Wildlife crime crackdown in jeopardy worldwide after US funding cuts
May 21, 2025, 9:51 pm ByIn 2019, Malawi registered a massive win in the fight against the illegal wildlife trade. Intelligence-driven operations culminated in the arrest of more than a dozen members of the Chinese-led “Lin-Zhang gang,” one of Southern Africa’s most prolific…Tropical forest loss hit new heights in 2024; fire a major driver in Latin America
May 21, 2025, 6:02 pm ByTropical forest loss skyrocketed in 2024, with vast swaths of primary forest consumed by fire, according to new satellite data from the University of Maryland’s Global Land Analysis and Discovery (GLAD) laboratory, made available on World Resources…Brazil bets on macaúba palm to make renewable diesel and aviation biofuel
May 21, 2025, 1:23 pm ByMacaúba palm, also known as macaw palm, grows all over the Americas. Now, a drive by the Brazilian government to incentivize the decarbonization of the transportation and aviation sectors has resulted in numerous companies turning to this palm as a potential…Why biological diversity should be at the heart of conservation
May 21, 2025, 1:05 pm ByFor the last several decades, global biodiversity has been in crisis. Yet, as we celebrate International Day for Biodiversity on May 22, which commemorates the adoption of the Convention on Biological Diversity, a global treaty, we offer some recent Mongabay…Chile draws road map for peace in Mapuche land conflict, but concerns remain
May 21, 2025, 12:38 pm ByA special commission tasked with addressing land disputes and Indigenous rights in Chile delivered a historic final report to the president earlier this month, making a series of recommendations meant to overhaul state policies and calm violent clashes over…Extreme heat, violent storms: How Rio de Janeiro is facing its new climate reality
May 21, 2025, 10:40 am ByJudging by the last few summers, Rio de Janeiro’s residents should be preparing for the worst. On March 17, 2024, the neighborhood of Guaratiba, in the city’s West Zone, recorded the highest apparent temperature in the last 10 years: 62.3° Celsius…Inside the human-bear conflict in northern India
May 21, 2025, 9:22 am ByINDIAN-CONTROLLED KASHMIR — Since the year 2000, the wildlife department in the Indian-administered part of the Kashmir region has recorded more than 2,300 bear attacks on humans, some of them deadly. The Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus) is native to…Brazil & China move ahead on 3,000-km railway crossing the Amazon
May 21, 2025, 6:04 am ByPlans to build a railway that would slice South America from east to west, crossing part of the Amazon Rainforest, are advancing with Chinese funding, according to a recent announcement by the Brazilian government. Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva,…In New Guinea, megadiverse lowland forests are most at risk of deforestation
May 21, 2025, 4:43 am ByThe island of New Guinea is famed for its eye-popping diversity of plants, animals and human cultures. Estimated to host one-tenth of Earth’s species, it’s the world’s second-largest island and has the third-largest intact expanse of tropical forest in…Capuchin monkeys on Panama island seen stealing howler monkey babies
May 21, 2025, 4:09 am ByOn a remote Panamanian island, researchers have observed for the very first time young male capuchin monkeys stealing howler monkey babies, according to a new study. Since 2017, researchers have used camera traps to study Panamanian white-faced capuchins…India sets construction waste recycling targets with new rules
May 21, 2025, 4:04 am ByIndia’s environment ministry has announced new rules to improve waste management in the construction and demolition industry. The 2025 rules, set to take effect starting April 1, 2026, will place greater responsibility on waste producers and introduce…Delay in land reform fuels new wave of settlers and violence in the Amazon
May 21, 2025, 3:00 am ByNOVO PROGRESSO, Brazil — Julia had been sleeping on the ground under a canvas tent, in an encampment surrounded by a dozen armed men. Still, the 26-year-old mother felt it was worth it. “It was worse over there,” she told Mongabay, referring to her…How Mongabay-India took root: Interview with Sandhya Sekar
May 20, 2025, 8:12 pm BySandhya Sekar never intended to lead a newsroom. Trained as an ecologist, with a Ph.D. in the sciences and a later pivot into journalism, she simply followed her curiosity—first as a writer, then as an editor, and eventually, as the founding program director…Heavy rainfall in Vietnam & China causes flash floods, landslides
May 20, 2025, 7:37 pm BySeveral people have died following landslides in northern Vietnam caused by heavy rainfall and flash floods over the weekend, media reported. A local government official was quoted saying that an explosion-like noise was first heard on May 19 from the top of a…Study finds fast traffic noise is infuriating Galápagos warblers
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May 20, 2025, 3:33 pm ByThe Republic of Congo had been protecting about half of its dense rainforests via the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) framework. In exchange, the country is supposed to receive payments from the World Bank. But Mongabay…As Indonesia phases out coal, what happens to people & environments left behind?
May 20, 2025, 11:54 am ByJAKARTA — As Indonesia, one of the world’s biggest polluters, plans to retire its fleet of coal-fired power plants to tackle climate change, one critical question is being overlooked: What happens to the communities and environments they leave behind? An…Brazil rewilds urban forest with vaccinated brown howler monkeys
May 20, 2025, 10:33 am ByFollowing a deadly yellow fever outbreak in 2016, brown howler monkeys are slowly making a recovery through targeted vaccination and reintroduction efforts in one of the world’s largest urban forests. The recovery is detailed in a Mongabay video by Kashfi…An alternative approach to bridge Indigenous knowledge and Western science for conservation (commentary)
May 20, 2025, 10:24 am ByConservation is our collective responsibility as humans, requiring broad participation from all members of society, rooted in a diverse range of knowledge systems and experiences. Yet modern approaches to conservation, science and land-use planning are…Crisis hits community-led conservation group in northern Kenya
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