Bolsonaro’s Brazil: 2020 could see revived Amazon mining assault — part two
Dec 31, 2019, 2:11 pm By MongabayAn industrial mining operation in Brazil. Note the forest at the edge of the open pit mine. Photo…Concerns about radioactive contamination dog Rio Tinto’s Madagascar mine
Dec 31, 2019, 7:39 am By MongabayActivists have accused mining giant Rio Tinto of dragging its feet in addressing the fallout from a…Balancing short and long term interests vital for Sri Lanka in 2020 (Commentary)
Dec 31, 2019, 5:25 am By MongabaySri Lanka enters 2020 at a time of political transition. With a new president in office and a…Our top nature drone photos of 2019 (Insider)
Dec 30, 2019, 10:24 pm By MongabayWhile I’ve written about use of drones in conservation since 2012 — a Mongabay story was the…Illegal tin mining leaves trail of ruin in protected Brazilian rainforest
Dec 30, 2019, 7:24 pm By MongabayThe damage only became clear once the rain stopped and the clouds parted over Altamira National…Palm oil, fire pushing protected areas in Honduras to the ‘point of no return’
Dec 30, 2019, 4:23 pm By MongabayResidents of the community of París de Leán in Honduras say they have been dealing with dirty…Habitat loss drives deadly conflict in Indonesia’s tiger country
Dec 30, 2019, 2:39 pm By MongabayPALEMBANG, Indonesia — A spate of recent tiger attacks on farmers in Indonesia’s South Sumatra…Brazil knows how to fight Amazon deforestation: Monitoring and law enforcement must be strengthened (commentary)
Dec 30, 2019, 2:23 pm By MongabayAs the COP25 climate conference in Madrid, Spain came to a close with little progress earlier this…Bolsonaro’s Brazil: 2019 brings death by 1,000 cuts to Amazon — part one
Dec 30, 2019, 1:49 pm By MongabayLogging trucks lacking license plates remove trees illegally harvested from an indigenous reserve in…Alarm over mass vulture poisoning in South Africa
Dec 29, 2019, 9:01 pm By MongabayDURBAN, South Africa — Another mass vulture poisoning incident has ended the year on a sour note…Rainforests in 2020: 10 things to watch
Dec 29, 2019, 1:31 pm By MongabayAfter a decade of increased deforestation, broken commitments, and hundreds of murders of rainforest…Global consumer demands fuel the extinction crisis facing the world’s primates
Dec 29, 2019, 8:45 am By MongabayA ceaselessly growing human population and an ever-expanding world economy based on the…2019: The year rainforests burned
Dec 27, 2019, 1:04 pm By Mongabay2019 closed out a “lost decade” for the world’s tropical forests, with surging deforestation…Amazon’s Mura indigenous group demands input over giant mining project
Dec 27, 2019, 11:34 am By MongabayTuxaua (chief) Aldinelson Pavão stands beside an exploratory well drilled by Potássio do Brasil.…In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, December 27, 2019
Dec 27, 2019, 11:19 am By MongabayTropical forests Seventeen black rhinos were moved from South Africa to Malawi (CNN). A journalist…Love triangle complicates efforts to breed Sumatran rhinos
Dec 27, 2019, 9:27 am By MongabayEAST LAMPUNG, Indonesia — Efforts to breed the critically endangered Sumatran rhinoceros…Cambodian “bat man” bolsters the fight against dengue fever
Dec 26, 2019, 2:54 pm By MongabayMeet Heng Kim Seng, Cambodia’s bat man. In a few years, he went from rice to riches all because of…Photos: Top 15 new species of 2019
Dec 26, 2019, 1:28 pm By MongabayThe discovery of a new-to-science species is always an awe-inspiring bit of news, filling us with…Mega-mining project slated for Brazilian Amazon sparks controversy
Dec 26, 2019, 1:18 pm By MongabayThe sign welcoming visitors to Autazes. It reads: “The Land of Milk and Potash.” Image by Thais…Action plan for red colobus
Dec 26, 2019, 5:59 am By MongabayA final effort to find Miss Waldron’s red colobus is under way in the forests of southeastern…
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