$750,000 prize seeks solutions to challenges from small-scale mining
Oct 8, 2019, 5:25 pm By MongabayWhile the devices we carry around in our pockets everyday provide us with unprecedented convenience…Eight species, including Tapanuli orangutan, make first appearance on list of most endangered primates
Oct 8, 2019, 3:57 pm By MongabayWhen the Tapanuli orangutan was discovered in 2017 in the rainforests of Sumatra, Indonesia, it…Philippines races to save its increasingly endangered hornbills
Oct 8, 2019, 11:08 am By MongabayMANILA — The last 15 years have been harsh on hornbills in the Philippines: Nine out of the 11…For Indonesia’s newest tarsier, a debut a quarter century in the making
Oct 8, 2019, 10:45 am By MongabayJAKARTA — In 1993, scientists Alexandra Nietsch and Carsten Niemitz reported finding tarsiers, a…Bouncing back: The recovery of the tenkile tree kangaroo
Oct 8, 2019, 6:20 am By MongabayThe tenkile, or Scott’s tree kangaroo (Dendrolagus scottae), doesn’t bounce exactly — more of…CITES appeals to countries to watch out for trafficked Malagasy rosewood
Oct 7, 2019, 1:36 pm By MongabayInternational wildlife trade regulators have issued an advisory drawing attention to $50 million…International wildlife trade sweeps across ‘tree of life,’ study finds
Oct 7, 2019, 8:44 am By MongabayWatching a helmeted hornbill (Rhinoplax vigil) swoop through the canopy of a tropical forest sits…The unrecognized cost of Indonesia’s fires (commentary)
Oct 7, 2019, 7:09 am By MongabayThree decades ago, scientists surveying the forests of Malaysian Borneo discovered a plant extract…EU market a factor as Sri Lanka pulls its punches on protection for lizards
Oct 6, 2019, 11:37 am By MongabayCOLOMBO — With its spectacular green coloration and reddish eyes set behind a knob-like snout, the…Expedition finds new humpback breeding ground and sends first deep divers to Amazon Reef
Oct 4, 2019, 4:24 pm By MongabayA scientific expedition launched by environmental NGO Greenpeace has discovered a new humpback…Vatican calls landmark meeting to conserve Amazon, protect indigenous peoples
Oct 4, 2019, 11:52 am By MongabaySeeing the Amazon gravely at risk, the Vatican has called a conference to help protect the world’s…In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, October 4, 2019
Oct 4, 2019, 11:21 am By MongabayTropical forests An insect could help farmers battle invasive cacti in Kenya (Biographic). The world…Hundreds protest pollution from coal-fired power plant in Java
Oct 4, 2019, 9:51 am By MongabayCILACAP, Indonesia — Hundreds of people in this city in central Java staged a protest this week…Sumatra survey looks to identify at-risk rhinos for captive breeding
Oct 4, 2019, 7:48 am By MongabayAs Indonesia prepares to launch a new captive-breeding facility for Sumatran rhinos (Dicerorhinus…Demand for charcoal threatens the forest of Madagascar’s last hunter-gatherers
Oct 3, 2019, 3:05 pm By MongabayMIKEA FOREST, Madagascar — A spear, an ax, a fire starter crafted from cow horn, a hand-carved…How bioacoustics can transform conservation – Wildtech event in Palo Alto
Oct 3, 2019, 1:26 pm By MongabaySatellites have revolutionized forest monitoring, but there remains a major gap in biodiversity…Brazil land reform head fired amid push to legalize cleared Amazon land
Oct 3, 2019, 1:09 pm By MongabayBrazilian far-right President Jair Bolsonaro has fired the head of the federal agency in charge of…Study tracks first incursion of poachers into ‘pristine’ African forest
Oct 3, 2019, 11:21 am By MongabayElephant poachers are using logging roads to infiltrate some of the last remaining pristine forests…Brazilian beef industry plays outsized role in tropical carbon emissions: report
Oct 3, 2019, 10:56 am By MongabayDaily life on a cattle ranch in the Brazilian Amazon. Image © Erik Lopes courtesy of The Nature…As wildfires roil Sumatra, some villages have abandoned the burning
Oct 3, 2019, 10:56 am By MongabayUPANG CERIA/GELEBAK DALAM, Indonesia — Boat drivers sometimes decide not to work when the smoke is…
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