In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, October 12, 2018
Oct 12, 2018, 9:10 am By MongabayTropical forests Between 2012 and 2017, scientists discovered 21 new species of plants and animals…Scientists, conservationists: Give Nobel Peace Prize to Jane Goodall
Oct 11, 2018, 2:19 pm By Mongabay
More than 30 scientists and leaders in environmental conservation are calling for the Norwegian…Top Madagascar shrimp co. moved millions among tax-haven shell companies
Oct 11, 2018, 9:00 am By Mongabay
An influential shrimp magnate in Madagascar moved millions of dollars among shell companies based in…Tech prize finalists promote collaboration to fight extinction
Oct 11, 2018, 8:34 am By Mongabay
The non-profit Conservation X Labs (CXL) recently announced twenty finalists for the Con X Tech…Second environmental expert sued over testimony against palm oil firm
Oct 11, 2018, 8:26 am By MongabayJAKARTA — A prominent environmental expert in Indonesia faces a lawsuit by a palm oil company…It’s déjà vu for orangutans, devastated by climate change and hunting once before
Oct 11, 2018, 5:23 am By MongabayOrangutans face a changing climate and are hemmed in by a growing human population using novel…Fire and agroforestry revive California indigenous groups’ traditions
Oct 11, 2018, 4:00 am By Mongabay
ORLEANS, California — Frank Lake stoops beside a low-growing shrub, cups one hand beneath a…In a Colombian sanctuary, once-trafficked birds fly again
Oct 11, 2018, 2:03 am By MongabayBARU PENINSULA, Colombia — A 50-minute drive from Cartagena, the most important tourist city in…In a rhino stronghold, indigenous wood-carvers cut through stereotypes
Oct 10, 2018, 4:43 pm By MongabaySitting on a wooden plank on the floor of his tiny workshop, Kushal Das meticulously uses his chisel…Senegal: After reviving fish and forests, Jola villages tackle new threats
Oct 10, 2018, 2:00 pm By MongabayThis is the main story in Mongabay’s three-part profile of the Kawawana ICCA. Links to the other…Whales not enough sustenance for polar bears in fast-changing climate
Oct 10, 2018, 11:08 am By Mongabay
Dead whales are a nutritional boon for polar bears, and they’ve likely helped bears survive lean…Indonesian government puts off Sumatran rhino IVF program
Oct 10, 2018, 5:24 am By MongabayJAKARTA — Hopes for a long-awaited collaboration between Indonesia and Malaysia to breed the…Hot pink swamp eel discovered in Indian rainforest
Oct 9, 2018, 8:12 pm By MongabayScientists searching for snake-like amphibians discovered a new species of swamp eel living in the…Plastic trash from the ‘sachet economy’ chokes the Philippines’ seas
Oct 9, 2018, 8:00 am By MongabayMANILA, Philippines — Freedom Island is drowning in garbage. The last coastal frontier in the…Decoding the language of bats, key for their conservation
Oct 8, 2018, 4:54 pm By Mongabay
South American bats speak dialects different from those of their North American counterparts. In…The bioethics of wildlife intervention (commentary)
Oct 8, 2018, 2:00 pm By MongabayA one-day-old springbok rises on his gangly legs — the shriveled umbilical cord still dangling…Brazil scraps 11 new Amazon protected areas covering 2,316 square miles
Oct 8, 2018, 1:20 pm By MongabayRio Machado, one of the scrapped protected areas. Image courtesy of SEDAM. On 25 September, state…Int’l protections not stopping pangolin overexploitation in Cameroon
Oct 8, 2018, 1:14 pm By MongabayPangolins living in Central Africa aren’t feeling the effects of a landmark decision in 2016 to…Kenya: Indigenous Ogiek face eviction from their ancestral forest… again
Oct 8, 2018, 10:55 am By Mongabay
NAKURU COUNTY, Kenya — Caroline Chepkoeh looked around her idyllic property, perched on a hilltop…Loss of forest elephant may make Earth ‘less inhabitable for humans’
Oct 8, 2018, 4:08 am By Mongabay
Children in every corner of the globe can identify an elephant in a wildlife lineup. They are as…
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