Massacre in Nicaragua: Four indigenous community members killed for their land
Feb 14, 2020, 7:09 pm By MongabayAn illegal armed group connected to land grabbers killed four members of the indigenous Mayangna…Leopard lens: Looking for Sri Lanka’s charismatic big cat (commentary)
Feb 14, 2020, 2:15 pm By MongabayCOLOMBO — In recent years, leopards in Sri Lanka (Panthera pardus kotiya), an endangered…Extinction of a megafish: Can this spark action to save other migratory freshwater species? (commentary)
Feb 14, 2020, 11:59 am By MongabayThe extinction of the Chinese paddlefish, announced by researchers in January 2020, is entirely the…Indonesia targets pulpwood, palm oil firms in civil suits over 2019 fires
Feb 14, 2020, 10:35 am By MongabayJAKARTA — The Indonesian government is planning to sue five companies, and possibly up to 16, over…Rare baby Chinese pangolin born to rescued mom makes surprise debut at Vietnam sanctuary [VIDEO]
Feb 14, 2020, 10:34 am By MongabayFor the first time ever, a baby Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla) was born in a captive…In Indonesian renewables bill, activists see chance to move away from coal
Feb 14, 2020, 3:06 am By MongabayJAKARTA — Indonesia’s parliament has for the first time prioritized passing new legislation on…Economists, conservationists, political leaders urge adoption of carbon tax to halt tropical deforestation
Feb 13, 2020, 5:34 pm By MongabayA comment piece published in Nature yesterday urges tropical countries to adopt a tax on carbon…The ‘blue acceleration’: Study shows humans’ surging incursions into the sea
Feb 13, 2020, 1:17 pm By MongabayHumanity has depended on the ocean for millennia. Today, however, the rush to the sea is occurring…For tiger moms, the work-life balance struggle is real, study finds
Feb 13, 2020, 11:42 am By MongabayBeing a single mom is tough, even for a strong and formidable tigress. Hunting, protecting the…Illegal pangolin trade may have played a part in coronavirus outbreak
Feb 13, 2020, 7:30 am By MongabayThe death toll from the novel coronavirus outbreak, the disease now called COVID-19, crossed the…Early deforestation numbers for 2019 reveal trends in the Amazon
Feb 12, 2020, 10:09 am By MongabayA new analysis based on estimated deforestation in the Amazon in 2019 pinpoints hotspots of forest…The reporter-editor bond (insider)
Feb 12, 2020, 9:24 am By MongabayThere’s no doubt 2019 was a bad news year for the planet, and for many of the more than 7.5…Uphill fight to shut disaster-amplifying gold mines in Indonesian park
Feb 12, 2020, 7:08 am By MongabayJAKARTA — The Indonesian government has shut down 26 mining pits on the hilly outskirts of…Investigation reveals loopholes for illegal shark fin exports from Indonesia
Feb 12, 2020, 3:26 am By MongabayJAKARTA — A months-long joint investigation by Indonesian media has shed new light on the ploys…Philippines turns to EU’s Copernicus in Earth satellite data collaboration
Feb 11, 2020, 3:00 pm By MongabayMANILA — The European Space Agency and the Philippine government are close to sealing a…Study investigates impact of road deaths on giant anteater population in Cerrado
Feb 11, 2020, 2:12 pm By MongabayBiologist Arnaud Desbiez and one of the giant anteaters monitored by the study. Image by Aurélio…Private firms will pay soy farmers not to deforest Brazil’s Cerrado
Feb 11, 2020, 12:27 pm By MongabayThe Cerrado is traditionally known as “the birthplace of waters.” Eight of Brazil’s major…Isolated by civil war, Sri Lanka’s Jaffna proves to be a herp haven
Feb 11, 2020, 5:50 am By MongabayCOLOMBO — When a group of herpetologists ventured into Jaffna in Sri Lanka’s north to conduct…Experts see minefield of risk as Indonesia seeks environmental deregulation
Feb 11, 2020, 5:47 am By MongabayJAKARTA — Experts have warned that a slate of sweeping deregulation planned by the Indonesian…Scientists find never-before-seen baby of rare rabbit on WhatsApp
Feb 11, 2020, 5:39 am By MongabayOn Feb. 14, 2018, a group of scientists led by Arum Setiawan recognized a rather odd-looking baby…
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