Get sick or go hungry? Workers face dilemma at Freeport’s Grasberg mine
Fri 12:58am By MongabayThousands of workers at the world’s largest copper and gold mine, run by U.S.-based Freeport…For Philippine farmers reeling from disasters, lockdown is another pain point
May 7, 2020, 9:12 pm By MongabayALBAY, Philippines — Ramon Oliva, a rice farmer from the Philippine province of Camarines Sur, has…The mining map: Who’s eyeing the gold on Brazil’s indigenous lands?
May 7, 2020, 3:18 pm By MongabayPresident Jair Bolsonaro has made clear on multiple occasions that Brazil’s indigenous territories…Authorities seize record 26 tons of illegal shark fins in Hong Kong
May 7, 2020, 11:39 am By MongabayCustoms officials in Hong Kong have seized 26 tons of shark fins from an estimated 38,500 sharks…Dayak women of Indonesia resist gender inequality exacerbated by palm oil production
May 7, 2020, 10:28 am By MongabayIn the rural Indonesian village of Hongoi*, indigenous Dayak Modang women like Lina* have had to…Journo arrested for reporting on palm oil tycoon’s alleged land grab
May 7, 2020, 8:48 am By MongabayJAKARTA — Activists have condemned the arrest of a journalist in Indonesia for reporting on a land…Fracking effort closes in on impoverished Colombian communities
May 7, 2020, 6:04 am By Mongabay*This article is a collaboration between Semana Sostenible of Colombia and Mongabay Latam. Sofía…Forest clearing proceeds for dam in Sumatra despite locals’ land claims
May 7, 2020, 5:23 am By MongabayDELI SERDANG, Indonesia — A forest in Indonesia’s Sumatra Island is being cleared to build…DNA detective work reveals where in the ocean shark fins came from
May 7, 2020, 4:12 am By MongabayIn 2013, Demian Chapman ambled down the streets in the Sheung Wan district in Hong Kong, where…Massive erosion likely due to hydropower dam causes oil spill on Ecuador’s Coca River
May 6, 2020, 7:23 pm By MongabayEcuador is in a deep economic and health crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic that has spread…Indigenous solutions to climate crisis could lie in archaeology, experts say
May 6, 2020, 4:10 pm By MongabayFor the first time last August, indigenous groups felt the global community was taking seriously…Plans to prevent future pandemics must consider gender issues, too (commentary)
May 6, 2020, 1:24 pm By MongabayAs COVID-19 continues to wrack our lives, the topic of the illegal wildlife trade and its connection…Researchers miss out on sperm whale superpod in Sri Lanka amid pandemic
May 6, 2020, 1:15 pm By MongabayKALPITIYA, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka is known for the blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus) that occur…Aiming for conservation and development in a corner of Mexico’s Mayan jungle
May 6, 2020, 5:31 am By MongabayJosé Ramírez Talango is a retired teacher and beekeeper. When he was a child he used to walk…Everything you need to know about the Amazon rainforest: an interview with Mark Plotkin
May 5, 2020, 7:52 pm By MongabayAs Earth’s largest rainforest, the Amazon is the planet’s single greatest repository of…Brazil sacks officials who curbed deforestation on Amazon indigenous lands
May 5, 2020, 3:16 pm By MongabayIBAMA agents prior to 2019 on a raid against illegal deforesters in Pará state. After his election,…As visitors vanish, Madagascar’s protected areas suffer a ‘devastating’ blow
May 5, 2020, 1:18 pm By MongabayThe COVID-19 crisis has wiped out half a billion dollars in expected tourism revenues for Madagascar…Soy made the Cerrado a breadbasket; climate change may end that
May 5, 2020, 10:07 am By MongabayBare ground in fields along the BR-020 in August 2019 awaits the planting of Brazil’s most…Painstaking mapping initiative helps indigenous Peruvians defend their land
May 5, 2020, 9:48 am By MongabayFor the past five years, the indigenous Matsés people of the Peruvian Amazon region of Loreto…Wildlife tourism workers in limbo as Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 shutdown continues
May 5, 2020, 7:07 am By MongabayTISSAMAHARAMA, Sri Lanka – Yala National Park in southern Sri Lanka is the most visited wilderness…
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