DNA analysis shows Sumatran rhinos peaked during last Ice Age, never recovered
Dec 14, 2017, 12:30 pm By Mongabay
The critically endangered Sumatran rhino has been on an arc toward extinction for nearly 12,000…Top Argentine glacier scientist charged over cyanide mine spill
Dec 14, 2017, 12:29 pm By Mongabay
The Perito Moreno glacier in Argentinean Patagonia. Ricardo Villalba, former Director of the…Building a refuge where trawlers now ravage Cambodia’s marine life
Dec 14, 2017, 12:20 pm By MongabayKEP ARCHIPELAGO, Cambodia – It’s not long before midnight and an outlaw trawler has been…Locals fear for their lives over planned dam in Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem
Dec 14, 2017, 8:24 am By Mongabay
ACEH TAMIANG, Indonesia — Maksum, a resident of Aceh Tamiang district in northern Sumatra,…Land reclamation threatens extremely rare spoon-billed sandpipers in China
Dec 14, 2017, 6:51 am By MongabayOne of the world’s rarest birds — the tiny spoon-billed sandpiper — could soon lose a…African Parks backs marine reserve brimming with wildlife in Mozambique
Dec 14, 2017, 5:57 am By MongabayA sliver of ocean on the Southern Africa coast is getting a new chance at success thanks to an…For Papuan villagers practicing conservation, a bid to formalize the familiar
Dec 14, 2017, 2:54 am By MongabayTAMBRAUW, Indonesia — It took more than two hours by boat, through a driving rain, to reach the…Bees for trees: testing a potential tool for reducing human-elephant conflict
Dec 13, 2017, 7:47 pm By MongabayWhen times are tough for elephants, knocking over a tree may be the best way to get at the food…How will Trump Admin policy rollbacks impact efforts to combat climate change?
Dec 13, 2017, 5:17 pm By MongabayGiven that Donald Trump tweeted in 2012 that he believes concern about global warming is the result…Mining concessions in Ecuador stalled over compliance with indigenous rights
Dec 13, 2017, 1:31 pm By MongabayQUITO, Ecuador – Indigenous communities in Ecuador celebrated this week after President Lenin…Brazil / UK push offshore oil pact, a potential climate change disaster
Dec 13, 2017, 1:18 pm By MongabayExploitation of the pre-salt layer off the coast of Brazil could result in the burning of a carbon…Light pollution lures nighttime pollinators away from plants
Dec 13, 2017, 12:10 am By MongabayPopulations of bees, bats, butterflies and other pollinators have been declining for decades due to…Companies still not doing enough to cut deforestation from commodities supply chains: report
6:40pm By Mongabay
The latest “Forest 500” rankings are out today from the Global Canopy Programme (GCP), and the…Latin America-Europe trade pact to include historic indigenous rights clause
5:55pm By MongabayA young Guarani-Kaiowá man. This indigenous group has lost most of its ancestral land in Brazil’s…Saving Sumatran orchids from deforestation, one plant at a time
4:32pm By Mongabay
When tropical forests are felled and converted into land for oil palm or rubber plantations, it’s…Audio: Amazon tribe’s traditional medicine encyclopedia gets an update, and conservation effectiveness in Madagascar examined
3:24pm By MongabayOn today’s episode, we’ll get an update on an ambitious effort to document traditional…Study: RSPO certification prunes deforestation in Indonesia — but not by much
3:06pm By Mongabay
22New research demonstrates that sustainability certification through the Roundtable on Sustainable…CITES rejects Madagascar’s bid to sell rosewood and ebony stockpiles
1:01pm By MongabayIn August, the government of Madagascar drafted a business plan to sell its stockpiles of rosewood…Monkey business: Building a global database of primate conservation studies (commentary)
10:59am By Mongabay
Primates are our family. From tiny, delicate golden lion tamarins to impressively muscular gorillas,…Global tropical peatland center to be established in Indonesia
10:38am By MongabayJAKARTA – The Indonesian government is working with peat experts to establish a global center for…
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