New study suggests Borneo’s had elephants for thousands of years
Jan 30, 2018, 11:04 pm By MongabayThe backstory behind the world’s smallest elephants has always been something of a mystery. For…Environmental reporting in Vietnam often a comedy of errors
Jan 30, 2018, 8:37 am By MongabayHO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam – This shouldn’t come as a surprise, but reporting on the environment…Sumatra’s ‘tiger descendants’ cling to their customs as coal mines encroach
Jan 30, 2018, 5:06 am By MongabaySEKALAK, Indonesia — The inhabitants of Sekalak village, in this forested region of southern…For Australia’s fire-starting falcons, pyromania serves up the prey
Jan 30, 2018, 4:45 am By MongabaySome birds in Australia use smoldering sticks to spread wildfires and flush out smaller birds,…10 million acres added to Chile’s national park system
Jan 30, 2018, 12:01 am By MongabayYesterday, as a herd of guanacos grazed in the distance, Chilean President Michelle Bachelet…As nesting beaches warm, sea turtle populations are turning female–how scientists found out
Jan 29, 2018, 1:45 pm By MongabayIs Australia’s Great Barrier Reef losing its male sea turtles? A new study has found that green…Indonesia prepares to adopt standardized peat-mapping technology
Jan 29, 2018, 9:35 am By Mongabay
JAKARTA — The daunting task of mapping Indonesia’s vast peatlands in painstaking detail has…Camera trap captures spotted hyena in Gabon national park, the first in 20 years
Jan 29, 2018, 3:24 am By MongabayResearchers have captured a camera trap photograph of a spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) in a…Elephant tusks and pangolin scales seized, six suspects arrested in Ivory Coast
Jan 29, 2018, 3:14 am By MongabayOfficials in Ivory Coast have announced the seizure of over half a ton each of elephant tusks and…Fang trafficking to China is putting Bolivia’s jaguars in jeopardy
Jan 26, 2018, 2:06 pm By MongabayThis report is the result of a journalistic collaboration between Mongabay Latam and Bolivia’s…Baby photos of 10 of the world’s rarest turtles from the zoo trying to save them
Jan 26, 2018, 1:37 pm By MongabayEveryone loves turtles. Turtles and tortoises are often depicted as tranquil creatures possessing…Indonesian ruling rings alarms over criminalization of environmental defenders
Jan 26, 2018, 9:32 am By MongabayJAKARTA — Environmental and human rights activists are up in arms over the jailing of a prominent…In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, January 26, 2018
Jan 26, 2018, 9:30 am By MongabayTropical forests EU blamed for tardy response to death of forest activist in Kenya (The Guardian).…Do catch and release-induced abortions harm shark and ray populations?
Jan 26, 2018, 7:03 am By Mongabay
Scientists have long raised concerns over the future of sharks and rays, of which some 100 million…Rhino poaching in South Africa dipped slightly last year, but ‘crisis continues unabated,’ conservationists say
Jan 25, 2018, 3:06 pm By MongabaySouth African Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs Edna Molewa announced in a press briefing…The ups and downs of marine protected areas: Examining the evidence
Jan 25, 2018, 3:00 pm By Mongabay
In 1962, at the First World Conference of National Parks in Seattle, U.S., Carleton Ray, a marine…Data fusion opens new horizons for remote imaging of landscapes
Jan 25, 2018, 12:14 pm By Mongabay
Imagine you needed to map the spread of an invasive plant species in a tropical forest.…Maduro seeks sell off of Venezuela’s natural resources to escape debt – analysis
Jan 25, 2018, 10:58 am By Mongabay
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro hefts a bar of gold purportedly dug and processed in the Arco…Biofuel boost threatens even greater deforestation in Indonesia, Malaysia: Study
Jan 25, 2018, 7:48 am By MongabayJAKARTA — Global demand for biofuels containing palm oil looks set to grow sixfold by 2030,…Indonesia buckles to protests against seine fishing ban
Jan 25, 2018, 4:37 am By Mongabay
JAKARTA — Indonesia has eased off from the full enforcement of a ban on fishing using a…
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