Our brains can lead us astray when making ‘eco-friendly’ decisions
Mar 4, 2019, 2:47 pm By MongabayTallying up the toll of our individual roles in fueling climate change is a daunting task. To make…Brazil’s New Forest Code puts vast areas of protected Amazon forest at risk
Mar 4, 2019, 12:04 pm By Mongabay
Large swathes of Legal Amazonia have been cleared, first for cattle, then later for soy. Image by…In Nigeria, hunters turn into guardians of the rarest gorilla on Earth
Mar 4, 2019, 6:30 am By Mongabay
KANYANG, Nigeria — Former bushmeat hunter Jacob Osang says poverty and lack of options drove him…Architects bring bamboo revival to Indonesia’s Sulawesi island
Mar 4, 2019, 5:10 am By Mongabay
TANETE, Indonesia — Aman Wijaya looks up at the roof made from a thousand bamboo stems. “At last…As extinction looms, can Javan rhinos survive in Ujung Kulon? (Commentary)
Mar 4, 2019, 4:41 am By MongabayIn the middle of the night toward the end of 1982, where the forest meets the beach, an old man,…Sri Lanka to put its biodiversity in the spotlight at global trade summit
Mar 3, 2019, 11:15 pm By MongabaySri Lanka hopes to use a top global biodiversity trade summit it’s hosting in May to shine a…Marine protected areas are getting SMART (commentary)
Mar 3, 2019, 10:43 am By MongabayThis year, World Wildlife Day will celebrate life in the world’s oceans. It’s a fitting tribute.…Video: scientists capture giant spider eating an opossum
Mar 2, 2019, 2:02 pm By MongabayFor the first time, researchers have documented a giant spider eating an opossum in the Amazon…Malaysia to ban oil palm expansion?
Mar 2, 2019, 12:29 pm By MongabayMalaysia may ban further expansion of oil palm plantations in an effort to improve the oilseed’s…Taiwan: Extinct leopard subspecies allegedly seen by rangers
Mar 2, 2019, 9:17 am By Mongabay
This week news broke that a Formosan clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa brachyura) was spotted by…Why did Serengeti’s wild dogs disappear? Study challenges controversial hypothesis
Mar 1, 2019, 8:28 pm By Mongabay
In 1991, all of the African wild dogs that previously lived in Serengeti National Park in Tanzania…Norway divests from plantation companies linked to deforestation
Mar 1, 2019, 8:15 pm By MongabayThis week, Norway released the 2018 investment holdings of its massive government pension fund.…Brazil’s Sinop Dam flouts environmental legislation (Commentary)
Mar 1, 2019, 2:31 pm By MongabayThe Sinop Dam has become a critical test case — not only on the question of clearing reservoirs…Brazil to receive first-ever results-based REDD+ payment, but concerns remain
Mar 1, 2019, 1:49 pm By MongabayThe United Nations’ Green Climate Fund (GCF) has accepted the first proposal for REDD+…Latam Eco Review: Mining bust in Peru, mining boom in Chile
Mar 1, 2019, 1:03 pm By Mongabay
A state of emergency against illegal mining in Peru, open season for new mining ports in Chile,…In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, March 1, 2019
Mar 1, 2019, 10:46 am By MongabayTropical forests Agricultural giant Cargill is aiming for a deforestation-free supply chain by 2030…In the Congo Basin, a road cuts through once-untouched ape wilderness
Mar 1, 2019, 9:21 am By Mongabay
DJOUM, Cameroon — “This right there used to be hell.” It’s early February 2019, deep in the…Protests flare as pressure mounts on dam project in orangutan habitat
Mar 1, 2019, 8:36 am By Mongabay
JAKARTA — Activists in Indonesia and abroad staged a coordinated protest on March 1 to draw…Indigenous hunters vital to robust food webs in Australia
Mar 1, 2019, 4:32 am By Mongabay
Ecologists know that when we humans start tugging at the threads of a food web, the unraveling that…Kenya: Maasai herders work to keep themselves and wildlife roaming free
4:24pm By Mongabay
OLKIRIMATIAN, Kenya — As night falls on the Olkirimatian Group Ranch, in south-central Kenya, a…
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