Radar returns to remote sensing through free, near-real-time global imagery
Mar 19, 2018, 8:10 am By MongabaySatellite imagery has transformed how we assess changes in forest cover. The standard optical…FSC-certified timber importer failed to check legality of shipment from Cameroon
Mar 19, 2018, 3:39 am By MongabayA British government office has prosecuted a wood importer certified by the Forest Stewardship…Oil palm plantations’ dearth of biodiversity rubs off on nearby forests, study shows
Mar 19, 2018, 1:57 am By MongabayFrogs can survive in oil palm plantations, but at the cost of diversity of species — and the…Madagascar: Conservation official arrested for killing 11 endangered lemurs
Mar 16, 2018, 12:48 pm By Mongabay
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar — Two weeks ago, the bodies of 11 critically endangered lemurs were…Sharp-eyed Mongabay readers spot a jaguarundi (commentary)
Mar 16, 2018, 11:36 am By Mongabay
The original misidentified picture. Photo by Natália Machado Thanks to some eagle-eyed Mongabay…In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, March 16, 2018
Mar 16, 2018, 11:31 am By MongabayTropical forests Cash convinces forest dwellers to cut down fewer trees, a new study in five…Better agricultural planning could prevent 88% of biodiversity loss, study finds
Mar 16, 2018, 11:12 am By MongabayBetter planning could save a lot of wildlife, according to results from a study published recently…150 years after being discovered, African monkey with handlebar moustache becomes its own species
Mar 16, 2018, 10:54 am By MongabayAn African monkey first described to science more than 150 years ago has now been elevated to full…Save the Sumatran rhino ‘because we can’ (commentary)
Mar 16, 2018, 10:14 am By MongabayContributing editor Jeremy Hance argues today in an opinion piece for the Sydney Morning Herald that…Report finds projects in DRC ‘REDD+ laboratory’ fall short of development, conservation goals
Mar 16, 2018, 6:59 am By MongabayThe camera follows the men through the forest as they arrive at the splintered stump of what looks…Conservationists rush to save Bolivian turtles threatened by egg trafficking
Mar 15, 2018, 12:15 pm By MongabayBENI DEPARTMENT, Bolivia — The sound of hundreds of excited children drowns out the gentle hum of…Cerrado: can the empire of soy coexist with savannah conservation?
Mar 15, 2018, 11:38 am By Mongabay
Driving deep into the Cerrado, Bahia state, Brazil. Photo by Alicia Prager This is the second of six…Indonesia races to catch tiger alive as villagers threaten to ‘kill the beast’
Mar 15, 2018, 11:12 am By MongabayPEKANBARU, Indonesia — A wildlife conservation agency in Indonesia has deployed two special teams…Five years after zero-deforestation vow, little sign of progress from Indonesian pulp giant
Mar 15, 2018, 9:46 am By MongabayJAKARTA — Local and international watchdogs have criticized Indonesia’s biggest pulp and paper…Bushmeat hunting threatens hornbills and raptors in Cameroon’s forests, study finds
Mar 15, 2018, 9:18 am By MongabayHornbills, vultures and eagles are being hunted for bushmeat in Cameroon in much greater numbers…For climate action to take hold, activists need more than just polar bears
Mar 15, 2018, 6:39 am By Mongabay
Type “climate change” into any search engine and the results aren’t difficult to predict:…Activists eye bigger roles for local officials, businesses in Indonesia’s orangutan protection plan
Mar 15, 2018, 2:20 am By Mongabay
JAKARTA — Activists in Indonesia are calling for a set of federal guidelines on orangutan…Will Madagascar’s industrial shrimp trawlers make way for local fishers?
Mar 14, 2018, 4:32 pm By MongabayANTANANARIVO, Madagascar — For most people on the west coast of Madagascar, fishing is life. When…Carol Van Strum, crusader against Agent Orange, wins prestigious environmental award
Mar 14, 2018, 3:31 pm By Mongabay
Longtime environmental activist Carol Van Strum is now also the recipient of a prestigious…Chocolate and agroforestry accelerate in El Salvador
Mar 14, 2018, 1:51 pm By MongabayZACATECOLUCA, El Salvador — The waist-high trees in Jose Francisco Merino Umaña’s field have…
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