Land scarcity and disease threaten a multifaceted indigenous crop in Ethiopia
May 19, 2020, 9:30 am By MongabaySIDAMA, Ethiopia — For Lidya Ashango and 14 million other Ethiopians, the false banana plant…Norway’s sovereign wealth fund drops major Brazil miner, utility from its portfolio
May 19, 2020, 9:24 am By MongabayNorway’s Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG) has excluded two of Brazil’s largest energy…For Freedom the gorilla, a months-long journey back to the wilds of Cameroon
May 19, 2020, 9:10 am By MongabayIn mid-December 2019, a team of veterinarians and caregivers looked on as a gorilla named Freedom…In Indonesia’s new rice plan, experts see the blueprint of an epic past failure
May 19, 2020, 5:55 am By MongabayJAKARTA — Nyoman Suryadiputra says he still vividly remembers the time he traveled deep into the…What is a jaguarundi? Candid Animal Cam is back with the wild cats of the Amazon
May 19, 2020, 5:06 am By MongabayCamera traps bring you closer to the secretive natural world and are an important conservation tool…A Philippine island locked down, but its mine didn’t — and infections mounted
May 18, 2020, 8:08 pm By MongabayANTIQUE, Philippines — Calls are mounting for an investigation into ongoing coal-mining activity…It’s time to implement solutions that make the bushmeat trade unnecessary (commentary)
May 18, 2020, 6:10 pm By MongabayThe coronavirus has rocked the foundations of societies across the globe. Since the virus originated…Indigenous COVID-19 cases top 500, danger mapped in Brazil agricultural hub
May 18, 2020, 5:15 pm By MongabayXavante indigenous children. The rapid spread of COVID-19 could jeopardize the future of indigenous…Economists put a price tag on living whales in Brazil: $82 billion
May 18, 2020, 3:49 pm By MongabayEach winter, southern right whales and humpback whales migrate to the waters off Brazil to feed on…Amazon fires may be worse in 2020 as deforestation and land grabbing spikes
May 18, 2020, 11:38 am By MongabayIt’s too early for a verdict, but at present, threats to the Brazilian Amazon are growing…In South Korea, centuries of farming point to the future for sustainable agriculture
May 18, 2020, 11:28 am By MongabaySouth Korea has been held up as a model by other nations around the world for its current handling…Indonesian miners eyeing EV nickel boom seek to dump waste into the sea
May 18, 2020, 12:15 am By MongabayJAKARTA — As Indonesia ramps up its mining sector to feed the world’s hunger for zero-emission…Disaster interrupted: How you can help save the insects
May 15, 2020, 6:02 pm By MongabayA tiger beetle (Cicindela aurulenta). Photo by Pen Araneae( CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) Life can’t function…Legendary entomologist Terry Erwin passes away at age 79
May 15, 2020, 12:32 pm By MongabayThe famed entomologist Terry L. Erwin, a prolific scholar who revolutionized the scientific…A Philippine village on lockdown delivers nearly 300 turtle hatchlings to sea
May 15, 2020, 12:04 pm By MongabayBUTUAN CITY, Philippines — Villagers in the southern Philippines taking part in a program to…Amid lockdown, Sri Lankans nurture their own oases through home gardening
May 15, 2020, 7:20 am By MongabayCOLOMBO — On April 22, Sri Lanka eased its nationwide lockdown that was imposed in response to the…As COVID-19 pandemic deepens, global wildlife treaty faces an identity crisis
May 15, 2020, 4:24 am By MongabayThe Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, popularly known as CITES, is a rare…Gender-based violence shakes communities in the wake of forest loss
May 14, 2020, 5:23 pm By MongabayKOKOPO, Papua New Guinea — Change. That’s what Monica Yongol has seen in her 54 years. In that…Habitat degradation threatens Amazon species; one region offers hope: Studies
May 14, 2020, 12:33 pm By MongabayThe Amazon rainforest is falling to pieces — deep cracks intrude ever farther into old growth…Amazon road projects could lead to Belize-size loss of forest, study shows
May 14, 2020, 12:17 pm By MongabayRoad projects planned for the Amazon Basin over the next five years could lead to the loss of 2.4…
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