Belize imposes offshore oil moratorium to protect reefs
Jan 15, 2018, 5:50 am By MongabayThe government of Belize halted all exploration for oil in its territorial waters from Dec. 29,…Venezuela’s Mining Arc boom sweeps up Indigenous people and cultures
Jan 15, 2018, 1:00 am By MongabayAn illegal miner carries a traditional gold pan, called a “batea” in the Las Cristinas mine in…Peru declares a huge new national park in the Amazon
4:07pm By MongabayLORETO REGION, Peru — Starting yesterday, 868,927 hectares of forest in Peru’s Loreto Region…A Pacific bluefin tuna sold for $323,000. Can the species be saved?
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A single Pacific bluefin tuna sold for 36.45 million yen, or $323,111, during the famed New Year…Moth rediscovered in Malaysia mimics appearance and behavior of bees to escape predators
1:56pm By MongabayPolish researchers have rediscovered a moth in Malaysia that was previously known only from a…Trump threatens NASA climate satellite missions as Congress stalls
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Hurricane Harvey seen from space. Slashing Earth Observation satellite funding would not only blind…Indonesian parliament pushes for passage of palm oil legislation this year
10:34am By MongabayJAKARTA — Lawmakers in Indonesia are adamant about passing new legislation on the palm oil…Indonesia’s Aceh extends moratorium on new mining sites
8:57am By MongabayBANDA ACEH, Indonesia — The government of Indonesia’s Aceh province will reject applications for…Nature’s frontline: Environmental news for the week of January 12, 2018
8:40am By MongabayTropical forests Virgin Atlantic has stopped buying REDD+ carbon credits from a conservation project…Natural World Heritage Sites in trouble, especially in the Tropics
Thu 6:36pm By MongabayElephants in Garamba National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo. Photo by ENOUGH Project on Visual…Colombian pipeline bombed hours after end to ceasefire
Thu 5:15pm By Mongabay
BOGOTA, Colombia – A renewed conflict could once again be on the horizon after leftist rebels…There’s a new member of the lemur family
Thu 3:15pm By MongabayScientists have found a new species of dwarf lemur in southeastern Madagascar. Grove’s Dwarf lemur…Critically endangered monkeys found in Ghana forest slated for mining
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While surveying the rainforests of eastern Ghana’s Atewa mountain range, scientists stumbled upon…Poachers blamed as body of Sumatran elephant, missing tusks, found in protected forest
Thu 5:59am By MongabayPALEMBANG, Indonesia — Wildlife activists in Indonesia suspect poachers poisoned an elephant found…Wars kill wildlife in Africa’s protected areas, study finds
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Wars or armed conflict of any kind can have just as devastating an impact on wildlife as on people,…Lions deal blow to giraffe numbers by targeting young, study finds
Thu 3:52am By MongabayLions put a damper on the number of young giraffes that survive to maturity, according to a new…Efforts to save island wildlife from extinction get a boost from new database
Jan 10, 2018, 7:04 pm By Mongabay
Though the approximately 465,000 islands on planet Earth represent just over five percent of total…Study: Amazon dams are disrupting ecologically vital flood pulses
Jan 10, 2018, 11:35 am By MongabayThe Santo Antônio dam on the Madeira River, Brazil, is one of hundreds currently planned, under…Chocó at epicenter of Colombia’s social, environmental conflicts
Jan 10, 2018, 7:25 am By MongabayNOANAMÁ, Colombia – One wet November morning deep within Colombia’s western rainforest of…Indonesian ex-soldier among three jailed for illegal trade in Sumatran rhino, tiger parts
Jan 10, 2018, 4:58 am By MongabayMEDAN, Indonesia — A court in Indonesia has sentenced three men, including a former soldier, to…
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