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…Can jaguar tourism save Bolivia’s fast dwindling forests?
Mar 7, 2019, 1:36 pm By Mongabay
Few countries in the tropics have seen their trees chopped down as quickly as Bolivia did between…Saving the Cerrado: Six commodities traders to disclose supply chain data
Mar 7, 2019, 1:02 pm By MongabayA view of the Cerrado savannah and plateau tablelands. Photo by Alicia Prager. In a step toward…Reducing human-elephant encounters with calls, texts, and digital signs
Mar 6, 2019, 9:59 pm By MongabayIn India, few animals carry the kind of cultural symbolism that elephants do. Human-elephant…EU sued to stop burning trees for energy; it’s not carbon neutral: plaintiffs
Mar 6, 2019, 5:15 pm By MongabayThe Drax power stations in the United Kingdom, one of the largest users of woody biomass for energy…Proximity to towns stretches giraffe home ranges
Mar 6, 2019, 1:58 pm By MongabayGiraffes have to search a wider area for food and water when people live nearby, according to a…Philippines customs find more than 1,500 live turtles in suitcases
Mar 6, 2019, 11:48 am By MongabayCustoms officials in the Philippines have seized 1,529 live turtles that they found wrapped in duct…
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