In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, February 16, 2018
Feb 16, 2018, 9:01 am By MongabayTropical forests Study finds that tigers may help herders and farmers (The Revelator). Physicists…Watch: A minke whale’s view of the Antarctic
Feb 16, 2018, 8:23 am By MongabayYou can now see the Antarctic from a minke whale’s point of view. For the very first time,…Queen conch dying out in the Bahamas despite marine parks
Feb 16, 2018, 7:00 am By MongabayIt’s hard to adequately describe the importance of conch to the Bahamas. Conchs are ingrained in…Borneo, ravaged by deforestation, loses nearly 150,000 orangutans in 16 years, study finds
Feb 15, 2018, 12:07 pm By MongabayJAKARTA — The world lost more than 100,000 orangutans from the island of Borneo in the past 16…East Africa’s Albertine Rift needs protection now, scientists say
Feb 15, 2018, 7:54 am By MongabayThe equatorial ecosystems of the Albertine Rift are packed with plants and animals found nowhere…Webs under water: The really bizarre lives of intertidal spiders
Feb 15, 2018, 4:21 am By MongabaySpiders are one of the most ubiquitous creatures on Earth, found on every continent except…Drones enable fast, accurate wildlife counts, study shows
Feb 14, 2018, 1:36 pm By Mongabay
Jarrod Hodgson is one of very few scientists who have used rubber ducks as part of their Ph.D.…New population of extremely rare ‘red handfish’ discovered off Tasmania
Feb 14, 2018, 11:01 am By MongabayDivers have discovered a new population of what is considered to be one of the world’s rarest…‘Eye of Papua’ shines a light on environmental, indigenous issues in Indonesia’s last frontier
Feb 14, 2018, 7:41 am By MongabayJAKARTA — Zely Ariane, an editor at the Tabloid Jubi newspaper in Indonesia’s easternmost region…Duterte orders navy to fire on foreign poachers in Philippine waters
Feb 14, 2018, 6:34 am By Mongabay
President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines has called on the navy to shoot at foreign ships…Restoration optimism: Bringing nature back (commentary)
Feb 13, 2018, 12:18 pm By MongabayI sit huddled in the hide, the sharp winter air stinging my cheeks and making my eyes tear up.…Environmental defenders increasingly targeted, data shows
Feb 13, 2018, 12:00 pm By MongabayLand defenders around the world are increasingly being targeted for murder, according to an annual…Brazilian Supreme Court ruling protects Quilombola land rights for now
Feb 13, 2018, 11:53 am By MongabayChildren dancing at a quilombola. There are nearly 3,000 quilombola communities in Brazil, but only…Bridgestone aims for full sustainability by 2050
Feb 13, 2018, 11:18 am By MongabayThe world’s largest tire manufacturer has pledged to develop a fully sustainable supply chain by…Moment of truth: Study reveals high percentage of illegal Peruvian timber exports
Feb 13, 2018, 8:00 am By Mongabay
LIMA, Peru – More than two years after a massive seizure of illegal timber sent from Peru to…Illegal ‘white gold,’ South Africa’s abalone, pouring into Hong Kong: TRAFFIC
Feb 13, 2018, 7:31 am By MongabayIllegally sourced South African abalone (Haliotis midae), a marine snail considered a delicacy in…Ecuador votes to reduce oil exploitation in Yasuní National Park
6:55pm By Mongabay
YASUNÍ NATIONAL PARK, Ecuador — A decisive battle is just beginning for Indigenous peoples and…Rewriting biological history: Trump border wall puts wildlife at risk
3:10pm By MongabayBison in the Janos Valley of Chihuahua, Mexico, where protected grasslands in the U.S. and Mexico…The ozone layer is still getting thinner, new study finds
7:59am By Mongabay
The specter of an environmental problem once thought to have been solved has risen again. A new…Indonesian police bust Chinese nationals with 200 kg of turtle shells
5:59am By MongabayMAKASSAR, Indonesia — Police in Indonesia have arrested two Chinese men with the illegal…
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