Recent report: Totoaba trafficking a conservation and security problem
Nov 6, 2017, 11:42 am By MongabayWhen Samuel “El Sammy” Gallardo Castro was shot and killed on a Mexican beach in 2014, it could…Three rhinos killed in 48 hours in India’s Kaziranga National Park
Nov 6, 2017, 10:20 am By MongabayASSAM STATE, India — Poachers in two separate incidents last week gunned down three greater…Indonesia races against time to save new orangutan species
Nov 6, 2017, 7:57 am By MongabayThe Indonesian government is rushing to protect the newly described Tapanuli orangutan (Pongo…Indonesian NGOs lawyer up against environmental crimes
Nov 6, 2017, 12:54 am By Mongabay
MEDAN, Indonesia — Several NGOs in Indonesia’s North Sumatra Island province have established a…Scientists surprised to discover new butterflyfish
Nov 3, 2017, 2:53 pm By Mongabay
There are well over 100 known species of butterflyfish, iconic coral reef dwellers that feature an…Betting on agroforestry in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest
Nov 3, 2017, 2:37 pm By Mongabay
GUAPIRUVU, Brazil – To reach Guapiruvu one has to drive 20 kilometers (12 miles) on a gravel road.…How unhealthy is the haze from Indonesia’s annual peat fires?
Nov 3, 2017, 1:58 pm By Mongabay
Susilo sat attached to an oxygen tank instead of tending his vegetables. The 62-year-old farmer, who…The lure of wild orchids persists in Colombia
Nov 2, 2017, 6:44 pm By Mongabay
BOGOTA, Colombia – In March 2000, two Englishmen in their early twenties, Tom Hart Dyke and his…Major Dutch timber company found guilty of dealing in illegal teak
Nov 2, 2017, 5:50 pm By Mongabay
An investigation has revealed a major Dutch timber company placed illegally sourced teak from…Does community-based forest management work in the tropics?
Nov 2, 2017, 3:49 pm By Mongabay
Piles of wood lie in an open area behind the main office of the Arabari Reserve Forest in West…Catastrophic fires sweep through iconic Brazilian national park
Nov 2, 2017, 3:28 pm By Mongabay
Firefighters observe the Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park wildfire from a helicopter. Photo by…Madagascar environmental activist convicted, sentenced — and paroled
Nov 2, 2017, 3:04 pm By MongabayANTANANARIVO, Madagascar — Last week, an environmental activist in southeast Madagascar was…A new species of orangutan from Indonesia (analysis)
Nov 2, 2017, 1:44 pm By MongabayResearchers from Indonesia and several other countries today (including authors of this piece)…Mining activity causing nearly 10 percent of Amazon deforestation
Nov 2, 2017, 12:53 pm By Mongabay
An industrial mining operation in Brazil. Note the forest at the edge of the open pit mine. Photo…Environmental policy under the Kuczynski Administration: Steps forward for conservation efforts in Peru (commentary)
Nov 2, 2017, 12:22 pm By Mongabay
Peru’s megadiversity has placed the country under an international spotlight, as its many…The Eighth Great Ape: New orangutan species discovered in Sumatra
Nov 2, 2017, 12:00 pm By Mongabay
Yesterday, there were seven recognized great ape species in the world. Today there is an eighth,…Will the bird that dodged a bullet pay the price of peace?
Nov 2, 2017, 10:07 am By MongabaySo “new and beautiful” was the Blue-billed Curassow that when English zoologist Louis Fraser…Indonesian Supreme Court strikes down regulation on peat protection
Nov 2, 2017, 6:40 am By Mongabay
JAKARTA — Indonesia’s highest court has struck down a regulation obliging forestry companies to…New resource for planning camera trapping, acoustic monitoring, and LiDAR projects
Nov 1, 2017, 9:26 pm By MongabayA conservation technology team at WWF-UK has produced a series of best-practice guidelines for three…Interoceanic Highway incites deforestation in Peru, threatens more to come
Nov 1, 2017, 4:43 pm By Mongabay
IBERIA, Peru — Saturnino Cuchama is proud of the business he runs in the middle of a lush tropical…
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