13 pm By MongabayThis week, the oceanic whitetip shark was reclassified as “critically endangered” by the…COP25: Brazil’s official presence diverges widely from its public persona
Dec 13, 2019, 12:33 pm By MongabayHalf a million climate protesters take to the streets of Madrid while national delegations negotiate…COP25: Wood pellet CEO claims biomass carbon neutrality, despite science
Dec 13, 2019, 10:51 am By MongabayWill Gardiner CEO of Drax, the United Kingdom’s largest biomass plant speaking at COP25. Image by…In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, December 13, 2019
Dec 13, 2019, 10:43 am By MongabayTropical forests Beekeeping in the Amazon is improving lives and helping to stave off deforestation,…Indonesia to revive idle shrimp farms to boost fisheries and save mangroves
Dec 13, 2019, 10:34 am By MongabayKUTA, Indonesia — Indonesia plans to restore more than 300,000 hectares (741,300 acres) of idle…
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