A celebratory kind of revolution: Peruvian villagers hold a bird festival (commentary)
Dec 9, 2019, 2:37 pm By MongabayThey left at five o’clock in the morning and traveled all day, sitting in their dugout canoes…Evidence ‘unfounded’ against NGO volunteers accused of setting Amazon fires
Dec 9, 2019, 12:50 pm By MongabayBurnt Amazon forest in Alter do Chão in September. Image by Jader Paes/Agência Pará/Fotos…Coca farms close in on protected areas, isolated tribes in Peruvian Amazon
Dec 9, 2019, 11:18 am By MongabayATALAYA, Peru — Pascual cuts the motor and our dugout canoe glides below a massive tree trunk…In Indonesia, a tourism village holds off a nickel mine — for now
Dec 8, 2019, 9:59 pm By MongabayTANGKENO, Indonesia — Teenagers pound cowhide drums to dancers weaving their feet between bamboo…Sumatra’s dwindling forests face extra pressure from a major highway project
Dec 6, 2019, 10:04 pm By MongabayJAKARTA — In Indonesia’s Sumatra, which has lost much of its forests over the decades, a major…In a flip-flop, Uganda says it’ll allow a study for a dam at Murchison Falls
Dec 6, 2019, 3:58 pm By MongabayThe Ugandan government has announced it will let a South African company carry out a feasibility…Canaries in the coal mine? North Atlantic right whale use of key habitat changing rapidly
Dec 6, 2019, 2:53 pm By MongabayScientists say that behavioral changes observed in North Atlantic right whales should be considered…Amazon’s giant South American river turtle holding its own, but risks abound
Dec 6, 2019, 1:52 pm By MongabayAdult Amazon South American river turtles in the La Virgen community, Arauca department, Colombia.…Svalbard reindeer rebounding better than hoped after nearly going extinct
Dec 6, 2019, 11:48 am By MongabayReindeer and caribou populations have been declining dramatically over the past few decades. But one…In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, December 6, 2019
Dec 6, 2019, 11:03 am By MongabayTropical forests Gabon’s new environment minister touts the importance of protecting his…Protecting living corals could help defend the Great Barrier Reef from ocean acidification for decades
Dec 6, 2019, 7:39 am By MongabayAs humans continue to emit record levels of carbon dioxide, we are putting marine habitats at risk.…‘A crisis situation’: Extinctions loom as forests are erased in Mozambique
Dec 5, 2019, 8:58 pm By MongabayNACOPA, Mozambique — It’s nighttime on Mount Nallume in central Mozambique and the chirping of…Philippine climate activists fight to make the issue relatable
Dec 5, 2019, 5:31 pm By MongabayMANILA — As one of the world’s most climate-vulnerable countries, the Philippines is known for…Latest UN Emissions Gap Report finds world must ramp up climate ambitions at least threefold to meet Paris goals
Dec 5, 2019, 3:52 pm By MongabayThe United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) released its latest Emissions Gap Report on the eve…Sounds of healthy corals draw in fish to degraded reefs, study finds
Dec 5, 2019, 10:46 am By MongabayA healthy coral reef, with its vibrant community of colorful corals and fishes, is not just a visual…New regulations to expand protections for seafloor habitats, reopen fishing grounds off US West Coast
Dec 4, 2019, 3:31 pm By MongabayNew regulations for essential fish habitat off the West Coast of the United States that go into…Catching fish to feed fish: Report details ‘unsustainable’ fishmeal and oil industry
Dec 4, 2019, 3:26 pm By MongabayEvery year, billions of fish — almost one-fifth of the world’s annual wild catch — are dried,…As nesting season begins, Sri Lanka’s olive ridley turtles face myriad threats
Dec 4, 2019, 3:07 pm By MongabayCOLOMBO — The Sri Lankan Navy has rescued 32 sea turtles that were likely being reared for their…World is fast losing Its cool: Polar regions in deep trouble, say scientists
Dec 4, 2019, 2:37 pm By MongabayA herd of caribou in Arctic Siberia. Image by Jeff Kerby / National Geographic Society. As delegates…Indonesia zoning plan hurts fishers, favors coal and oil, activists say
Dec 4, 2019, 11:28 am By MongabayJAKARTA — Environmental activists in Indonesia have slammed a proposed zoning plan for coastal…
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