Roads divide opinions along with forests, study finds
Nov 8, 2018, 8:30 am By Mongabay
Politicians and planners often sell roads as wholly beneficial to communities. New arteries open up…Troika of trouble for Bolivia’s Cordillera de Sama Reserve
Nov 8, 2018, 6:01 am By Mongabay
“This year there was a hailstorm which ruined our garlic crops,” says Hilda. A resident of the…For Javan rhinos, the last holdout may also be a deadly disease hotspot
Nov 8, 2018, 5:52 am By Mongabay
Indonesia’s Ujung Kulon National Park sits at the westernmost tip of Java Island. Its remote…Evicted for a showpiece project, this PNG community fights for justice
Nov 8, 2018, 4:56 am By Mongabay“I lost everything,” says Joe Moses, recalling the day homes in his community of Paga Hill were…Congo Basin rainforest may be gone by 2100, study finds
Nov 7, 2018, 7:51 pm By MongabayAfrica’s Congo Basin is home to the second-largest rainforest on the planet. But according to a…Researchers say orangutans are declining, despite Indonesian government’s claims
Nov 7, 2018, 3:11 pm By MongabayResearchers say a recent Indonesian government report inaccurately claims that the orangutan…Cerrado farm community fights for life against dam, eucalyptus growers
Nov 7, 2018, 12:00 pm By Mongabay
Aerial view of the Estreito dam on the Tocantins river. Formosa residents are still waiting to be…In funding palm oil giants, banks may share in ‘sins of the companies’
Nov 7, 2018, 10:04 am By MongabayOn Sept. 19, Indonesian President Joko Widodo slapped a three-year moratorium on the issuance of new…Invisible plant-enemy interactions drive diversity in forest fragments
Nov 7, 2018, 8:20 am By MongabayVery few tropical forests around the world enjoy uninterrupted contiguity. Most are divided into…Are deep sea reefs really a lifeboat for our vanishing corals?
Nov 7, 2018, 6:20 am By MongabayWhen Luiz Rocha, a fish biologist at the California Academy of Sciences, goes scuba diving, he tacks…Protection flip-flop leaves rare Indonesian shrikethrush in harm’s way
Nov 7, 2018, 2:46 am By Mongabay
MANADO, Indonesia — Wildlife photographer Henri Hebimisa remembers the excitement of his first…Parrotfish, critical to reef health, now protected under Mexican law
Nov 7, 2018, 1:16 am By Mongabay
Mexico protected 10 species of parrotfish in October, a move that conservationists say will help the…The ongoing trade in conflict timber (commentary)
Nov 6, 2018, 12:04 pm By Mongabay
November 6 is the UN’s International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War…Deforestation-linked Brazilian beef still flowing into international markets: report
Nov 6, 2018, 12:01 pm By Mongabay
Ranching in Pará state, Brazil. The nation is home to more than 200 million cattle Photo credit:…Research finds humans across the globe have microplastics in their stool
Nov 6, 2018, 11:25 am By MongabayA study conducted with participants from across the globe found that every single stool sample…Savanna fires, a boon to grazers, cast rhinos into a ‘food desert’
Nov 6, 2018, 6:41 am By Mongabay
When it comes to protecting the critically endangered black rhinoceros, the focus tends to be on…AI simplifies statewide study of leopards in south India
Nov 5, 2018, 12:00 pm By MongabayAn extensive study of the leopard population in the wildlife-rich southern Indian state of Karnataka…Local fishers oppose $2.7 billion deal opening Madagascar to Chinese fishing
Nov 5, 2018, 11:22 am By MongabayLife on the coast of Madagascar is increasingly precarious. In recent decades, the overexploitation…Bear-human conflict risks pinpointed amid resurgent bear population
Nov 5, 2018, 8:00 am By MongabayScientists have mapped out instances of human-black bear conflict in a part of the U.S. state of…Ongoing rise in sea levels will increase threats to World Heritage Sites
Nov 2, 2018, 1:35 pm By MongabayNew research finds that rising sea levels due to climate change will put dozens of World Heritage…
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