A plea to Botswana: Please rethink a “Not Enough Fences” approach (commentary)
Mar 14, 2019, 11:46 am By MongabayRecent headlines around the world indicate that the government of Botswana is considering…Brazil to open indigenous reserves to mining without indigenous consent
Mar 14, 2019, 11:29 am By MongabayAn industrial mining operation in Brazil. Note the forest at the edge of the open pit mine. Photo…‘Like seeing a dinosaur’: Scientists locate mystery killer whales
Mar 14, 2019, 11:03 am By MongabayFor years, there have been stories and photographs of “odd-looking” killer whales lurking in…It’s Generation Climate (commentary)
Mar 14, 2019, 9:06 am By MongabayOn Friday March 15 — the Ides — tens-of-thousands of school-age kids around the world will go on…Defending the Amazon’s uncontacted peoples: Q&A with Julio Cusurichi
Mar 13, 2019, 4:23 pm By Mongabay
LIMA, Peru — In February, Peruvian authorities evicted thousands of illegal gold miners from…Putting the Blue in the Green New Deal (commentary)
Mar 13, 2019, 4:01 pm By MongabayAs the “Green New Deal” (GND) takes shape to decarbonize the economy, promote economic growth,…Genetic test reveals Baltic flounder migration routes and a new species
Mar 13, 2019, 2:11 pm By MongabayThe waters of the eastern Baltic Sea around Finland are home to the flounder, a flatfish with both…In East Africa, spread of sickle bush drives conflict with wildlife
Mar 13, 2019, 12:44 pm By Mongabay
ARUSHA, Tanzania — At the Randilen Wildlife Management Area (WMA) in northern Tanzania, the…Wikipedia searches reveal how people’s interests in wildlife change
Mar 13, 2019, 11:59 am By MongabayWhat kinds of animals and plants are people interested in? When does their interest spike? Wikipedia…Brazil to build long-resisted Amazon transmission line on indigenous land
Mar 13, 2019, 11:04 am By MongabayAmazon rainforest at the entrance to the Waimiri Atroari Indigenous Reserve. Image by James Martins…Wildlife conservation strategies must take animals’ social lives into account: Researchers
Mar 13, 2019, 10:49 am By Mongabay
There’s a chimpanzee population in Western Africa that uses tools to crack open nuts. Scientists…For fisheries activists, Indonesian candidates offer little to work with
Mar 13, 2019, 6:59 am By MongabayJAKARTA — Marine conservationists in Indonesia say neither of the two candidates running in this…Freshwater fishes and other threatened but overlooked biodiversity must be new flagships for conservation (commentary)
3:40pm By Mongabay“Why on earth would anyone give up working on tigers to focus on freshwater fish?” is the…Elephant in the room: Botswana deals with pachyderm population pressure
1:13pm By Mongabay
This is the second article in a two-part series on Botswana’s population of African elephants.…Bank of China to review funding of dam in orangutan habitat in Sumatra
7:17am By MongabayJAKARTA — Bank of China has promised to evaluate a hydroelectric project it is helping fund in…PNG politicians push coal as Pacific islanders rail against climate change
5:56am By Mongabay
Politicians in Papua New Guinea are ratcheting up their support for a new foray into coal mining and…Combined effects of fire, fragmentation, and windstorms leave Amazonian trees particularly vulnerable
Mon 1:49pm By MongabayRecent research finds that Amazonian trees in fragmented forest landscapes remain especially…Study uncovers 135 species of land snails in Belize, including 17 new ones
Mon 11:49am By Mongabay
The tiny nation of Belize on the eastern coast of Central America is famed for its sparkling blue…European Parliament to vote on timber legality agreement with Vietnam
Mon 11:22am By Mongabay
Members of the European Parliament will vote Tuesday on a resolution to consent to the EU’s…Encounters with the Javan rhino (commentary)
Mon 7:09am By MongabayEarly in the afternoon on Feb. 11, 1980, in the middle of the Citadahan forest, Ali Rahman, a ranger…
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