Madre de Dios: Seven Brazil nut concessions investigated for illegal timber extraction
Feb 20, 2019, 1:33 pm By Mongabay
On Friday 28 December 2018, prosecutor Karina Garay of Brazil’s Specialized Environmental…Audio: The sounds of a rare New Zealand bird reintroduced to its native habitat
Feb 20, 2019, 12:05 pm By Mongabay
On today’s episode, we speak with Oliver Metcalf, lead author of a recent study that used…New Species of orangutan threatened from moment of its discovery
Feb 20, 2019, 11:57 am By Mongabay
Part One of this series can be found here. For months, rumors had been flying around in the…How many trees make a forest? (commentary)
Feb 20, 2019, 11:10 am By Mongabay
We can agree that deforestation continues to be a massive global problem — in 2016, the world lost…Chinese ‘Queen of Ivory’ sentenced to 15 years in jail for tusk trafficking
Feb 20, 2019, 10:09 am By Mongabay
A Tanzanian court has sentenced Yang Fenglan, a Chinese national dubbed the “Queen of Ivory,”…Indonesian candidates find common ground in support for palm oil
Feb 20, 2019, 10:04 am By MongabayJAKARTA — Indonesian President Joko Widodo and his challenger in this year’s election, Prabowo…Bolsonaro government takes aim at Vatican over Amazon meeting
Feb 20, 2019, 9:57 am By MongabayGeneral Augusto Heleno takes a dim view of the Catholic church’s Amazon Synod, seeing it as…Indonesia to get first payment from Norway under $1b REDD+ scheme
Feb 20, 2019, 7:42 am By Mongabay
JAKARTA — It’s taken nearly a decade, but Indonesia is finally set to receive the first part of…Illegal gold mining destroys wetland forest in Madagascar park
Feb 19, 2019, 1:49 pm By Mongabay
Illegal gold mining is on the verge of wiping out an iconic wetland forest in the heart of…What does it take to discover a new great ape species?
Feb 19, 2019, 11:30 am By Mongabay
When an international team of scientists published their description of a new ape species, the…Brazil sees growing wave of anti-indigenous threats, reserve invasions
Feb 19, 2019, 9:42 am By MongabayIllegal deforestation in the Awá Indigenous Reserve in Maranhâo state. Forests are illegally…In the Solomon Islands, making amends in the name of conservation
Feb 19, 2019, 9:00 am By MongabayWearing nothing more than leaves hanging from belts of woven vegetation, the three scientists stand…India-Nepal agreement to boost transborder conservation of rhinos, tigers
Feb 19, 2019, 5:17 am By Mongabay
India and Nepal are all set to sign an agreement to cooperate on biodiversity conservation,…Giant pines a tourist draw, cash cow for Yogyakarta farmers
Feb 19, 2019, 12:16 am By Mongabay
MANGUNAN, Indonesia — Not long ago, people would come to Mangunan only to tap the giant trunks of…Report: Turkish carrier is ‘poacher’s airline of choice’ for parrot trade
Feb 18, 2019, 9:10 am By MongabayWildlife traffickers rely heavily on airlines to smuggle endangered species. Now, in a recent…The view from the bottleneck: Is nature poised for a big comeback?
Feb 18, 2019, 9:10 am By Mongabay
As an environmental journalist I’m bombarded every day with headlines like “The Insect…Corruption-riddled caviar trade pushes fish closer to extinction
Feb 18, 2019, 8:46 am By Mongabay
Corruption fuels the illegal harvest and sale of caviar, potentially hastening the slide of many…Guyana: The school where indigenous youth learn about their land
Feb 15, 2019, 3:15 pm By MongabayANNAI, Guyana — It’s 8:30 a.m. and the main school building of the Bina Hill Institute’s Youth…10 reasons U.S. must hold Peru to trade deal and protect Amazon (commentary)
Feb 15, 2019, 1:08 pm By MongabayConfiscated timber at the regional government’s forestry office in Ucayali, Peru. Image by David…Latam Eco Review: Twilight for Darwin’s foxes, nightlife for jaguarundis
Feb 15, 2019, 12:42 pm By Mongabay
Jaguarundis caught on camera in Peru, hydropower choking Colombia’s Cauca River, and Darwin’s…
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