Newly described pocket shark likely glows in the dark
Jul 22, 2019, 12:24 pm By MongabayIn 2010, researchers surveying the eastern Gulf of Mexico to study what sperm whales eat, collected…Indonesia, facing a waste crisis, plans to burn it for electricity
Jul 22, 2019, 12:14 pm By MongabayJAKARTA — The Indonesian government plans to burn waste to fuel power plants in four cities on the…Fears over Indonesian president’s demand for unfettered investment
Jul 22, 2019, 10:14 am By MongabayJAKARTA — Environmental activists say they fear for what’s left of Indonesia’s tropical…Cocoa and gunshots: The struggle to save a threatened forest in Nigeria
Jul 19, 2019, 7:53 pm By MongabayLAGOS, Nigeria — Emmanuel Olabode stands over the fire at the Eri camp in Omo Forest Reserve, in…Conservation tech prize with invasive species focus announces finalists
Jul 19, 2019, 3:59 pm By MongabayThe Con X Tech Prize just announced its second round will be funding 20 finalists each with $3,500…New initiative aims to jump-start stalled drive toward zero deforestation
Jul 19, 2019, 2:19 pm By MongabayIn 2010, some 400 companies grouped under the Consumer Goods Forum agreed to the goal of achieving…June 2019 was the hottest month on record: NOAA
Jul 19, 2019, 12:48 pm By MongabayJune 2019 was the hottest month recorded in the 140 years since the US National Oceanic and…In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, July 19, 2019
Jul 19, 2019, 11:43 am By MongabayTropical forests Small oil palm farmers in Peru are supplying huge companies like Nestlé with their…Corrupt police caught in bust of Peruvian Amazon drug gang
Jul 19, 2019, 10:49 am By MongabayOn June 23, three police officers in Peru were arrested and now stand accused of providing security…The ambitious plan to recover and rewild the feisty, dwarf cow
Jul 19, 2019, 7:15 am By MongabayDon’t let appearances fool you. The animal pictured above — the dwarf cattle known as tamaraw…Congo government opens Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park to oil exploration
Jul 18, 2019, 6:47 pm By MongabayThe government of the Republic of Congo has, according to its own maps, opened up new areas for oil…Colombian investors push Pacific port project, threatening biodiversity hotspot
Jul 18, 2019, 2:57 pm By MongabayEmboldened by a right-wing president and congressional approval, a Colombian public-private…Complicating the narrative about indigenous communities and their struggles (insider)
Jul 18, 2019, 1:32 pm By MongabayDon Lizardo was sitting in his hammock, rocking gently back and forth, as he told us heartbreaking…Indonesian officials foil attempt to smuggle hornbill casques to Hong Kong
Jul 18, 2019, 12:25 pm By MongabayJAKARTA — Authorities in Indonesia have seized 72 highly prized hornbill casques and arrested a…Information is key – but lacking for sharks and rays in the Western Indian Ocean (commentary)
Jul 18, 2019, 11:59 am By MongabayGreat white sharks, bull sharks, tiger sharks: All are household names, synonymous with media hype,…In Madagascar, villagers oppose plans for a dam that would inundate their land
Jul 18, 2019, 11:35 am By MongabaySAHANIVOTRY COMMUNE, Madagascar — The village of Farihitsara in Madagascar’s central highlands…From over 100,000 species assessments in IUCN update, zero improvements
Jul 18, 2019, 7:53 am By MongabayFrom rays to deep-sea snails, primates to rosewood trees, the latest IUCN Red List update paints a…The frog and the university: Meet the niche new species from Sri Lanka
Jul 18, 2019, 3:46 am By MongabayA four-year study of streams in the cloud forests of Sri Lanka’s picturesque Knuckles Mountain…U.S. Virgin Islands bans coral-damaging sunscreens
Jul 17, 2019, 1:59 pm By MongabayBeachgoers in the U.S. Virgin Islands will be slathering on more ecologically friendly sunscreens…‘We are planting everywhere’: Q&A with Madagascar’s environment minister
Jul 17, 2019, 12:59 pm By MongabayIn 2008 Alexandre Georget, Madagascar’s current environment minister, helped found the country’s…
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