New data show world lost a Switzerland-size area of primary rainforest in 2019
Jun 2, 2020, 10:07 pm By MongabayLast year the world lost some 119,000 square kilometers (45,946 square miles) of tree cover – an…Communities on Brazil’s ‘River of Unity’ tested by dams, climate change
Jun 2, 2020, 6:23 pm By MongabayThe Piaçabuçu dunes, a unique geological formation, are classified as a protected area. Image by…Indonesian court jails indigenous farmer in conflict with paper giant APP
Jun 2, 2020, 8:27 am By MongabayJAKARTA — Activists have condemned the conviction and jailing of an indigenous farmer in Sumatra…Bornean farmers and fishers brace as a new port opens in their midst
Jun 2, 2020, 7:58 am By MongabayMEMPAWAH, Indonesia — In a village in western Borneo, Suma Ruslian runs a community center that…What is a sambar deer? Candid Animal Cam meets the vulnerable deer
Jun 2, 2020, 5:01 am By MongabayCamera traps bring you closer to the secretive natural world and are an important conservation tool…New to science, Tanzania’s Manyara monkey is already threatened by human activity
Jun 1, 2020, 6:57 pm By MongabayA newly identified subspecies of diademed monkey in Tanzania faces an uncertain future due to…Brazil’s native bees are vital for agriculture, but are being killed by it
Jun 1, 2020, 3:13 pm By MongabayWhen we think of bees, we don’t always recognize the huge diversity of species they represent.…Offensive against the Amazon: An incontrollable pandemic (commentary)
Jun 1, 2020, 2:26 pm By MongabaySoy fields occupy an area that was once rainforest in Santarém, Pará state, Brazil. Image by Erik…How coffee growers can adapt to a precipitous industry: Q&A with Dean’s Beans founder Dean Cycon
Jun 1, 2020, 6:28 am By MongabayDean Cycon spoke recently to students at Harvard Business School. A student asked him what his…In Sri Lanka, bushmeat poachers haven’t let up during lockdown
May 30, 2020, 5:11 am By MongabayCOLOMBO — The killing of a young forest ranger by suspected poachers has underscored that illegal…Marijuana cultivation whittling away Madagascar’s largest connected forest
May 29, 2020, 6:48 pm By MongabayBetween the cacao fields of northwest Madagascar and the vanilla of the northeast, a chain of…They survived centuries of elephant onslaught. Now climate change is killing these iconic baobabs
May 29, 2020, 6:16 pm By MongabayScraping sounds fill the nights at Mapungubwe, a national park at the confluence of the Limpopo and…Prized as pets, are ball pythons being traded out of wild existence?
May 29, 2020, 4:34 pm By MongabayIn a video, a group of young Ghanan men stride out into the bush, carrying long sticks over their…Indonesia to receive $56m payment from Norway for reducing deforestation
May 29, 2020, 10:28 am By MongabayJAKARTA — Indonesia is set to receive $56.15 million from Norway, the first payment based on the…Poaching in Indonesia’s biodiverse Leuser Ecosystem on the rise amid COVID-19
May 28, 2020, 10:37 pm By MongabayBANDA ACEH, Indonesia — Wildlife poaching is on the rise in a key Sumatran habitat that’s home…Mug shots and public pics join the dots of whale sharks’ Southeast Asian trips
May 28, 2020, 9:54 pm By MongabayMANILA — Whale sharks, the largest fish in the sea, are a fascinating and mysterious lot. Growing…When the world’s rarest primate couples up, it’s a win for the species
May 28, 2020, 2:56 pm By MongabayThe Hainan gibbon was once teetering and tottering at the precipice of extinction. In the 1950s,…Harrowing video shows indigenous Colombians fleeing gunfire
May 28, 2020, 12:21 pm By MongabayIn the midst of a national lockdown in Colombia, a dramatic video showing dozens of indigenous…In the Amazon, a farmer practices the future of sustainable cattle ranching
May 28, 2020, 11:34 am By MongabayA cattle farmer in the Mid-Solimões region for nearly 30 years, Otacílio Soares Brito has adopted…Taylor and Tate: Canine-human teams rescue Australia’s fire-ravaged koalas
May 28, 2020, 11:18 am By Mongabay“Find koala!” With those two simple words, four-year-old English Springer Spaniel Taylor sprang…
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