Criminal mafias take over Colombian forests
Sep 7, 2018, 11:29 am By MongabayThere are a variety of competing land uses of the Amazon rainforest. The region in southern Colombia…In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, September 7, 2018
Sep 7, 2018, 11:15 am By MongabayTropical forests The government of Guatemala has suspended U.S. miner Tahoe Resources’ licenses…Indonesia gives in to bird traders, rescinds protection for 3 species
Sep 7, 2018, 10:45 am By MongabayJAKARTA — The Indonesian government has dropped three popular songbirds from a new list of…DNA database helps Nepal’s officials monitor tigers, punish poachers
Sep 7, 2018, 5:00 am By Mongabay
In December 2015, officials from Nepal’s Central Investigation Bureau had a hunch that something…8 species of birds have possibly gone extinct over past few decades
Sep 6, 2018, 8:53 pm By MongabayEight species of birds may have completely disappeared over the past couple of decades, a new study…A Brazilian mourns what was lost in the National Museum fire
Sep 6, 2018, 12:49 pm By MongabayBrazil’s National Museum on fire. Image by Erick Dau / Farpa. This story appears courtesy of a…How land is stolen in Colombia
Sep 6, 2018, 12:29 pm By Mongabay
Carmelo Márquez always has a reason to fight. Every day, he fights tirelessly to defend his rights…‘Diaper Brigade’ fights a chemical crisis in Java’s rivers
Sep 6, 2018, 10:46 am By MongabayYOGYAKARTA, Indonesia — Dressed in a hazmat suit with boots, gloves and a mask, Prigi Arisandi…Improving rural credit in Brazil: More production, better environment (commentary)
Sep 6, 2018, 10:30 am By Mongabay
Boosting agricultural productivity is key to solving one of the most critical issues of our time:…Study sheds light on how seeds survive in tropical soils
Sep 5, 2018, 4:42 pm By MongabayLife is not easy for seeds. Avoiding ending up as food for animals and finding the right time and…An anti-poaching technology for elephants that is always listening
Sep 5, 2018, 1:38 pm By MongabayWorking under cover of night in parks as large as US states, poachers are skilled in avoiding…Audio: The ‘Godfather of Biodiversity’ on why it’s time to manage Earth as a system
Sep 5, 2018, 12:43 pm By MongabayOn this episode we welcome the godfather of biodiversity, Dr. Thomas Lovejoy, to discuss some of the…A civic outcry in Malaysia forces a Chinese builder to live up to its eco-friendly tag
Sep 5, 2018, 12:01 pm By MongabayJOHOR BAHRU, Malaysia – On Jan. 1, 2014, fishermen near Kampong Pok, a village on Malaysia’s…Fires tear through East Java park, threatening leopard habitat
Sep 5, 2018, 11:19 am By MongabayMALANG, Indonesia — Wildfires are sweeping across a savanna and protected rainforest in Bromo…Diverse family of algae could help corals survive warming seas
Sep 5, 2018, 8:59 am By MongabaySome corals stand a chance of surviving the current rise in global sea temperatures, a team of…Delay in Hong Kong’s ivory ban endangers elephants and is ‘legally unnecessary’
Sep 5, 2018, 8:57 am By MongabayIn December 2016, China and Hong Kong, two of the world’s major ivory markets, announced their…87 elephants found dead in Botswana, one of last safe havens for the species
Sep 5, 2018, 2:30 am By Mongabay
Poachers have killed at least 87 elephants in recent months in Botswana, according to the…Indonesia, a top plastic polluter, mobilizes 20,000 citizens to clean it up
Sep 4, 2018, 11:44 pm By Mongabay“We need to keep this river clean,” says Muhammad Yusuf, a fisheries official from Padang, the…Brazil mourns ‘incalculable loss’ in National Museum fire
Sep 4, 2018, 12:06 pm By MongabayA massive fire ravaged Brazil’s National Museum (Museu Nacional) in Rio de Janeiro on the night of…Monitoring the ambitious land restoration commitments in Africa
Sep 3, 2018, 12:46 pm By Mongabay
NAIROBI, Kenya – Burkina Faso and Tanzania announced at the just-concluded 2018 Global Landscapes…
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