A lingering ‘legacy’: Deforestation warms climate more than expected
Sep 8, 2017, 11:08 am By Mongabay
Scientists know that the carbon released by large-scale deforestation in the tropics inevitably…Three years after the tragedy of Saweto, where is the justice and security? (commentary)
Sep 8, 2017, 10:45 am By Mongabay
Three years ago this month, my friends Edwin Chota and Jorge Ríos were assassinated along with…Community pulls water-thirsty invasive weeds from Ethiopia’s Lake Tana
Sep 7, 2017, 5:17 pm By Mongabay
Last week thousands of people in northwest Ethiopia marched to Abay River and Lake Tana as part of…Trees provide ecosystem services worth $500 million to the world’s megacities
Sep 7, 2017, 5:11 pm By MongabayMost people probably don’t think of megacities — urban areas with 10 million or more residents…Zero tolerance of deforestation likely only way to save Amazon gateway
Sep 7, 2017, 2:00 pm By Mongabay
An Awá mother and child survey the tree canopy on a foraging expedition in the Maranhão…Audio: Technologies that boost conservation efforts right now and in the future
Sep 6, 2017, 5:01 pm By Mongabay
On this episode of the Mongabay Newscast, we take a look at the role technology is playing — and…The financial case against coal power in Indonesia
Sep 6, 2017, 4:06 pm By Mongabay
Closing the gap between those who have electricity and those who do not is no easy feat, especially…Apply Animal Welfare Act rules to recreational hunting, says advocacy group
Sep 6, 2017, 2:40 pm By MongabayAn animal advocacy group wants landowners with captive wildlife for hunt to be governed under the…Healthy soils can boost food security and climate resilience for millions (commentary)
Sep 6, 2017, 11:37 am By Mongabay
Tougou village in northern Burkina Faso has a challenging climate for farming. During the dry…DNA barcoding helps identify endangered species from market specimens of sharks and rays
Sep 6, 2017, 10:53 am By MongabayMarkets around the world sell products made from the processed parts of wild animals and plants,…A global view from a mountain town: how conservation became ingrained in Monteverde
Sep 6, 2017, 6:00 am By Mongabay
Sitting in a cloud forest on top of the Cordillera de Tilarán, the mountaintop town of Monteverde,…India and Nepal team up to rescue flooded rhinos
Sep 5, 2017, 5:09 pm By Mongabay
The devastating monsoons hitting South Asia this year haven’t just affected the region’s human…Fishing mortality of mako sharks ten times higher than fisheries’ estimates
Sep 5, 2017, 4:09 pm By MongabayIt’s no secret that widespread overfishing is driving many shark species to extinction. Many of…Indigenous communities resist Chinese mining in Amazonian Ecuador
Sep 5, 2017, 2:12 pm By MongabayIndigenous community speakers during a ceremony at last weekend’s tribunal which accused the…80% of Bornean orangutans live outside protected areas
Sep 5, 2017, 7:08 am By Mongabay
Four fifths of wild orangutans in Kalimantan, the Indonesian portion of Borneo, live outside…381 new species described from the Amazon over two-year period
Sep 4, 2017, 7:46 am By Mongabay
A new species of wild animal or plant is reported from the Amazon once every two days, concludes a…Saving the Serranía de San Lucas, a vital link in the ‘jaguar corridor’
Sep 1, 2017, 1:57 pm By Mongabay
The “jaguar corridor” is a historic link that runs from Mexico all the way down the spine of…Taking on the plastic straw: Q&A with Adrian Grenier, actor and ocean activist
Sep 1, 2017, 6:29 am By Mongabay
Sometimes humans invent things, seemingly benign things, that end up having profound and…Jackie Chan joins the fight for endangered pangolins
Sep 1, 2017, 2:40 am By MongabayMartial arts superstar Jackie Chan has joined the fight to stop the poaching of the world’s most…Philippine palm oil plan ‘equals corruption and land-grabbing,’ critics say
Aug 31, 2017, 5:04 pm By Mongabay
DAVAO CITY, Philippines – If the street Pedro Arnado was looking down was on the Philippine…
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