Another mass fish kill hits Indonesia’s largest lake
Aug 24, 2018, 6:16 am By MongabayMillions of fish in floating cages died suddenly this week in Lake Toba, the biggest lake in…From sink to source: Droughts are changing the Amazon rainforest
Aug 23, 2018, 10:34 pm By Mongabay
Because they take vast amounts of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, rainforests are an important…New orchid species discovered in Peruvian Amazon
Aug 23, 2018, 2:32 pm By Mongabay
Scientists have discovered a new species of orchid in the Amazonian rainforests of Peru. SERNANP,…Community-run trading posts help Amazon forest people reverse rural exodus
Aug 23, 2018, 12:47 pm By Mongabay“We used to go into the forest to tap copaiba oil but we had no good way of selling it. The…Brazil hits emissions target early, but rising deforestation risks reversal
Aug 23, 2018, 11:28 am By MongabayThe government of Brazil has announced that it has cut its climate-warming greenhouse gas emissions…Murder of activist in India highlights growing risk to environmental defenders
Aug 23, 2018, 6:34 am By Mongabay
Ajit Maneshwar Naik, a 57-year-old environmental activist, was killed last month in Dandeli, a city…Indonesia seeks to get palm oil used as jet fuel in U.S., France
Aug 23, 2018, 12:39 am By MongabayIndonesia, the world’s top producer of palm oil, wants the U.S. and France to use it to fuel their…The Arctic’s oldest, thickest ice is breaking up
Aug 22, 2018, 1:38 pm By MongabayAt the start of August, for the second time this year, a corridor of open water developed along the…Online citizen science data platforms help scientists predict species ranges
Aug 22, 2018, 1:25 pm By MongabayChanging climate has already affected where some species live. To determine how changes in…Saving rare orchids that are ‘confusingly difficult’ to grow in labs: Q&A with orchid expert Marc Freestone
Aug 22, 2018, 10:50 am By MongabayFew plants capture the imagination quite like orchids. When orchid fever gripped England in the…Is Indonesia’s celebrated antigraft agency missing the corruption for the trees?
Aug 22, 2018, 3:21 am By MongabayIn 2005, an Indonesian election commissioner named Mulyana Kusumah visited a hotel room in Jakarta…Environmental issues to be a focus of Indonesian presidential debates
Aug 21, 2018, 11:47 pm By Mongabay
JAKARTA — Presidential candidates in Indonesia, home to the world’s third-largest span of…In Brazil, a forest community helps seed new trees far and wide
Aug 21, 2018, 4:33 pm By MongabayELDORADO — The first time that somebody mentioned collecting seeds to Seu João Motta, he thought…Audio: The superb mimicry skills of an Australian songbird
Aug 21, 2018, 3:55 pm By MongabayToday we take a listen to field recordings of the superb lyrebird, an Australian songbird known for…Poachers caught on video killing mother bear and cubs at den in Alaska
Aug 21, 2018, 1:09 pm By MongabayAuthorities in Alaska say they have identified two poachers who reportedly killed a female black…Fight to protect the world’s most threatened ape goes to court
Aug 21, 2018, 8:04 am By MongabayJAKARTA — A battle to save the world’s most endangered great ape has intensified as…Report finds APP and APRIL violating zero-deforestation policies with wood purchases from Djarum Group concessions in East Kalimantan
Aug 21, 2018, 8:04 am By MongabayJAKARTA — Paper giants Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) and Asia Pacific Resources International Holdings…Scientists call on California governor to OK carbon credits from forest conservation
Aug 21, 2018, 12:32 am By MongabayA group of prominent scientists is calling on California governor Jerry Brown to incorporate…Komodo protesters say no to development in the dragons’ den
Aug 21, 2018, 12:00 am By MongabayJAKARTA — Locals and activists have denounced plans to build tourism infrastructure in…Wild-caught timber elephants in Myanmar die earlier than captive-born ones
Aug 20, 2018, 8:37 pm By MongabayIn Myanmar, more than 5,000 elephants have been put to work in the logging industry over the past…
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