As Indonesia, US back away from climate goals, hopes fade to retire coal plants early
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Feb 19, 2025, 6:35 pm By
Randy Borman was never meant to be Cofán. And yet, from the moment he was born in 1955, deep in the…Only 17% of peatlands, vital to curbing climate change, are protected, study finds
Feb 19, 2025, 2:05 pm By
Peatlands around the globe hold more carbon than all the world’s forests, and yet new research…Investigating the real price of Congo’s gold
Feb 19, 2025, 1:53 pm By
BAMEGOARD, Republic of Congo — In the Republic of Congo’s Sangha region, the expansion of mining…Researchers eye marsupial recovery with first IVF kangaroo embryo
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Researchers in Australia have successfully created the first kangaroo embryo using in vitro…Can a new DNA test un-extinct the world’s rarest turtle?
Feb 19, 2025, 10:06 am By
It might sound hyperbolic to say that finding even one female turtle can revive an entire species.…Beyond COP, former UN climate chief talks nuance, optimism on Mongabay podcast
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Christiana Figueres, the former executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Conference on…How ‘country palm’ could help pave the way toward a sustainable palm oil future in Liberia
Feb 18, 2025, 6:49 pm By
Across southeastern Liberia, oil palms grow wild in the forest. Known as “country palm,” the…Many companies meet climate pledges on paper — not on the ground, analyst says
Feb 18, 2025, 3:49 pm By
A recent paper in the journal Nature Climate Change concludes there is limited accountability for…Photo series on Himalayan water-saving ice stupas wins global award
Feb 18, 2025, 3:14 pm By
A photo series on ice stupas — artificial glaciers in the northern Indian Himalayas — recently…As the rainforest gets drier, Amazon Indigenous groups thirst for clean water
Feb 18, 2025, 1:23 pm By
Mariazinha Baré spent her childhood bathing and playing in the Upper Negro River. Born and raised…Things are looking up for near-extinct Siberian cranes (cartoon)
Feb 18, 2025, 1:00 pm By
The critically endangered Siberian Crane gets a bit of a breather, thanks to the securing of its…Getting rewilding right with the reintroduction of small wildcats
Feb 18, 2025, 12:05 pm By
For the briefest moment earlier this year, the Eurasian lynx — extinct in the U.K. for thousands…Indigenous people in DRC cut down trees as solar energy remains inaccessible and costly
Feb 18, 2025, 10:07 am By
LUBUMBASHI — When night falls in the Batwa village of Lukwangulo, only the local chief’s house…Australian bushfires leave wildlife facing increased predator risk, decades of recovery
Feb 18, 2025, 10:06 am By
Simultaneous wildfires since December 2024 have left Grampians, Little Desert and the Great Otway…108 federal protected areas in Mexico remain without actual management plans
Feb 18, 2025, 9:28 am By
An independent analysis by Mongabay found that almost half of Mexico’s 232 federally protected…Bonobos can recognize ignorance and help, a new ‘milestone’ in ape intelligence
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Bonobos, one of humanity’s closest relatives, can tell when a human doesn’t know something and…As elephant conflict shifts, Nepal village turns to neighbouring border town for solutions
Feb 18, 2025, 7:26 am By
SUNDAR HARAICHA, Nepal — A bundle of firewood lay abandoned on the path, a silent witness to…Protecting peatlands and mangroves could halve Southeast Asia’s land-use emissions
Feb 18, 2025, 6:48 am By
JAKARTA — Southeast Asia’s peatlands and mangroves store immense amounts of carbon, yet…
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