Copper mine destroying forests in Panama’s Mesoamerican Biological Corridor
Dec 24, 2018, 3:17 pm By MongabayFrom the air one can observe the destruction wrought by an open-pit mining project in Cerro…Critically endangered Philippine eagle hangs on despite horde of threats
Dec 24, 2018, 3:15 pm By Mongabay
Its cement wings spanning over 20 feet, the effigy of the Philippine eagle was sculpted in Davao…For embattled environmental defenders, a reprieve of sorts in 2018
Dec 24, 2018, 11:41 am By MongabayBerta Cáceres, a high-profile environmental activist in Honduras, was assassinated in 2016. While…2018’s top 10 ocean news stories (commentary)
Dec 24, 2018, 10:18 am By Mongabay1. The race is on to map the seafloor Is it true that we have explored the moon and Mars more…Two Indian tribes help reconstruct a forest’s history, in war and in peace
Dec 24, 2018, 12:23 am By Mongabay
Read the other stories in this four-part series on the indigenous groups living around Eaglenest…Land trafficking in Peru: officials arrested for falsifying documents
Dec 21, 2018, 4:27 pm By Mongabay
The Ucayali region, one of the Peruvian Amazon’s most deforested areas according to the Monitoring…‘Snot otters’ threatened by disease and stress
Dec 21, 2018, 4:09 pm By Mongabay
Growing more than two feet in length, the hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) is the largest…Every sea turtle in global study found to have synthetic fibers and microplastics in their guts
Dec 21, 2018, 2:41 pm By Mongabay
A recent study found microplastics in the intestines of humans around the globe, and new research…Essential ubiquity: How one tiny salamander species has a huge impact
Dec 21, 2018, 2:33 pm By Mongabay
The red-backed salamander (Plethodon cinereus) is a creature of Earth, although a brief physical…What makes a forest healthy? Māori knowledge has some answers.
Dec 21, 2018, 12:49 pm By Mongabay
Read other stories in this three-part profile of the Ruatāhuna community’s stewardship of its…Ten years on, Amazon Fund receives applause, criticism, faces new tests
Dec 21, 2018, 12:42 pm By Mongabay
IPAM, the Amazon Environmental Research Institute an NGO, was granted Amazon Fund resources for a…Social media, e-commerce sites facilitate illegal orchid trade
Dec 21, 2018, 11:52 am By MongabayReports of illegal trafficking in elephant ivory or rhino horn abound, but plants are actually more…In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, December 21, 2018
Dec 21, 2018, 11:30 am By Mongabay
Tropical forests Dutch logging company Wijma has shuttered a sawmill in Cameroon amid concerns about…DNA test helps officials spot dodgy shark shipments
Dec 21, 2018, 11:21 am By MongabayA multi-national research team has developed a rapid DNA identification method to help customs…The female park rangers protecting turtles from traffickers in Nicaragua
Dec 21, 2018, 10:22 am By MongabayThe lights draw uncertain lines under the blanket of stars that joins the sea to the sky at El…Conservation officers forced online in fight against bird trafficking
Dec 20, 2018, 6:26 pm By Mongabay
MAKASSAR, Indonesia — “Hi, This is Kamaruddin calling in, just parking my car.” “Great, go…Illegal mining in the Amazon “not comparable to any other period of its history”
Dec 20, 2018, 2:08 pm By MongabayIllegal mining has become an “epidemic” in the Amazon rainforest, destroying naturally protected…Amazon soy boom poses urgent existential threat to landless movement
Dec 20, 2018, 11:27 am By MongabaySign reading: Cursed are all fences for stopping us living and loving. Image by Mariel Mitsu.…Indonesia attack shines a light on controversial road project
Dec 20, 2018, 10:24 am By MongabayViolence in Indonesia’s easternmost region of Papua has stalled a massive infrastructure project…Investors told to wise up over cost of environmental crime
Dec 20, 2018, 10:04 am By Mongabay
Companies and their investors are exposing themselves to massive legal and financial risks…
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