Recovering conservationist: Q&A with orangutan ecologist June Mary Rubis
Aug 15, 2018, 3:09 am By MongabayKUCHING, Malaysia — For more than a decade, June Mary Rubis has worked on orangutan conservation…When it comes to carbon storage, not all mangroves are equal
Aug 14, 2018, 10:02 pm By MongabayMangroves are carbon warriors. These salt-tolerant forests of trees and shrubs are known to lock…Technological breakthroughs are changing how researchers observe the world’s fishing fleet
Aug 14, 2018, 6:28 pm By MongabayFor decades, researchers studying the global fishing industry had to cope with minimal data about…Industrial fishing is dominated by just a few of the world’s wealthiest nations
Aug 14, 2018, 5:48 pm By Mongabay
Recent research found that, despite having expanded into 90 percent of the world’s oceans, the…The tropics are in trouble, warn scientists
Aug 14, 2018, 1:40 pm By MongabayPlants and animals in the tropics are disproportionately threatened by a range of dangers, including…Brazil austerity policies devastating to rural communities: analysis
Aug 14, 2018, 1:37 pm By MongabaySeu Raimundo Miranda, sits on a hammock at his sister’s house in the countryside. He used to live…Bornean villagers who fought off a mine prepare to do battle again
Aug 14, 2018, 1:10 pm By Mongabay
“We stayed quiet for a while because after the customary fine they never came back,” said…Ruralists in Brazilian congress put nation’s protected areas at risk
Aug 14, 2018, 11:20 am By MongabayAn ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) stalking its prey. Passage of Bill PL 3,751 / 2015 would greatly…Predatory coral bring down jellyfish by working together
Aug 14, 2018, 2:24 am By Mongabay
While it might lack the coordinated attacks that lions or wolves can mount against their prey, a…In protecting songbirds, Indonesia ruffles owners & breeders’ feathers
Aug 13, 2018, 11:18 pm By Mongabay
JAKARTA — Songbird owners in Indonesia are up in arms over the recent inclusion of hundreds of…RSPO should ban deforestation, say investors representing $6.7t in assets
Aug 13, 2018, 2:39 pm By MongabayMore than 90 institutional investors managing more than $6.7 trillion in assets have called on the…Ecology monks in Thailand
Aug 13, 2018, 11:59 am By Mongabay
As development in Thailand is increasing, so is deforestation. Acres of forests are cleared for…Trase.earth tracks commodities, links supply chains to deforestation risk
Aug 13, 2018, 10:48 am By Mongabay
Aerial view of new Cerrado forest clearing. Roughly half the deforestation occurring in the Cerrado…Millipedes might soothe itchy lemurs, research finds
Aug 13, 2018, 10:15 am By MongabayPesky itchiness caused by parasitic worms may have driven one of Madagascar’s lemur species to…Lao government says it will suspend new hydro projects after dam collapse kills 31
Aug 13, 2018, 10:06 am By Mongabay
Laos will suspend new hydropower projects and carry out safety inspections of all existing dams, the…Earless African pygmy toad discovered on remote mountain in Angola
Aug 13, 2018, 5:12 am By Mongabay
In 2016, a group of researchers set out to explore Serra da Neve Inselberg, an isolated mountain and…Top forestry official out in Malaysia
Aug 11, 2018, 12:56 am By Mongabay
A top official is out of his post as head of Sabah’s forestry department, which oversees forests…Forest elephant DNA diverse, consistent, and distinct, study says
Aug 10, 2018, 6:32 pm By MongabayMale elephants wander. As they mature and prepare to breed, they roam great distances in search of…Can Ecuador do palm oil right? Jurisdictional RSPO commitment stirs hope
Aug 10, 2018, 3:26 pm By MongabayEcuador is the sixth largest palm oil producing country in the world and the second largest in Latin…Death foretold? A courageous Amazon peasant couple resists illegal loggers
Aug 10, 2018, 11:58 am By MongabayTwo fresh graves dug by unknown assailants to terrorize Osvalinda and Daniel who live in Pará, the…
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