Colombia: Govt rushes to save national park from rampant deforestation
Aug 16, 2018, 3:44 pm By Mongabay“Territories are like books: they can be in front of you, but if you do not read them you will…Tracking tools identify regional hubs of whale shark activity
Aug 16, 2018, 9:38 am By MongabayWhere do the biggest fish in the sea go to find enough food? Turns out, not too far, if they live in…Earth has more trees now than 35 years ago
8:03pm By MongabayDespite ongoing deforestation, fires, drought-induced die-offs, and insect outbreaks, the world’s…Scientists say endangered whale sharks can live up to 130 years
1:59pm By MongabayWe know very little about the growth and reproductive biology of whale sharks, the world’s largest…South American soy fed to EU livestock drives Gran Chaco deforestation
11:04am By MongabayA view of the Gran Chaco as it naturally appears in Paraguay. Photo by Ilosuna licensed under the…‘Not doing anything is no longer acceptable’: Q&A with Alice Thomas, climate refugee expert
10:51am By MongabayIn many ways, 2018 is the year of the refugee. At U.S. borders, Mediterranean shores and Asian…‘Biological passports’ show whale sharks travel less than we thought
8:50am By MongabayWhale sharks are capable long-distance swimmers, but it turns out that a lot of them are also…Recovering conservationist: Q&A with orangutan ecologist June Mary Rubis
3:09am By MongabayKUCHING, Malaysia — For more than a decade, June Mary Rubis has worked on orangutan conservation…When it comes to carbon storage, not all mangroves are equal
Tue 10:02pm By MongabayMangroves are carbon warriors. These salt-tolerant forests of trees and shrubs are known to lock…Technological breakthroughs are changing how researchers observe the world’s fishing fleet
Tue 6:28pm By MongabayFor decades, researchers studying the global fishing industry had to cope with minimal data about…Industrial fishing is dominated by just a few of the world’s wealthiest nations
Tue 5:48pm By Mongabay
Recent research found that, despite having expanded into 90 percent of the world’s oceans, the…The tropics are in trouble, warn scientists
Tue 1:40pm By MongabayPlants and animals in the tropics are disproportionately threatened by a range of dangers, including…Brazil austerity policies devastating to rural communities: analysis
Tue 1:37pm By MongabaySeu Raimundo Miranda, sits on a hammock at his sister’s house in the countryside. He used to live…Bornean villagers who fought off a mine prepare to do battle again
Tue 1:10pm By Mongabay
“We stayed quiet for a while because after the customary fine they never came back,” said…Ruralists in Brazilian congress put nation’s protected areas at risk
Tue 11:20am By MongabayAn ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) stalking its prey. Passage of Bill PL 3,751 / 2015 would greatly…Predatory coral bring down jellyfish by working together
Tue 2:24am By Mongabay
While it might lack the coordinated attacks that lions or wolves can mount against their prey, a…In protecting songbirds, Indonesia ruffles owners & breeders’ feathers
Aug 13, 2018, 11:18 pm By Mongabay
JAKARTA — Songbird owners in Indonesia are up in arms over the recent inclusion of hundreds of…RSPO should ban deforestation, say investors representing $6.7t in assets
Aug 13, 2018, 2:39 pm By MongabayMore than 90 institutional investors managing more than $6.7 trillion in assets have called on the…Ecology monks in Thailand
Aug 13, 2018, 11:59 am By Mongabay
As development in Thailand is increasing, so is deforestation. Acres of forests are cleared for…Trase.earth tracks commodities, links supply chains to deforestation risk
Aug 13, 2018, 10:48 am By Mongabay
Aerial view of new Cerrado forest clearing. Roughly half the deforestation occurring in the Cerrado…
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