Sumatran elephant sanctuary under threat from bridge, port projects
Aug 26, 2019, 4:02 am By MongabayPALEMBANG, Indonesia — The planned construction of a bridge and private port in southern Sumatra…81% of Indonesia’s oil palm plantations flouting regulations, audit finds
Aug 25, 2019, 10:20 pm By MongabayJAKARTA — More than 80 percent of oil palm plantations in Indonesia, the world’s biggest…Greenpeace releases dramatic photos of Amazon fires
Aug 25, 2019, 10:12 pm By MongabayToday Greenpeace Brazil released dramatic photos of rainforest fires currently burning in the…How many fires are burning in the Amazon?
Aug 25, 2019, 6:13 pm By MongabayWhile fires burning in the Amazon have garnered worldwide attention due to last week’s mid-day…Amazon fires trigger protests worldwide
Aug 24, 2019, 2:54 pm By MongabaySÃO PAULO AND LONDON — Thousands of protesters took to the streets in cities across Brazil and…Snow leopard population overestimated in Nepal? DNA study suggests it may be
Aug 23, 2019, 6:39 pm By MongabayIn September 2014, Nepali zoologist Madhu Chetri asked his professor Morten Odden a strange question…“Extremely warm” sea temperatures are likely to cause Hawaiian corals to bleach and even die.
Aug 23, 2019, 3:49 pm By MongabayCoral reefs in Hawaiian waters are facing the prospect of another major bleaching event as ocean…Indigenous communities, nat’l parks suffer as Malaysia razes its reserves
Aug 23, 2019, 3:47 pm By MongabayKUALA KOH, Malaysia — On a daytime flight into Kuala Lumpur airport, it’s hard not to feel a…Peru aims to eliminate palm oil deforestation by 2021
Aug 23, 2019, 12:40 pm By MongabayLast week, the Peruvian Palm Oil Producers’ Association (JUNPALMA) promised to enter into an…Aimed at linking communities, Malaysian highway may damage forests
Aug 23, 2019, 10:54 am By MongabayThis is the third article in our six-part series “Traveling the Pan Borneo Highway.” Read Part…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…
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