Environmental defenders in Peru’s Madre de Dios face double jeopardy
Jul 5, 2019, 6:17 am By MongabayIn her kitchen, Ana* was lost in thought as she watched the passage of cars on the Interoceanic…Stylish jumping spider named after late fashion icon Karl Lagerfeld
Jul 4, 2019, 9:22 pm By MongabayIf there’s an iconic image of the late Karl Lagerfeld, the creative director of Chanel and Fendi,…Drowning deaths at disused mines in Indonesia renew calls for action
Jul 4, 2019, 8:47 pm By MongabaySAMARINDA, Indonesia — Activists have lambasted the seemingly apathetic official response to the…Two studies provide dueling looks at where trees should go
Jul 4, 2019, 2:26 pm By MongabayTwo papers published this week in major journals claim to do the same thing: show where forests…Land thieves ramp up deforestation in Brazil’s Jamanxim National Forest
Jul 4, 2019, 1:50 pm By MongabayDeforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has started to increase very rapidly, with 73,900 hectares…Slight warming could be enough to heighten risk of malaria: Study
Jul 4, 2019, 1:11 pm By MongabayClimate change could shift the calculus for reining in malaria, according to new research that…Ocean currents spin a web of interconnected fisheries around the world
Jul 4, 2019, 1:01 am By MongabayChances are the locally caught fish you bought down by the wharf was spawned thousands of miles…Study: Vast swaths of lost tropical forest can still be brought back to life
Jul 3, 2019, 10:06 pm By MongabayJAKARTA — The loss of tropical rainforests the world over is a major contributor to the global…Was Sierra Leone’s one-month fishing ban enough to replenish fish stocks?
Jul 3, 2019, 4:10 pm By MongabayFREETOWN, Sierra Leone — The Sierra Leone government closed the country’s waters to fishing…How to make sure your aquarium fish are ethical (commentary)
Jul 3, 2019, 2:47 pm By MongabayFishkeeping has been around for centuries, and the amount of people who want to start keeping fish…Zambia halts plans to dam the Luangwa River
Jul 3, 2019, 2:24 pm By MongabayThe government of Zambia has halted plans to build a hydropower megadam on the Luangwa River, one of…Lost in translation: Green regulations backfire without local context
Jul 3, 2019, 2:03 pm By MongabayStrong environmental regulations might seem like a no-brainer for developing countries trying to…Antarctic sea ice declining ‘precipitously’ since 2014, study finds
Jul 3, 2019, 12:00 pm By MongabayFor decades, sea ice in Antarctica has increased while that in the Arctic has declined drastically.…Amazon REDD+ scheme side-steps land rights to reward small forest producers
Jul 3, 2019, 11:47 am By MongabayA state-run carbon credit scheme that aims to reduce deforestation also generates financial and…New eDNA sampling system aims for cleaner, more efficient field research
Jul 2, 2019, 6:51 pm By MongabayWhen collecting a DNA sample from a species in the wild just isn’t possible — it’s elusive, it…For Ecuador’s Sápara, saving the forest means saving their language
Jul 2, 2019, 2:36 pm By MongabayNAPO, Ecuador — Gloria Ushigua, president of the Sápara women’s association, stops by a large,…Japan resumes commercial whale hunting
Jul 2, 2019, 2:30 pm By MongabayFor years, Japan exploited a loophole in international rules to continue hunting whales despite…Madagascar mine ignites protests, community division
Jul 2, 2019, 1:31 pm By MongabayFIANARANTSOA, Madagascar — Earlier this month, a Madagascar court ended a six-week saga for people…Search for a new home for Javan rhinos put on hold
Jul 2, 2019, 12:52 pm By MongabayJAKARTA — Indonesia has put on hold a plan to establish a second habitat for the Javan rhinoceros…Amazon rural development and conservation: a path to sustainability?
Jul 2, 2019, 12:35 pm By MongabayRaimundo Moreira Vulcão poses with his oil palm harvesting equipment. He has benefited economically…
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