As Ghana eyes lithium future, affected communities face uncertainty
Apr 29, 2026, 2:55 am By
EWOYAA, Ghana — In March, the Ghanaian parliament approved what could become the West African…Species thought extinct for thousands of years ‘rediscovered’ thanks to Indigenous knowledge
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Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis,…Angola’s highest mountain and its unique wildlife are now protected
Apr 29, 2026, 12:36 am By
Angola has declared its highest mountain, Mount Moco, part of a new conservation area to protect its…Tropical forest loss falls in 2025, but world still off track on deforestation goals
Apr 29, 2026, 12:10 am By
JAKARTA — Tropical primary forest loss fell sharply in 2025, dropping 36% from the record highs of…Migration and climate pressures deepen flood risks in Bangladesh’s haors
Apr 28, 2026, 11:30 pm By
Flash floods are a common occurrence in Bangladesh’s northeastern haor (shallow wetland ecosystem)…Indonesia escalates ‘war on waste’ with criminal probe into Jakarta landfill disaster
Apr 28, 2026, 9:00 pm By
JAKARTA — Indonesian authorities are pursuing a criminal investigation into two senior public…Reciprocity, not extraction: Centering an Indigenous approach to forestry
Apr 28, 2026, 4:24 pm By
Forester and scientist Suzanne Simard is well known for her landmark 1997 paper, which demonstrated…Young conservationists are building hope & optimism despite challenging times (commentary)
Apr 28, 2026, 12:49 pm By
Several recent articles at Mongabay regarding mental health in the conservation sector provide a…A search engine for the planet opens to the public
Apr 28, 2026, 12:30 pm By
The idea that the Earth can be “searched” like a database has circulated for several years in…Novel DNA research shows massive native ant decline over hundreds of years in Fiji
Apr 28, 2026, 5:57 am By
Scientists conducting a DNA analysis of ant specimens collected from across the Fiji islands in the…Saving crocodiles from extinction
Apr 28, 2026, 2:47 am By
Community-led efforts are helping revive and save Siamese crocodiles from the brink of extinction.…India has a wealth of bats, but our knowledge of them is poor: Report
Apr 28, 2026, 2:07 am By
India is home to 135 known bat species, but their natural history and ecology remain poorly…On World Tapir Day, data gaps cloud future of Malaysia’s tapirs
Apr 28, 2026, 1:48 am By
Asia’s only tapir species still remains understudied in Malaysia, researchers at the Wildlife…Deforestation is surging in Indonesia
Apr 28, 2026, 1:07 am By
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis,…When protest works
Apr 27, 2026, 9:11 pm By
Protest arrives with a clear sense of purpose. Annie Leonard and André Carothers do not attempt…Restoring land with wildlife & earning carbon credits in the Kalahari Desert
Apr 27, 2026, 5:12 pm By
In northern South Africa, the Tswalu Kalahari Reserve in the Kalahari Desert is teeming with life…As global 30×30 goal lags, Colombia shows how progress can be made
Apr 27, 2026, 4:52 pm By
In 2022, at the U.N. Biodiversity Conference in Montreal, Canada, 196 nations pledged to conserve…Nigeria arrests suspected pangolin trafficking kingpin on the run
Apr 27, 2026, 2:51 pm By
Authorities in Nigeria have arrested the suspected kingpin of a transnational pangolin trafficking…Rare, high-altitude jaguar sighting in Honduras raises hope for conservation
Apr 27, 2026, 2:44 pm By
High in the Sierra del Merendón mountains in Honduras, a jaguar has been photographed at 2,200…Offshore wind’s clean energy potential remains largely untapped, say experts
Apr 27, 2026, 12:28 pm By
Winds sweep across the world’s oceans every day, and harnessing that largely unused resource has…
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