Madagascar proposes paying illegal loggers to audit or buy their rosewood
Aug 8, 2018, 11:47 am By MongabayNobody knows just how much rosewood Madagascar’s timber barons have hidden away in caches…On an island in the sun, coal power is king over abundant solar
Aug 8, 2018, 7:35 am By MongabayJAKARTA — Dolphins haven’t had it easy in Bali, a resort island in Indonesia that’s massively…Africa’s biggest cobra is five species, not one, study finds
Aug 8, 2018, 4:38 am By MongabayThe highly venomous forest cobra, the largest of Africa’s true cobras (Naja), is not one, but five…Heavy rains preceded the Laos dam collapse. Was climate change a factor?
Aug 7, 2018, 10:34 pm By Mongabay
Two weeks after a dam in the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy hydropower facility collapsed in southern Laos,…Myanmar’s milling industry devastated by new logging policies
Aug 7, 2018, 2:55 pm By MongabayMyanmar’s Timber Merchants Association is crying foul over what they say are the devastating…Audio: Beavers matter more than you think
Aug 7, 2018, 11:50 am By Mongabay
We discuss one of the world’s most overlooked keystone species, the beaver, on this episode of the…Soggier forest soils thwart the uptake of climate-warming methane
Aug 7, 2018, 11:06 am By MongabayRainier weather could be hampering the ability to siphon methane from the air by forest soils,…Alan Rabinowitz, big cat evangelist and voice of the wild, dies at 64
Aug 7, 2018, 8:03 am By MongabayThe wildlife conservation community has lost a leader in big cat conservation. Alan Rabinowitz, an…More companies sign on to Cerrado Manifesto
Aug 6, 2018, 5:38 pm By MongabayA recently cleared portion of the Cerrado. The biome is home to 44 percent of Brazil’s…An indigenous village navigates its ecotourism success
Aug 6, 2018, 3:35 pm By MongabayReaching the village of Wae Rebo on Indonesia’s Flores Island requires a seven-hour drive down…Ocean acidity stifles coral-anchored communities
Aug 6, 2018, 10:56 am By Mongabay
New research confirms the fragility of life living in the world’s oceans, which are growing warmer…Indonesia demands cleanup after coal spill pollutes beach
Aug 6, 2018, 10:11 am By Mongabay
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — Fishermen and environmental activists in Indonesia are demanding…Fire, more than logging, drives Amazon forest degradation, study finds
Aug 6, 2018, 9:30 am By MongabayThe shrieking rip of a chainsaw and the muffled roar of fire: both of these sounds are associated…Largest king penguin colony in the world has shrunk by 90%
Aug 6, 2018, 8:36 am By Mongabay
The world’s largest colony of king penguins has declined drastically by nearly 90 percent, a new…Chevron must pay for environmental damage in Ecuador, court rules
Aug 3, 2018, 4:59 pm By Mongabay
The Constitutional Court of Ecuador has issued a long-awaited ruling in favor of those affected by…Tropical forest canopies get hotter than expected, putting wildlife at risk
Aug 3, 2018, 3:13 pm By MongabayNew research finds that the canopies of tropical forests get significantly hotter than the…New tea plant discoveries in Vietnam highlight vitality of protected areas
Aug 3, 2018, 12:33 pm By MongabayHO CHI MINH CITY – Two new Camellia species, a type of tea plant common to East Asia, Southeast…In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, August 8, 2018
Aug 3, 2018, 12:15 pm By MongabayWe’ve rounded up a few stories that were published this week by other news outlets. Tropical…Biodiversity and the society of superlatives (commentary)
Aug 3, 2018, 12:11 pm By MongabayTraveling through the jungles of Yasuní National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon, it is difficult not…Latam Eco Review: Harlequin frogs, sustainable ranching, and miracle coral
Aug 3, 2018, 10:50 am By Mongabay
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