What the Congo Basin can learn from Filipino community forestry laws (commentary)
Feb 21, 2019, 3:08 pm By Mongabay
The Philippines was highly forested about a century ago. But today, forests cover less than a…Illegal corn farming menaces a Madagascar protected area
Feb 21, 2019, 2:13 pm By Mongabay
MENABE, Madagascar — As the plane starts its descent toward Morondava, a city on Madagascar’s…Plastics found in dolphins, seals, and whales in UK waters
Feb 21, 2019, 1:36 pm By Mongabay
Researchers who examined 50 marine mammals that had washed up on Britain’s shores say they found…Brazil wants to legalize agribusiness leasing of indigenous lands
Feb 21, 2019, 12:48 pm By Mongabay
Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina and Environment Minister Ricardo Salles (both wearing glasses…Video: Cerrado farmer shot amid escalating conflict with agribusiness
Feb 21, 2019, 10:26 am By Mongabay“We came here to get our cattle back. Are you releasing them?” shouted Jossone Lopes Leite from…In a predator-infested forest, survival for baby birds comes by the road
Feb 21, 2019, 9:49 am By Mongabay
More young birds survived near a road through a Thai forest than those living deeper in the forest…Cambodia’s fragile Prey Lang forest remains under threat
Feb 21, 2019, 9:26 am By Mongabay
For nearly 20 years, the Prey Lang forest that spans four Cambodian provinces has been shrinking.…UN passes first ever declaration for peasant rights
Feb 20, 2019, 2:15 pm By MongabayQUITO, Ecuador – Peasant farmers around the world just gained a powerful new tool to protect their…Madre de Dios: Seven Brazil nut concessions investigated for illegal timber extraction
Feb 20, 2019, 1:33 pm By Mongabay
On Friday 28 December 2018, prosecutor Karina Garay of Brazil’s Specialized Environmental…Audio: The sounds of a rare New Zealand bird reintroduced to its native habitat
Feb 20, 2019, 12:05 pm By Mongabay
On today’s episode, we speak with Oliver Metcalf, lead author of a recent study that used…New Species of orangutan threatened from moment of its discovery
Feb 20, 2019, 11:57 am By Mongabay
Part One of this series can be found here. For months, rumors had been flying around in the…How many trees make a forest? (commentary)
Feb 20, 2019, 11:10 am By Mongabay
We can agree that deforestation continues to be a massive global problem — in 2016, the world lost…Chinese ‘Queen of Ivory’ sentenced to 15 years in jail for tusk trafficking
Feb 20, 2019, 10:09 am By Mongabay
A Tanzanian court has sentenced Yang Fenglan, a Chinese national dubbed the “Queen of Ivory,”…Indonesian candidates find common ground in support for palm oil
Feb 20, 2019, 10:04 am By MongabayJAKARTA — Indonesian President Joko Widodo and his challenger in this year’s election, Prabowo…Bolsonaro government takes aim at Vatican over Amazon meeting
Feb 20, 2019, 9:57 am By MongabayGeneral Augusto Heleno takes a dim view of the Catholic church’s Amazon Synod, seeing it as…Indonesia to get first payment from Norway under $1b REDD+ scheme
Feb 20, 2019, 7:42 am By Mongabay
JAKARTA — It’s taken nearly a decade, but Indonesia is finally set to receive the first part of…Illegal gold mining destroys wetland forest in Madagascar park
Feb 19, 2019, 1:49 pm By Mongabay
Illegal gold mining is on the verge of wiping out an iconic wetland forest in the heart of…What does it take to discover a new great ape species?
Feb 19, 2019, 11:30 am By Mongabay
When an international team of scientists published their description of a new ape species, the…Brazil sees growing wave of anti-indigenous threats, reserve invasions
Feb 19, 2019, 9:42 am By MongabayIllegal deforestation in the Awá Indigenous Reserve in Maranhâo state. Forests are illegally…In the Solomon Islands, making amends in the name of conservation
Feb 19, 2019, 9:00 am By MongabayWearing nothing more than leaves hanging from belts of woven vegetation, the three scientists stand…
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