2019 was second-hottest year on record, 2010s hottest decade
Jan 15, 2020, 2:17 pm By MongabayGlobal average temperatures on land and at sea in December 2019 were the second-highest recorded in…As 2019 ends, reptile-rich Sri Lanka delivers three more new gecko species
Jan 15, 2020, 7:48 am By MongabayCOLOMBO — A group of Sri Lankan herpetologists closed out 2019 in style: by introducing to science…As we act on climate, we mustn’t neglect nature (commentary)
Jan 14, 2020, 1:35 pm By Mongabay2019 was the year the environment finally broke into the mainstream. Inspired by Greta Thunberg’s…Five murdered in 2020 Brazilian Amazon land conflicts, adding to 2019 surge
Jan 14, 2020, 1:31 pm By MongabayA burned, deforested clearing inside the Karipuna Indigenous Reserve, Rondônia state. Illegal…Cost-effective conservation: Study identifies key ‘umbrella’ species
Jan 14, 2020, 10:30 am By MongabayGovernments could vastly improve the efficiency of money spent on conservation if they took a hard…To deter Chinese sea claims, Indonesia puts its fishers on the front line
Jan 14, 2020, 9:53 am By MongabayJAKARTA — Indonesia is ramping up its fisheries in the waters around its northern Natuna Islands,…Indonesia’s push to become a tourism paradise sidelines land rights
Jan 14, 2020, 6:28 am By MongabayJAKARTA — President Joko Widodo’s focus on building tourism hotspots has created an increasingly…One six-week expedition discovered ten new songbird species and subspecies in Indonesia
Jan 13, 2020, 5:33 pm By MongabayA six-week expedition to three small island groups near Sulawesi, Indonesia has yielded five new…Conservationists in peril: Scientists, campaigners risk their lives for their work
Jan 13, 2020, 2:03 pm By MongabayToward the end of 2014, Tanya Rosen, a former New York-based international lawyer, found herself…Update to biodiversity treaty proposes protecting at least 30% of Earth
Jan 13, 2020, 1:55 pm By MongabayA proposed update to the global treaty governing plant and animal life on Earth calls for nearly a…Goldman Prize winner launches new environmental foundation in the Cook Islands
Jan 13, 2020, 1:15 pm By MongabayGoldman Environmental Prize winner Jacqueline Evans has launched the Moana Foundation to advance…Communities in Brazilian Cerrado besieged by global demand for soy
Jan 13, 2020, 12:02 pm By MongabayA sign points to several of the large farms that make up the Agronegocio Condominio Cachoeira do…Ten actions for Brazilian scientists to engage in environmental politics (commentary)
Jan 10, 2020, 1:00 pm By MongabayBrazil is the most biologically diverse country in the world, harboring 10 to 18% of the world’s…Indonesian officials wield sharia law in defense of Sumatran rhinos
Jan 10, 2020, 11:22 am By MongabayEAST LAMPUNG, Indonesia — The government of the Indonesian province of Aceh, notorious for public…In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, Jan. 10, 2020
Jan 10, 2020, 11:02 am By MongabayTropical forests Forest countries and food companies must build “trust,” one commentator says…Activists seek purge after Indonesia court rules forest plantations illegal
Jan 10, 2020, 5:58 am By MongabayJAKARTA — Environmental activists have called on the Indonesian government to swiftly crack down…Philippine fern efficiently absorbs arsenic, copper from toxic mining soil
Jan 9, 2020, 3:00 pm By MongabayMANILA — Filipino scientists have discovered what might be the next big indigenous plant material…Rare plant species are especially vulnerable to climate change, and rarity is more common than previously understood
Jan 9, 2020, 1:50 pm By MongabayRare plant species are far more likely to go extinct than common species, yet we know surprisingly…Polly share a cracker: Study finds grey parrots are good Samaritans
Jan 9, 2020, 11:04 am By MongabayIt looked like a game of parrot poker, but the token exchange counter set up by European researchers…Forest loss moves swiftly once 50% deforestation ‘tipping point’ reached
Jan 9, 2020, 8:34 am By MongabayScientists believe they’ve uncovered a tipping point in the deforestation of landscapes across…
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