Palm oil certification? No silver bullet, but essential for sustainability (commentary)
May 25, 2018, 1:30 pm By MongabayAs one of the world’s most widely traded food and beverage commodities, palm oil is used in…Latam Eco Review: Peru’s first environmental court
May 25, 2018, 12:38 pm By Mongabay
Below are summaries of the most popular stories by our Spanish language service, Mongabay Latam,…Scientists tackling conservation problems turn to artificial intelligence
May 25, 2018, 12:16 pm By MongabayNew technologies are generating far more information than ever before to help scientists assess and…In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, May 25, 2018
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May 24, 2018, 8:14 pm By MongabayPayments for ecosystem services (PES) programs have been implemented around the world as a means of…Illegal loggers ‘cook the books’ to harvest Amazon’s most valuable tree
May 24, 2018, 11:23 am By Mongabayipê (Handroanthus albus) in Jalapão, Tocantins, one of the most valuable tree species in the…Agroforestry gives Kenyan indigenous community a lifeline
May 24, 2018, 9:20 am By MongabayWEST POKOT, Kenya — The Cherangani people, an indigenous community in Kenya’s Rift Valley, have…Guardians of India’s rhinos find it takes a village to fight poachers
May 24, 2018, 9:12 am By Mongabay
This is the second article in a two-part series on poaching in Jaldapara National Park. In Part One,…Chinese giant salamander is at least five species — all nearly extinct
May 24, 2018, 6:08 am By Mongabay
The world’s largest amphibian has become vanishingly rare in the wild, a new study has found. The…Rangers face a ‘toxic mix’ of mental strain and lack of support
May 24, 2018, 5:47 am By MongabayOn April 9, suspected members of an armed militia gunned down five wildlife rangers and their driver…Making the most of conservation science (commentary)
May 23, 2018, 1:11 pm By MongabayImagine you are the head of a small NGO trying to conserve vultures. You have limited funds, and…Hunters are wiping out hornbills in Ghana’s forests
May 23, 2018, 8:36 am By MongabayHunting for meat consumption and the bushmeat trade is threatening several species of hornbills in…Trio of studies challenges Indian government claim of increasing forest cover
May 23, 2018, 1:00 am By MongabayNatural forests across India are slowly disappearing, a set of new studies shows, contradicting…Roads might pose even bigger threat to Southeast Asian forests, biodiversity than previously understood
May 22, 2018, 4:27 pm By MongabaySoutheast Asia is a global biodiversity hotspot, and Indonesia and Malaysia are no exception,…Fishing gear poses the greatest danger to young great whites off the West Coast of the U.S.
May 22, 2018, 2:07 pm By Mongabay
Fishing nets and lines kill more young white sharks living near Mexico and southern California than…In unsuspecting Indian villages, the international rhino horn trade takes a toll
May 22, 2018, 1:25 pm By Mongabay
This is the first article in a two-part series on poaching in Jaldapara National Park. Part Two,…African vultures under the gun as lead ammunition takes a toll
May 22, 2018, 1:00 am By MongabayLead bullet fragments in animal carcasses left behind by game hunters could be poisoning vultures in…Lessons for developing countries in expansion of Madagascar’s protected area network
May 21, 2018, 5:15 pm By MongabayDeveloping countries worldwide are expanding their protected area networks, and a recent paper that…Venezuela’s hungry hunt wildlife, zoo animals, as economic crisis grows
May 21, 2018, 1:45 pm By MongabayEmpty food shelves in Venezuela have left people hungry and in search of food wherever they can find…Online network seeks to boost international collaboration against wildlife trafficking in Central Africa
May 21, 2018, 1:03 pm By MongabayFive countries that are home to some of the most iconic and threatened animal species in the world…
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