Vietnam’s bear bile farms are collapsing — but it may not be good news
Jul 11, 2018, 10:13 am By MongabayConsumer interest in farmed bear bile seems to be declining in Vietnam, according to a new study.…RSPO fails to deliver on environmental and social sustainability, study finds
Jul 11, 2018, 8:45 am By Mongabay
JAKARTA — Oil palm plantations that adhere to the world’s leading certification scheme for the…How blockchain gaming could benefit wildlife conservation
Jul 10, 2018, 9:42 pm By MongabayBlockchain has been one of the hottest sectors in tech over the past couple of years, with…Revealed: Paper giant’s ex-staff say it used their names for secret company in Borneo
Jul 10, 2018, 6:03 pm By MongabayAn investigation by Mongabay has uncovered new evidence suggesting one of the world’s biggest…Audio: How to use drones without stressing wildlife
Jul 10, 2018, 3:10 pm By MongabayOn this episode of the podcast we discuss the increasing use of drones by wildlife lovers,…Zimbabwe’s chiefs revive tradition to save the country’s last pangolins
Jul 10, 2018, 12:28 pm By Mongabay
ZIMUNYA COMMUNAL LAND, Zimbabwe — Christopher Zimunya, a 72-year-old leader of the indigenous…Backfire: How misinformation about wildfire harms climate activism (commentary)
Jul 10, 2018, 10:33 am By MongabayWhen large wildfires in the forests of the western United States generate dramatic headlines, it can…Tiger, clouded leopard skins among illegal wildlife parts seized in Malaysia
Jul 9, 2018, 8:57 pm By MongabayMalaysian authorities have seized wildlife parts worth 500,000 ringgit ($124,000) and arrested six…Palm oil firms using ‘shadow companies’ to hide their links to deforestation: report
Jul 9, 2018, 6:15 pm By MongabayMajor agribusiness firms are using opaque corporate structures to gain access to palm oil sourced…Investigation reveals illegal trade cartels decimating vaquita porpoises
Jul 9, 2018, 3:29 pm By MongabayA new investigation sheds light on an illegal trade that endangers the world’s smallest and most…Ice-free passage for ships through the Arctic could cause problems for marine mammals
Jul 9, 2018, 3:07 pm By Mongabay
An increasingly ice-free Arctic could test the adaptability of marine mammals, a new study has…Brazil’s political storm driving Amazon deforestation higher
Jul 9, 2018, 12:17 pm By MongabayA giant kapok tree. While deforestation was down significantly in recent years in the Brazilian…‘Better and better’: Thermal cameras turn up the heat on poachers
Jul 9, 2018, 8:05 am By MongabayNearly 2 million animals, mostly wildebeest and zebra, migrate roughly 800 kilometers (500 miles)…Peru: How chocolate saved a community and a protected area from the drug trade
Jul 6, 2018, 2:54 pm By Mongabay
Augusto Sangama confesses that, twenty years ago, his life was worth nothing. He believes others in…Latam Eco Review: Five newly described snakes named by auction in Ecuador
Jul 6, 2018, 2:49 pm By Mongabay
Among the top stories published by our Spanish-language service, Mongabay-Latam, this past week were…And then there were 12: Why don’t we hear about extinction until it’s too late? (commentary)
Jul 6, 2018, 12:25 pm By MongabayEveryone loves a wildlife story. Watching the latest blue-chip natural history series complete with…In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, July 6, 2018
Jul 6, 2018, 11:22 am By MongabayWe’ve collected a few stories that were published this week by other news outlets. Tropical…Scientists reveal yet another reason fig trees are titans of biodiversity
Jul 6, 2018, 9:19 am By Mongabay
Biologist David Mackay got a surprise when he began studying the birds visiting fig trees in his…Cerrado: traditional communities win back land from agribusiness firm
Jul 5, 2018, 2:37 pm By MongabayCatarina Lopes Leite has lived in a rural portion of Formosa do Rio Preto since being born there 59…New research calculates full carbon cost of oil palm cultivation in Indonesia’s forests
Jul 5, 2018, 11:57 am By MongabayNew research comparing the carbon costs of oil palm plantations with those of rubber production…
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