Enforce Brazilian laws to curb criminal Amazon deforestation: study
Nov 4, 2019, 11:37 am By MongabayConfiscated timber harvested illegally within a Brazilian indigenous reserve in Roraima state. Law…‘Fantastic grandmothers’ snorkel, help uncover large sea snake population
Nov 4, 2019, 10:46 am By MongabayA group of seven women in their 60s and 70s, who call themselves “the fantastic grandmothers,”…Indonesian journos critical of illegal palm plantation found dead
Nov 4, 2019, 9:13 am By MongabayMEDAN, Indonesia — Two Indonesian journalists who had reported on an illegal oil palm plantation…Research points to low forensic capacity to tackle timber fraud in U.S.
Nov 4, 2019, 9:07 am By MongabayA recent study suggests that a lot of fraudulently or inaccurately identified wood turns up in…Ban on destructive fishing practice helps species recovery in Indonesian park
Nov 4, 2019, 6:12 am By MongabayJAKARTA — Fish stocks in a marine national park in Indonesia increased significantly in the years…RSPO questions effectiveness of Indonesian palm plantation moratorium
Nov 4, 2019, 4:50 am By MongabayJAKARTA — A year after the Indonesian government imposed a ban on issuing new licenses for oil…Indonesia protests: Land bill at center of unrest
Nov 3, 2019, 6:10 pm By MongabayJAKARTA — In late September, international news outlets caught flak for their coverage of…‘Guardian of the Forest’ ambushed and murdered in Brazilian Amazon
Nov 2, 2019, 5:56 pm By MongabayA young indigenous Guajajara leader was murdered reportedly by loggers Friday in the Brazilian…Debate rages over intensive oil palm farming in Gabon
Nov 1, 2019, 6:56 pm By MongabayNearly 88 percent of Gabon is covered in forests. As the country seeks to diversify its economy,…There’s a new fin whale subspecies in the North Pacific
Nov 1, 2019, 2:50 pm By MongabayA new subspecies of fin whale, the second-largest species on Earth after the blue whale, has been…In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, November 1, 2019
Nov 1, 2019, 11:15 am By MongabayTropical forests The Solomon Islands government has deemed the lease of an island to China illegal…Campaigns help save the Ulcinj Salina, Montenegro
Nov 1, 2019, 10:56 am By MongabayMONTENEGRO — “You see, they are coming, the visitors are coming,” says Jovana Janjušević as…Photos: Peatland fires rage through Indonesia’s Sumatra Island
Nov 1, 2019, 9:08 am By MongabayPALEMBANG, Indonesia — Aerial images taken last month in the southern part of Indonesia’s…What’s at stake after Chile cancels its hosting of COP25?
Nov 1, 2019, 8:54 am By MongabayChilean President Sebastián Piñera announced on Oct. 30 that his country was cancelling the 25th…Lawsuit against Indonesian coal plant reveals permit irregularities
Nov 1, 2019, 4:11 am By MongabayBENGKULU, Indonesia — Hearings in a lawsuit filed by residents over a newly built Chinese-funded…Enough is too much: The growing case for investors to drop Golden Agri-Resources (commentary)
Oct 31, 2019, 4:01 pm By MongabayLast year, when we published the report High Risk in the Rainforest, it was far from the first time…Less force, more kindness as Sri Lanka tries to defuse human-elephant conflict
Oct 31, 2019, 3:14 pm By MongabayCOLOMBO — When Chandi, an aggressive male elephant prone to breaking into village homes and…Carbon emissions from loss of intact tropical forest a ‘ticking time bomb’
Oct 31, 2019, 12:49 pm By MongabayLosing undisturbed tropical forests is more devastating for the planet than previously thought,…New species of shrimp-like creature found in a whale shark’s mouth
Oct 31, 2019, 12:48 pm By MongabayIn 2017, Japanese scientists found hundreds of shrimp-like creatures in an unusual place: on the…Finding hope in ‘extreme conservation’ (Insider)
Oct 31, 2019, 7:05 am By MongabayVIRUNGA NATIONAL PARK, Democratic Republic of Congo — Seven meters. It’s one of the first…
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