Brazil to build long-resisted Amazon transmission line on indigenous land
Mar 13, 2019, 11:04 am By MongabayAmazon rainforest at the entrance to the Waimiri Atroari Indigenous Reserve. Image by James Martins…Wildlife conservation strategies must take animals’ social lives into account: Researchers
Mar 13, 2019, 10:49 am By Mongabay
There’s a chimpanzee population in Western Africa that uses tools to crack open nuts. Scientists…For fisheries activists, Indonesian candidates offer little to work with
Mar 13, 2019, 6:59 am By MongabayJAKARTA — Marine conservationists in Indonesia say neither of the two candidates running in this…Freshwater fishes and other threatened but overlooked biodiversity must be new flagships for conservation (commentary)
Mar 12, 2019, 3:40 pm By Mongabay“Why on earth would anyone give up working on tigers to focus on freshwater fish?” is the…Elephant in the room: Botswana deals with pachyderm population pressure
Mar 12, 2019, 1:13 pm By Mongabay
This is the second article in a two-part series on Botswana’s population of African elephants.…Bank of China to review funding of dam in orangutan habitat in Sumatra
Mar 12, 2019, 7:17 am By MongabayJAKARTA — Bank of China has promised to evaluate a hydroelectric project it is helping fund in…PNG politicians push coal as Pacific islanders rail against climate change
Mar 12, 2019, 5:56 am By Mongabay
Politicians in Papua New Guinea are ratcheting up their support for a new foray into coal mining and…Combined effects of fire, fragmentation, and windstorms leave Amazonian trees particularly vulnerable
Mar 11, 2019, 1:49 pm By MongabayRecent research finds that Amazonian trees in fragmented forest landscapes remain especially…Study uncovers 135 species of land snails in Belize, including 17 new ones
Mar 11, 2019, 11:49 am By Mongabay
The tiny nation of Belize on the eastern coast of Central America is famed for its sparkling blue…European Parliament to vote on timber legality agreement with Vietnam
Mar 11, 2019, 11:22 am By Mongabay
Members of the European Parliament will vote Tuesday on a resolution to consent to the EU’s…Encounters with the Javan rhino (commentary)
Mar 11, 2019, 7:09 am By MongabayEarly in the afternoon on Feb. 11, 1980, in the middle of the Citadahan forest, Ali Rahman, a ranger…Latam Eco Review: Scandal rocks famed Easter Island park and a freshwater crab discovery
Mar 9, 2019, 10:18 am By Mongabay
Scandal surrounds indigenous management of a major Easter Island protected area, a newly described…Tiny subterranean Texas salamanders could be extinct in 100 years
Mar 8, 2019, 4:48 pm By Mongabay
There’s another world beneath the soil of Central Texas, one that is dark, wet, and mysterious.…Iran’s endangered cheetahs and imperiled conservationists (commentary)
Mar 8, 2019, 11:39 am By Mongabay
Few people realize that Iran is home to cheetahs. Once found from the Arabian Peninsula to India,…Flip-flop-clad boat brings plastic recycling message to East African coast
Mar 8, 2019, 11:04 am By MongabayWATAMU, Kenya — One Saturday mid-morning in late January, close to 100 people descended on the…In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, March 8, 2019
Mar 8, 2019, 10:47 am By MongabayTropical forests The leaders of Ghana and Ivory Coast say the two West African nations will work…Wildlife traffickers thrive on Guatemala’s murky border with Belize
Mar 8, 2019, 6:06 am By MongabayThe siege by wildlife traffickers in the forests on the border between Guatemala and Belize has…Seahorse trade continues despite export bans, study finds
Mar 8, 2019, 5:31 am By Mongabay
Seahorses continue to be traded in large volumes, despite many source countries imposing bans on…Something smells fishy: scientists discover illegal fishing using shark tracking devices
Mar 7, 2019, 7:50 pm By Mongabay
In April 2015, researchers headed out to the Chagos Islands to service acoustic receivers they had…New MPA established in Philippines includes community-led monitoring program
Mar 7, 2019, 1:43 pm By Mongabay
A new marine protected area (MPA) has been founded in the Philippines within what are considered…
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