Indonesia’s land swap program puts communities, companies in a bind
Aug 27, 2018, 9:55 am By Mongabay
JAKARTA — Last year the inhabitants of Konbaki village in the Indonesian island province of East…Study finds widespread degradation, deforestation in African woodlands
Aug 27, 2018, 9:36 am By MongabayDeforestation rates in southern Africa’s woodlands are five times higher than prior estimates,…Rare bird, feared extinct after hurricane, is spotted in Bahamas again
Aug 27, 2018, 5:26 am By MongabayResearchers have finally spotted the Bahama nuthatch, an endangered bird that they thought had gone…Latam Eco Review: Land trafficking in Lima’s hill ecosystems, oil spills in Venezuela, floods in Colombia
Aug 25, 2018, 10:47 am By MongabayThe most popular stories from our Spanish-language service, Mongabay-Latam, this past week…Colombia’s new president faces daunting environmental challenges
Aug 24, 2018, 7:53 pm By Mongabay
On August 7, Juan Manuel Santos ceased to be the president of Colombia and handed over the office to…Seeing REDD: a database of forest carbon emissions reduction projects
Aug 24, 2018, 5:36 pm By MongabayA searchable database of initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and…As the DMZ turns 65, a call for Korean peace through conservation (commentary)
Aug 24, 2018, 1:37 pm By Mongabay
As the world continues to watch the high-stakes diplomacy that is unfolding between North Korea,…Drone used to confirm existence of uncontacted Amazon tribe (video)
Aug 24, 2018, 1:31 pm By MongabayThe Brazilian government used a drone to help confirm the presence of an uncontacted indigenous…A river runs through it — and keeps the Amazon’s bird species diverse
Aug 24, 2018, 12:52 pm By Mongabay
Amazonian rivers don’t often drive the creation of new species, but do help maintain distinct…In Morocco’s markets, conditions for wildlife are ‘universally poor’
Aug 24, 2018, 9:26 am By Mongabay
In Morocco’s live animal markets, a wide variety of wildlife is available for sale. There’s the…In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, August 23, 2018
Aug 24, 2018, 9:10 am By MongabayTropical forests Central African countries embark on an effort for more sustainable architecture…A Malaysian port city grapples with the fallout from Chinese funding
Aug 24, 2018, 7:44 am By MongabayKUANTAN, Malaysia — Beijing is more than 4,200 kilometers (2,600 miles) north of the sandy…Another mass fish kill hits Indonesia’s largest lake
Aug 24, 2018, 6:16 am By MongabayMillions of fish in floating cages died suddenly this week in Lake Toba, the biggest lake in…From sink to source: Droughts are changing the Amazon rainforest
Aug 23, 2018, 10:34 pm By Mongabay
Because they take vast amounts of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, rainforests are an important…New orchid species discovered in Peruvian Amazon
Aug 23, 2018, 2:32 pm By Mongabay
Scientists have discovered a new species of orchid in the Amazonian rainforests of Peru. SERNANP,…Community-run trading posts help Amazon forest people reverse rural exodus
Aug 23, 2018, 12:47 pm By Mongabay“We used to go into the forest to tap copaiba oil but we had no good way of selling it. The…Brazil hits emissions target early, but rising deforestation risks reversal
Aug 23, 2018, 11:28 am By MongabayThe government of Brazil has announced that it has cut its climate-warming greenhouse gas emissions…Murder of activist in India highlights growing risk to environmental defenders
Aug 23, 2018, 6:34 am By Mongabay
Ajit Maneshwar Naik, a 57-year-old environmental activist, was killed last month in Dandeli, a city…Indonesia seeks to get palm oil used as jet fuel in U.S., France
Aug 23, 2018, 12:39 am By MongabayIndonesia, the world’s top producer of palm oil, wants the U.S. and France to use it to fuel their…The Arctic’s oldest, thickest ice is breaking up
Aug 22, 2018, 1:38 pm By MongabayAt the start of August, for the second time this year, a corridor of open water developed along the…
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