In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, January 18, 2018
Jan 18, 2019, 11:26 am By MongabayTropical forests Indonesia’s plans to build thousands of kilometers of roads in New Guinea could…New space lasers offer best 3D look at global forests yet
Jan 18, 2019, 10:00 am By MongabayResearchers and forest managers working to record and reduce the rapid loss of forests are now armed…Why are more female than male Magellanic penguins stranded in South America every year?
Jan 17, 2019, 7:16 pm By Mongabay
Thousands of Magellanic penguins become stranded every year along the coast of South America, from…Can satellite data help monitor sustainable rural development?
Jan 17, 2019, 11:00 am By MongabaySpatial data from satellites are now fine-scale enough to provide land use and vegetation cover…Coffee in trouble: 60% of wild coffee species threatened with extinction
Jan 17, 2019, 9:43 am By MongabayIf you’re a coffee lover, you’re probably familiar with the two most widely grown coffee…As Brazilian agribusiness booms, family farms feed the nation
Jan 17, 2019, 9:08 am By Mongabay
This is the eighth and final story in a series by journalist Anna Sophie Gross who traveled to the…Cellphones are still endangering gorillas, but recycling old ones can help
Jan 17, 2019, 6:18 am By MongabayYou probably use it every day and don’t think once about gorillas. In today’s world, it’s…Brazilian hunger for meat fattened on soy is deforesting the Cerrado: report
Jan 16, 2019, 3:39 pm By Mongabay
The Cerrado is marked by vast plains and rugged uplands, as seen here in Maranhão state. But much…How wasps saved Asia’s forests (commentary)
Jan 16, 2019, 3:26 pm By MongabayNormally we only hear about the problems and risks of biological control, the use of one introduced…The man who made Ecuador’s wooden Tigua masks famous
Jan 16, 2019, 2:45 pm By Mongabay
TIGUA, Ecuador – Julio Toaquiza Tigasi sits at his easel in his small roadside art gallery,…Agroforestry empowers Morocco’s mountain women
Jan 16, 2019, 11:41 am By MongabayOUEZZANE, Morocco — Suisi Rheia was checking the olives on her tree in front of the community…Guyana signs on to forest management agreement with the EU
Jan 16, 2019, 9:54 am By MongabayGEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana has initialed a Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) with the…Camera traps find rich community of carnivores on Apostle Islands
Jan 16, 2019, 9:45 am By Mongabay
The Apostle Islands, dotting Lake Superior in northern Wisconsin, U.S., are home to at least 12…The case for forests’ prominent role in holding off climate change
Jan 16, 2019, 8:57 am By Mongabay
Most scientists and experts agree that forests are critical to stabilizing the global climate, and…Asiatic black bear cubs rescued from illegal wildlife trade in Vietnam
Jan 15, 2019, 3:40 pm By Mongabay
Two Asiatic black bear cubs have been rescued from the illegal wildlife trade in Vietnam. Vietnamese…‘Ecosystem guardians’ remain passionate despite dicey conditions
Jan 15, 2019, 9:31 am By MongabayCentral America is home to some of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet, with its rich…China busts major ivory trafficking gang following EIA investigation
Jan 15, 2019, 6:35 am By MongabayChinese authorities have nabbed all three identified members of a major ivory trafficking syndicate…For orangutans affected by El Niño, change unfolds over time
Jan 15, 2019, 6:06 am By Mongabay“It was very peculiar,” says Anne Russon, a primatologist and psychology professor from York…Antarctica now shedding ice six times faster than in 1979
Jan 14, 2019, 3:01 pm By Mongabay
Antarctica is losing ice at a rate that’s about six times faster than in the late 1970s, and…Bolsonaro acts; Brazil’s socioenvironmental groups resist
Jan 14, 2019, 1:16 pm By MongabayThe Arara indigenous group was nearly annihilated in the 1970s, but managed to hang on. Experts fear…
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