Trumping Colombia’s peace: U.S. drug war threatens fragile accord, forests
Feb 5, 2018, 3:25 pm By MongabayThe source of the souring of U.S.-Colombia political relations: a coca plant in Bolívar, Colombia.…Scientists deploy DNA analysis and radiocarbon dating in latest salvo against ivory trafficking
Feb 5, 2018, 2:16 pm By MongabayThe United States, a major ivory market The sale of ivory across international boundaries has been…Carbon pricing could save millions of hectares of tropical forest: new study
Feb 5, 2018, 12:41 pm By Mongabay
A new study finds that putting a price on carbon could drastically reduce the amount of…Safe spaces: Tackling sexual harassment in science
Feb 5, 2018, 11:46 am By MongabayFar away from the red carpets of Hollywood, an aspiring scientist in Guyana, South America, is being…Meet the winners of Mongabay’s best intern articles awards
Feb 5, 2018, 5:56 am By MongabayHosting over 50 interns to date, Mongabay’s Environmental Journalism Internship program has gained…Amazon rainforest hit by surge in small-scale deforestation, study finds
Feb 2, 2018, 3:53 pm By Mongabay
A new study finds small-scale deforestation in the Amazon rainforest has been increasing over the…In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, February 2, 2018
Feb 2, 2018, 12:05 pm By MongabayTropical forests Illegal loggers allowed to continue logging in Mato Grosso, Brazil (Climate Change…Indonesian palm, pulp companies commit to peatland restoration
Feb 2, 2018, 11:48 am By MongabayJAKARTA — More than a hundred palm oil and pulp companies in Indonesia have pledged to restore a…Maps tease apart complex relationship between agriculture and deforestation in DRC
Feb 2, 2018, 11:20 am By MongabayWhen a farmer cuts down a tree in the Democratic Republic of Congo, there’s often a reason for it.…Indonesian rubber farmers charged in gruesome killing of Bornean orangutan
Feb 2, 2018, 8:16 am By Mongabay
JAKARTA — Police in Indonesia have arrested and charged two rubber farmers for allegedly shooting…Venezuela: can a failing state protect its environment and its people?
Feb 1, 2018, 12:00 pm By MongabayLooting in Caracas, Venezuela. Photo by Prensa Presidencial – Government of Venezuela This story…Powering cameras and empowering people
Feb 1, 2018, 9:15 am By Mongabay
Keeping equipment running in harsh field conditions can challenge any tech project, as can working…Zero-deforestation pledges need help, support to meet targets, new study finds
Feb 1, 2018, 8:30 am By MongabayIt’s become a trend for big corporations to pledge that their products won’t cause any more…Hong Kong votes to ban ivory trade by 2021
Feb 1, 2018, 5:52 am By Mongabay
In a historic move, 49 Hong Kong lawmakers voted on Jan. 31 to end all domestic ivory trade by 2021…$23.5 million funding pledge aims to protect critical West African national park
Feb 1, 2018, 4:18 am By MongabayBenin’s Pendjari National Park, one of West Africa’s largest remaining strongholds for the…More murders: Conservationists allegedly killed by soldiers in Cambodia
Jan 31, 2018, 6:25 pm By Mongabay
Three people have been shot and killed by soldiers in northeastern Cambodia, according to officials…Corals thrive on remotest islands in the Galápagos
Jan 31, 2018, 5:56 pm By MongabayAdapted from Bing Maps. The Galápagos Islands are not widely known for their coral reefs. Most…Mega developments set to transform a tranquil Cambodian bay
Jan 31, 2018, 12:11 pm By MongabayKAMPOT, Cambodia — As the Trapeang Sangke estuary opens up into the Gulf of Thailand, the dense…Is a plantation a forest? Indonesia says yes, as it touts a drop in deforestation
Jan 31, 2018, 10:54 am By Mongabay
JAKARTA — The Indonesian government has reported a second straight annual decline in the…Two new dog-faced bats discovered in Panama and Ecuador
Jan 31, 2018, 5:28 am By Mongabay
For the past few decades, scientists have known of six species of fast-flying, insect-eating bats…
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