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…Amazon rainforest fires leave São Paulo in the dark
Aug 21, 2019, 2:50 pm By MongabayForest fires have dramatically increased in the Brazilian Amazon this year in the wake of soaring…Wild orchid trade in China is huge, overlooked and ‘devastating,’ study finds
Aug 21, 2019, 11:16 am By MongabayIf you’re looking to buy orchids from plant markets in southern China, chances are you’ll find…Japan builds coal plants abroad that wouldn’t be allowed at home: Report
Aug 21, 2019, 8:31 am By MongabayJAKARTA — Japan is exporting pollution and endangering public health overseas by funding…Audio: The superb lyrebird’s song and dance — and incredible vocal mimicry
Aug 20, 2019, 2:53 pm By MongabayIt’s summer in the North and we’re on holiday! So for today’s show, we re-play one of our…On Peru’s border, the Tikuna tribe takes on illegal coca growers
Aug 20, 2019, 11:19 am By MongabayThe last time the Peruvian government swooped in to eradicate coca crops in its northern Amazonian…Philippine bill seeks to grant nature the same legal rights as humans
Aug 20, 2019, 2:32 am By MongabayMANILA — Who speaks up in court for a dolphin or a turtle when its habitat gets polluted? Does an…2019 in line for second lowest Arctic sea ice extent record
Aug 19, 2019, 12:48 pm By MongabayHeat waves assaulted the Arctic sea ice this year, especially on the Alaska and Asian side, causing…Colombia: Indigenous Yukpa besieged by deforestation and armed conflict
Aug 19, 2019, 12:11 pm By MongabayThere is still hope in the innocent eyes of Yukpa children. They play, laugh, and jump about,…Mysterious plants that thrive in darkness, steal food: Q&A with botanist Kenji Suetsugu
Aug 19, 2019, 10:51 am By MongabayWhen Kenji Suetsugu is out looking for plants in Japan’s forests, he’s not looking for the usual…Connecting an island: Traveling the Pan Borneo Highway
Aug 19, 2019, 9:18 am By MongabayThis is the first article in our six-part series “Traveling the Pan Borneo Highway.” MIRI,…Philippine eco-warrior Gina Lopez, who battled mines, dies at 65
Aug 19, 2019, 8:07 am By MongabayMANILA — Gina Lopez, a former Philippine environment secretary, philanthropist and eco-warrior,…Travel: A charmed encounter with birds-of-paradise in Papua’s Arfak Mountains
Aug 19, 2019, 12:57 am By MongabayARFAK MOUNTAINS, Indonesia — Seblon Mandacan scampers with ease up the slippery footpath through…Deforestation, climate crisis could crash Amazon tree diversity: study
Aug 18, 2019, 3:05 pm By MongabayThe Amazon rainforest is a cloud factory and has a tremendous influence on the weather and climate…CITES 2019: What’s Conservation Got To Do With It? (commentary)
Aug 16, 2019, 6:46 pm By MongabayFrom August 17-28, the global community convenes in Geneva for the meeting of the Conference of the…Bid for greater protection of star tortoise, a trafficking mainstay
Aug 16, 2019, 2:44 pm By MongabayIn March 2019, custom officials open abandoned luggage in the halls of Manila’s international…Madagascar: What’s good for the forest is good for the native silk industry
Aug 16, 2019, 1:39 pm By MongabayAMORON’I MANIA REGION, Madagascar — People in the highlands of central Madagascar have long…Norway freezes support for Amazon Fund; EU/Brazil trade deal at risk?
Aug 16, 2019, 12:00 pm By MongabayTrucks loaded with trees illegally harvested within an indigenous reserve. The rhetoric and policies…In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, August 16, 2019
Aug 16, 2019, 10:53 am By MongabayTropical forests A free-trade deal between the United States and Brazil could be disastrous for the…
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