2019’s top 10 ocean news stories (commentary)
Dec 25, 2019, 11:15 am By Mongabay1. Climate change and oceans Climate change impacts on land made almost daily headlines this year:…‘Tainted timber’ from Myanmar widely used in yachts seized in the Netherlands
Dec 25, 2019, 8:28 am By MongabayDutch authorities carried out raids in six locations in the Netherlands seizing teak, widely used in…NGOs reject new oil palm plantation in southern Cameroon
Dec 25, 2019, 5:59 am By MongabayKRIBI, Cameroon — Alarm flashed through Cameroon’s conservation community in mid-September, when…Eu / Chinese soy consumption linked to species impacts in Brazilian Cerrado: study
Dec 24, 2019, 9:42 am By MongabayA giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) digs in the earth for food within a barbed wire-enclosed…Community conservation agreements a lifeline for Uganda’s grey crowned cranes
Dec 24, 2019, 9:09 am By MongabayKABALE DISTRICT, Uganda — Ten years ago, grey crowned cranes (Balearica regulorum) had become a…In Indonesia’s provinces, ditching coal for renewables would cut carbon and costs: study
Dec 24, 2019, 8:10 am By MongabayIn Indonesia, a major producer and consumer of coal, politicians often argue that continued reliance…New monkey discovered on “island” amid deforestation in Brazil
Dec 23, 2019, 5:09 pm By MongabayDNA analysis has revealed a “new” species of monkey that only survives today because its habitat…Audio: The best animal calls featured on the Mongabay Newscast in 2019
Dec 23, 2019, 2:40 pm By MongabayThis is our last episode of 2019, so we took a look back at the bioacoustic recordings we featured…Antonio Donato Nobre: “The forest is sick and losing its carbon-sequestration capacity”
Dec 23, 2019, 12:33 pm By Mongabay“We are almost losing the inhabitability of the planet,” states Antonio Donato Nobre, who…Largest coral reef survey in French Polynesia offers hope
Dec 23, 2019, 9:56 am By MongabayOver the course of seven months in 2012 and 2013, more than 70 scientists collaborated to study and…Brazil on the precipice: from environmental leader to despoiler (2010-2020)
Dec 23, 2019, 9:24 am By MongabayMuch of the Amazon basin rainforest in Brazil, known for its staggering biodiversity, is on lands…Indonesian palm oil firm hit with $1.8m fine for 2015 fires
Dec 23, 2019, 9:16 am By MongabayJAKARTA — An Indonesian court has fined an palm oil company $1.8 million for fires that occurred…10 noteworthy books on conservation and the environment from 2019
Dec 23, 2019, 9:03 am By MongabayGrappling with the challenges of minimizing carbon footprints, memoirs of careers spent on the…Plans for a new Indonesian capital put Borneo’s abandoned mines in the spotlight
Dec 20, 2019, 7:35 pm By MongabaySAMARINDA, Indonesia — Two abandoned open-pit coal mines, each of which has claimed the life of a…‘The tipping point is here, it is now,’ top Amazon scientists warn
Dec 20, 2019, 5:45 pm By MongabayA healthy intact portion of the Amazon rainforest in Pará state, Brazil. Image courtesy of…2020 ballot initiative would restore wolves to Colorado
Dec 20, 2019, 5:00 pm By MongabayEarlier this month, more than 200,000 signatures were delivered to the Colorado secretary of state…Illegal gold rush causing ‘irreversible damage’ to rivers in the Brazilian Amazon
Dec 20, 2019, 3:58 pm By MongabaySÃO FÉLIX DO XINGU – As João Inácio de Assunção’s small boat sliced through the…In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, December 20, 2019
Dec 20, 2019, 11:06 am By MongabayTropical forests Cocoa production continues to cause deforestation in Ivory Coast (France 24).…Indonesia fires cost nation $5 billion this year: World Bank
Dec 20, 2019, 10:25 am By MongabayJAKARTA — Land and forest fires in Indonesia cost the country $5.2 billion in damage and economic…Ancient Sri Lankans used ‘flexible’ quartz tools to hunt primates in rainforests
Dec 20, 2019, 9:20 am By MongabaySome 45,000 years ago, hunter-gatherers in the rainforests of Sri Lanka hunted down small…
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