In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, January 19, 2018
Jan 19, 2018, 8:52 am By MongabayTropical forests Focus on the positive to tackle climate change, argue scientists (Nature Climate…Outrage and conspiracy claims as Indonesia, Malaysia react to EU ban on palm oil in biofuels
Jan 19, 2018, 8:23 am By MongabayJAKARTA — Officials in Indonesia and Malaysia, the world’s biggest producers of palm oil, have…Decapitated orangutan found near palm plantations shot 17 times, autopsy finds
Jan 19, 2018, 4:24 am By Mongabay
JAKARTA — Indonesian authorities have retrieved 17 air gun pellets from the body of an orangutan…Pope set to visit site of deforestation, indigenous struggle in Peru
Jan 19, 2018, 4:14 am By MongabayPope Francis will visit one of the Peruvian Amazon’s most threatened regions today, where the…Facebook being used for illegal reptile trade in the Philippines
Jan 19, 2018, 3:12 am By MongabayFacebook has emerged as a major market for trafficking in live reptiles in the Philippines,…New satellite data reveals forest loss far greater than expected in Brazil Amazon
Jan 18, 2018, 7:16 pm By MongabayThe Brazilian Amazon lost 184 km2 of forest in December 2017, according to the country’s Institute…NASA: Global surface temperatures in 2017 second-hottest on record despite no El Niño
Jan 18, 2018, 6:10 pm By Mongabay
An analysis of global temperature data by scientists with the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space…680000 acres of Amazon rainforest may be lost to Peru’s new roads
Jan 18, 2018, 5:47 pm By MongabayLate last year, the Peruvian government gave the go-ahead for the construction of new roads along…Camera traps confirm existence of ‘world’s ugliest pig’ in the wild, warts and all
Jan 18, 2018, 3:40 pm By Mongabay
Researchers have used camera traps on the island of Java, Indonesia to capture what they say is the…Myanmar to target illegal charcoal trade with China
Jan 18, 2018, 2:54 pm By Mongabay
Myanmar has pledged to stem the massive tide of charcoal being illegally harvested, produced and…Record Amazon fires, intensified by forest degradation, burn indigenous lands
Jan 18, 2018, 11:58 am By MongabayAn area nearly double the size of San Francisco, 24,000 hectares (59,305), lost tree cover within…A time bomb for the saiga? Bad news Central Asia’s beleaguered antelope
Jan 17, 2018, 4:51 pm By Mongabay
In May 2015, more than 200,000 saiga antelope (Saiga tatarica) suddenly died. Entire herds perished,…National Park Service advisory panel disintegrates
Jan 17, 2018, 2:34 pm By MongabayThe National Park Service is the latest federal environmental agency to lose most of its advisory…A tale of two policies: climate change, Trump, and the U.S. military
Jan 17, 2018, 1:09 pm By MongabayThe U.S. war with Iraq was responsible for a vast amount of carbon pollution. A great deal of oil…Company to probe for minerals close to Mekong river dolphin habitat
Jan 17, 2018, 12:42 pm By MongabayAn Australian mining company aims to begin searching for minerals, as well as gas and oil, next to…Study reveals forests have yet another climate-protection superpower
Jan 16, 2018, 6:24 pm By Mongabay
As big carbon storehouses, forests have the power to influence the climate. So much so that the…Ancient human sites may have distorted our understanding of the Amazon’s natural ecology
Jan 16, 2018, 3:09 pm By Mongabay
Pristine areas of Amazon rainforest are usually considered to be ancient, untamed jungles…Orangutan found tortured and decapitated prompts Indonesia probe
Jan 16, 2018, 8:45 am By MongabayJAKARTA — Conservation authorities in Indonesia are investigating the death of an orangutan whose…Haiti’s most popular ecotourism destinations
Jan 15, 2018, 11:07 am By MongabayThe tropical Caribbean island of Haiti is a paradise with a rich, fascinating history, natural…Indonesian villages see virtually zero progress in program to manage peatlands
Jan 15, 2018, 10:44 am By MongabayJAKARTA — Of the nearly 3,000 villages located within peatlands throughout Indonesia, only one is…
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