‘We’ve been negligent,’ Indonesia’s president says as fire crisis deepens
Sep 17, 2019, 8:09 pm By MongabayJAKARTA — Indonesia’s president has admitted negligence on the part of the government, as top…Indigenous communities, wildlife under threat as farms invade Nicaraguan reserve
Sep 17, 2019, 5:28 pm By MongabayTorrential rain creates a deafening roar as it strikes the metal roof of community leader Ubence…This land is ours: New law could end age-old injustice faced by Liberian women (commentary)
Sep 17, 2019, 5:07 pm By MongabayLofa County, Liberia – Ten women are gathered in the open-air concrete slab building that serves…Audio: Humpback whales across the Pacific Ocean are singing the same song
Sep 17, 2019, 12:07 pm By MongabayToday we speak with Jim Darling, a marine biologist who is here to play us some recordings of…Newly described Chinese giant salamander may be world’s largest amphibian
Sep 17, 2019, 11:52 am By MongabayThe Chinese giant salamander, which reaches lengths of more than 5 feet (1.6 meters), enjoys the…Interfaith leaders step up to protect the world’s ‘sacred’ rainforests
Sep 17, 2019, 9:08 am By MongabayLooking toward heaven in the Indonesian rainforest. The Interfaith Rainforest Initiative (IRI) is an…Mexican officials battle a tide of fire eating away at a protected reserve
Sep 16, 2019, 1:45 pm By MongabayCAMPECHE, Mexico —When a fire broke out in June in the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve in southern…Why I support the California Tropical Forest Standard (commentary)
Sep 16, 2019, 1:34 pm By MongabayThe Amazon is a rich, beautiful, and magical place. I’ve visited this vast region on several…Popular pesticide linked to weight loss and delayed migration in songbird
Sep 16, 2019, 1:27 pm By MongabayA popular group of pesticides linked to huge declines in bees around the globe could be adversely…Going the extra mile (Insider)
Sep 16, 2019, 1:13 pm By MongabayOne fine day in late November in 1998, while standing on a knife-edged, precipitous ridge some 3,500…A Papuan village finds its forest caught in a web of corporate secrecy
Sep 16, 2019, 1:08 pm By MongabayWhen a string of palm oil companies arrived in the village of Anggai, in a heavily forested corner…UN and policymakers, wake up! Burning trees for energy is not carbon neutral (commentary)
Sep 16, 2019, 12:16 pm By MongabayThe handfuls of wood pellets and the green sleeves seen here are part of a biomass…Video: Pango-Cam offers amazing and unique view of pangolin behavior
Sep 16, 2019, 9:37 am By MongabayWidely sought for its scales and flesh, which are channeled into the illegal trade to buyers in…‘A green desert’: Mammals take a hit in Colombia’s oil palm plantations
Sep 16, 2019, 6:13 am By MongabayAs oil palm plantations expand across the world, razing swaths of tropical rainforests in their…Facing a possible Climate Apocalypse: How should we live? (commentary)
Sep 15, 2019, 12:46 pm By MongabayThe U.S. detonated an atomic bomb over Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945, destroying the city.…Shocking news: There are actually three species of electric eel in the Amazon, not one
Sep 13, 2019, 2:38 pm By MongabayThere are now three recognized species of electric eel after two new species were described to…New gecko species named in honor of Sri Lankan herpetologist Anslem de Silva
Sep 13, 2019, 12:00 pm By MongabayCOLOMBO — For nearly five decades he’s helped introduce stunning new species of reptiles and…In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, September 13, 2019
Sep 13, 2019, 11:30 am By MongabayTropical forests Indigenous hunting could help the sustainability of forests (The Revelator).…Expand or Intensify? Balancing biodiversity and rising food needs: study
Sep 13, 2019, 11:05 am By MongabayDrone image of newly cleared forest land in Bolivia that will be converted into a soy plantation.…Worldwide deforestation rising despite bold commitments, report finds
Sep 13, 2019, 10:45 am By MongabayA landmark pledge known as the New York Declaration on Forests (NYDF) aimed at stopping the loss and…
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