Is REDD ready for its closeup? Reports vary
4:55pm By MongabayEarlier this year, it was announced that Indonesia would receive the first installment of a total $1…Did efforts to protect DRC’s elephants and bonobos leave a trail of abuses?
4:40pm By MongabayFor almost four years, the teams of researchers traveled by boat up winding rivers, setting up base…Audio: Bronx Zoo director argues zoos are more relevant to conservation than ever
4:08pm By MongabayOn this episode of the Mongabay Newscast we speak with Jim Breheny, director of the Bronx Zoo in New…Arctic sea ice extent just hit a record low for early June; worse may come
11:25am By MongabayAn Arctic multi-year ice floe, riddled with melt ponds, on the starboard side of the Coast Guard…Homestay programs in Nepal’s rhino hub hold promise and pitfalls for locals
6:58am By MongabayA few kilometers from the town of Danda along the East-West Highway in Nepal’s southern plains,…Regreening a barren refugee landscape on Myanmar’s border
Tue 3:46pm By MongabayKUTUPALONG, Bangladesh — Where a year ago there were only the desolate remains of a forest scythed…New rainforest gecko joins growing list of reptiles unique to Sri Lanka
Tue 12:56pm By MongabayFrom the eastern fringe of Sri Lanka’s only rainforest, Sinharaja, scientists have described a new…For the Philippine eagle, a shot at survival means going abroad
Tue 12:11pm By MongabayDAVAO CITY, Philippines — The courtship involves a partition screen in an enclosure the Philippine…Inside an ambitious project to rewild trafficked bonobos in the Congo Basin
Tue 11:24am By MongabayBASANKUSU, Democratic Republic of Congo — On a sultry morning in the densely forested Équateur…Dam in Ethiopia has wiped out indigenous livelihoods, report finds
Tue 10:21am By MongabayScientists call it flood-retreat agriculture. As a swollen river blankets a dry plain and then…Canada passes ‘Free Willy’ bill to ban captivity of all whales, dolphins
Tue 8:46am By MongabayCanada has made it illegal to catch and hold whales, dolphins and porpoises in captivity. On June…Bumpy ride for conservation in PNG as lack of roads hinders activities
Jun 10, 2019, 2:24 pm By MongabayThe four-wheel-drive is king of the road in Papua New Guinea. Driving anywhere outside the capital,…Brazil guts environmental agencies, clears way for unchecked deforestation
Jun 10, 2019, 11:28 am By MongabayThe Brazilian government’s environmental agency, IBAMA, has so far this year imposed the lowest…The Great Insect Dying: The tropics in trouble and some hope
Jun 10, 2019, 11:12 am By MongabayIn recent months a debate over whether a global insect apocalypse is underway has raged in the…Indonesian ban on clearing new swaths of forest to be made permanent
Jun 10, 2019, 8:59 am By MongabayJAKARTA — A provisional moratorium on issuing forest-clearing permits for plantations and logging…Caribbean nations boost protection for extremely rare largetooth sawfish
Jun 8, 2019, 12:35 am By MongabayThe largetooth sawfish, a large ray with a chainsaw-like nose extension, is among the largest fish…New pilot whale subspecies revealed: Q&A with marine biologist Amy Van Cise
Jun 7, 2019, 2:12 pm By MongabayFor centuries, Japanese seafarers have noted two distinct types of pilot whale in their waters. One,…In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, June 7, 2019
Jun 7, 2019, 12:35 pm By MongabayTropical forests Brazil is on track for near-record-high deforestation in 2019 (The Guardian, Sydney…Healthy reefs, healthy people: Community-based marine conservation in Papua New Guinea (commentary)
Jun 7, 2019, 11:44 am By MongabayA blessed country of spectacular landscapes and the most diverse array of cultures on Earth, Papua…Microplastics a key factor in Sri Lanka’s plunging fish stocks, survey shows
Jun 7, 2019, 9:47 am By MongabayPlummeting fish stocks and crisis-level volumes of plastic pollution should spur Sri Lanka to adopt…
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