In a first, DRC communities gain legal rights to forests
Oct 18, 2018, 9:21 am By Mongabay
Five communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and the more than 10,000 residents who…Real-time plantation map aims to throttle deforestation in Papua
Oct 18, 2018, 7:15 am By Mongabay
JAKARTA — The developers of a new interactive map hope to shine a light on deforestation in…Myanmar expands protected area for rare Irrawaddy dolphin
Oct 17, 2018, 11:08 pm By Mongabay
The Myanmar government has expanded a protected stretch of the Irrawaddy River as part of efforts to…Fate of the Amazon is on the ballot in Brazil’s presidential election (commentary)
Oct 17, 2018, 11:51 am By Mongabay
The loss of the Amazon rainforest would be a catastrophe for Brazil and for the world. Its…5 bird species lose protections, more at risk in new Indonesia decree
Oct 17, 2018, 11:16 am By Mongabay
JAKARTA — A new decree from Indonesian authorities drops five bird species from a newly expanded…Scientists map the impact of trawling using satellite vessel tracking
Oct 17, 2018, 10:03 am By Mongabay
A team of scientists has produced the most comprehensive assessment to date of trawling, a fishing…Can social media save great apes?
Oct 16, 2018, 6:05 pm By MongabayAn orphaned baby chimpanzee rests his head on his rescuer’s arm as he takes in the scenery during…Is S&P Dow Jones greenwashing conflict palm oil? (commentary)
Oct 16, 2018, 3:10 pm By MongabayLast month, S&P Dow Jones Indices, one of the world’s leading financial market index providers,…One-two punch of habitat loss, capture hammers Southeast Asian birds
Oct 16, 2018, 10:25 am By MongabayJAKARTA — Conservationists have underestimated the combined impact of deforestation and capture…As climate change takes its toll, world leaders call for adaptation
Oct 16, 2018, 7:41 am By Mongabay
Leaders from 17 countries, including China and India, have joined a new initiative aimed at helping…Land rights, forests, food systems central to limiting global warming: report
6:07pm By MongabayThe conservation and restoration of forests is an essential step to solving humanity’s climate…For an Amazon tribe, phone cameras shine a light on their wildlife
4:19pm By Mongabay
Chief Antonio Manquid Jiménez, an elder and shaman of the Matsés tribe of northeastern Peru,…Watching the wildlife return: Q&A with a rural Senegalese river monitor
3:13pm By MongabayThis is the second story in Mongabay’s three-part profile of the Kawawana ICCA. Other stories will…Landless movement leader assassinated in Brazilian Amazon
11:01am By Mongabay
Aloisio Sampaio, a trade unionist known as Alenquer, the leader of the KM Mil landless peasant…$25m in funding to help African gov’ts prosecute poachers, traffickers
8:16am By MongabayA prominent African wildlife conservation NGO has committed $25 million to help protect iconic fauna…Can we buy our way out of the sixth extinction?
7:51am By MongabayMoney, it’s said, makes the world go round. The old adage appears to be true in conservation, too:…123 baby giant tortoises stolen from Galápagos breeding center
6:37am By Mongabay
On the night of Sept. 24, 123 giant tortoise hatchlings were stolen from the Arnaldo Tupiza breeding…Latam Eco Review: Millennial trees and Pacific coral larvae
Oct 12, 2018, 2:55 pm By MongabayTop recent stories from our Spanish-language service, Mongabay Latam, include a multi-country series…Amazonia and the setbacks of Brazil’s political moment (commentary)
Oct 12, 2018, 11:58 am By MongabayJair Bolsonaro. Image by Fabio Rodrigues Pozzebom / Agencia Brasil. A Portuguese-language version of…Fire fundamentally alters carbon dynamics in the Amazon
Oct 12, 2018, 9:59 am By Mongabay
The fires closing in on Erika Berenguer’s research site in Brazil’s eastern Amazon were unlike…
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