In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, August 23, 2019
Aug 23, 2019, 10:35 am By MongabayTropical forests The world’s largest butterfly is also one of the rarest (Mother Jones, Undark).…Bid to allow sale of ivory stockpiles rejected at wildlife trade summit
Aug 23, 2019, 9:33 am By MongabayA proposal by Botswana, Zimbabwe and Namibia that would allow them to sell their ivory stockpiles…Half a billion bees dead as Brazil approves hundreds more pesticides
Aug 23, 2019, 8:20 am By MongabayThis story is part of the Por trás do alimento (Behind the Food) project, a reporting collaboration…Indonesia eyes palm oil export boost to China amid mounting U.S. trade war
Aug 23, 2019, 7:12 am By MongabayJAKARTA — Indonesia, the world’s biggest producer of palm oil, is anticipating a boost in…In Sri Lanka, the sweet smell of agarwood draws calls for trade protection
Aug 23, 2019, 12:45 am By MongabayCOLOMBO — When forest officer Anura Herath carried out a raid in July 2012, he was ready to seize…Satellite images from Planet reveal devastating Amazon fires in near real-time
Aug 22, 2019, 7:49 pm By MongabayHigh resolution images from satellite company Planet are revealing glimpses of some of the fires…Australia to ban domestic trade in elephant ivory and rhino horn
Aug 22, 2019, 2:45 pm By MongabayAustralia will soon ban the domestic trade in elephant ivory and rhino horn. The country’s…In Cambodia, a rare acquittal in a climate of danger for green activists
Aug 22, 2019, 1:29 pm By MongabayKOH KONG, Cambodia — In a rare ruling, a court in Cambodia has decided to acquit a Spanish…Discovery of a metallic-blue tarantula bolsters case for trade protection
Aug 22, 2019, 2:37 am By MongabayResearchers in Sri Lanka have described an eye-catching new species of tarantula, in a discovery…The Pan Borneo Highway brings wildlife threats to nat’l park doorstep
Aug 21, 2019, 4:25 pm By MongabayThis is the second article in our six-part series “Traveling the Pan Borneo Highway.” Read Part…Amazon rainforest fires leave São Paulo in the dark
Aug 21, 2019, 2:50 pm By MongabayForest fires have dramatically increased in the Brazilian Amazon this year in the wake of soaring…Wild orchid trade in China is huge, overlooked and ‘devastating,’ study finds
Aug 21, 2019, 11:16 am By MongabayIf you’re looking to buy orchids from plant markets in southern China, chances are you’ll find…Japan builds coal plants abroad that wouldn’t be allowed at home: Report
Aug 21, 2019, 8:31 am By MongabayJAKARTA — Japan is exporting pollution and endangering public health overseas by funding…Audio: The superb lyrebird’s song and dance — and incredible vocal mimicry
Aug 20, 2019, 2:53 pm By MongabayIt’s summer in the North and we’re on holiday! So for today’s show, we re-play one of our…On Peru’s border, the Tikuna tribe takes on illegal coca growers
Aug 20, 2019, 11:19 am By MongabayThe last time the Peruvian government swooped in to eradicate coca crops in its northern Amazonian…Philippine bill seeks to grant nature the same legal rights as humans
Aug 20, 2019, 2:32 am By MongabayMANILA — Who speaks up in court for a dolphin or a turtle when its habitat gets polluted? Does an…2019 in line for second lowest Arctic sea ice extent record
Aug 19, 2019, 12:48 pm By MongabayHeat waves assaulted the Arctic sea ice this year, especially on the Alaska and Asian side, causing…Colombia: Indigenous Yukpa besieged by deforestation and armed conflict
Aug 19, 2019, 12:11 pm By MongabayThere is still hope in the innocent eyes of Yukpa children. They play, laugh, and jump about,…Mysterious plants that thrive in darkness, steal food: Q&A with botanist Kenji Suetsugu
Aug 19, 2019, 10:51 am By MongabayWhen Kenji Suetsugu is out looking for plants in Japan’s forests, he’s not looking for the usual…Connecting an island: Traveling the Pan Borneo Highway
Aug 19, 2019, 9:18 am By MongabayThis is the first article in our six-part series “Traveling the Pan Borneo Highway.” MIRI,…
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