Setting the record straight on Jurisdictional REDD+: The case of Brazil
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Misconceptions about jurisdictional REDD+ programs have been amplified in recent press coverage,…Mongabay founder Rhett Butler named to Forbes Sustainability Leaders List
Sep 19, 2025, 6:21 pm By
Rhett A. Butler, Mongabay founder and CEO, has been named to the 2025 Forbes Sustainability Leaders…Panama upwelling fails in 2025, threatening marine ecosystems
Sep 19, 2025, 2:00 pm By
Every year in the Gulf of Panama, between December and April, trade winds from the north push warm…The mire of Brazil’s BR-319 highway: Deforestation, development, and the banality of evil (commentary)
Sep 19, 2025, 1:18 pm By
The continued failure to halt the BR-319 highway cutting through the Brazilian Amazon is an example…Timing, not traits, helps California’s jewelflowers adapt to diverse landscapes
Sep 19, 2025, 12:17 pm By
The small, bell-shaped flowers that dangle like gems in dazzling hues of yellow, maroon, purple,…Protecting Indigenous Amazon lands may also protect public health, study says
Sep 19, 2025, 12:13 pm By
Indigenous territories are widely recognized as vital for conserving the environment and…Iberian orcas sink sailboat in latest ramming ‘game’ in Portugal
Sep 19, 2025, 10:36 am By
Five people were rescued after a pod of critically endangered Iberian orcas caused a sailboat to…Animals that spread seeds are critical for climate solutions
Sep 19, 2025, 10:30 am By
When a toucan plucks fruit from a tree in the Amazon Rainforest, it’s doing more than just finding…100,000 Ecuadorians protest Canadian mining project threatening key water source
Sep 19, 2025, 9:35 am By
More than 100,000 people marched through Cuenca, a city in southern Ecuador, on Sept. 16, demanding…Rising seas won’t reduce ocean borders of small island nations, UN court rules
Sep 19, 2025, 4:46 am By
A landmark opinion from the United Nations International Court of Justice has ruled that rising sea…São Tomé and Príncipe commits to creating a marine protected area network
Sep 19, 2025, 3:07 am By
The island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe has taken a significant step in marine conservation,…Most Caribbean coral reefs to stop growing by 2040, study warns
Sep 19, 2025, 12:22 am By
Most coral reefs in the Caribbean could stop growing, and even start eroding, by 2040 if global…South African Wild Coast communities challenge Shell in Constitutional Court
Sep 18, 2025, 7:09 pm By
A South African court heard arguments Tuesday from coastal communities, NGOs and British oil and gas…Australia targets at least 62% emissions cut in the next decade
Sep 18, 2025, 3:06 pm By
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia on Thursday set a new target of reducing its greenhouse gas…Landmines and violence in Colombian Amazon confine Indigenous Siona families
Sep 18, 2025, 1:46 pm By
Siona Indigenous guards in southern Colombia are raising alarm that landmines and armed groups are…Pet sharks have become cool, but is owning them ethical?
Sep 18, 2025, 12:53 pm By
When Laurie was a kid, she had recurrent nightmares that featured her getting eaten by a shark.…Funding is needed save Samoa’s ‘little dodo’ from extinction (commentary)
Sep 18, 2025, 12:27 pm By
It’s early August 2025. Deep in the rainforests of Upolu, on the island of Samoa, Moeumu “Moe”…Mass vulture poisonings expose need for cross-border action in Southern Africa
Sep 18, 2025, 12:15 pm By
A cluster of mass vulture poisonings earlier this year has drawn attention to an alarming, ongoing…New conservation area protects 53% of carbon in northern Peruvian Amazon
Sep 18, 2025, 11:39 am By
A new regional conservation area has been created in Loreto, the largest region in Peru’s Amazon.…In Guatemala, young Kaqchikel Maya protect their sacred forest with open mapping
Sep 18, 2025, 8:00 am By
SAN JOSÉ POAQUIL, Guatemala — The last rays of daylight filter through the trees as Andres…
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