Protected areas found to be ‘significant’ sources of carbon emissions
Feb 17, 2017, 4:00 pm By Mongabay
Deforestation is a big source of atmospheric carbon, one that is increasingly targeted by climate…Newly discovered gecko loses scales in ‘really bizarre’ behavior
Feb 16, 2017, 5:21 pm By Mongabay
When at risk, go naked. At least that’s the defense strategy of a newly described species of gecko…Saving Jamaica Bay’s diamondback terrapins
Feb 16, 2017, 11:02 am By Mongabay
As the white motorboat juddered to a stop in the middle of a marsh in New York City’s Jamaica Bay,…Grief, anger and fear in the aftermath of a deadly coal-mining disaster in Jharkhand State, India
Feb 16, 2017, 8:50 am By Mongabay
LALMATIA, India -- When the Lalmatia coal mine in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand collapsed on…Wilmar grabbed indigenous lands in Sumatra, RSPO finds
Feb 16, 2017, 3:13 am By Mongabay
On Jan. 1, 2017, the world’s largest association for ethical palm oil production came to a…Camera traps proving to be powerful tool for studying endangered species in remote locations
Feb 15, 2017, 2:46 pm By Mongabay
The only known population of the Sira curassow, a large bird in the Cracidae family listed as…Getting there: The rush to turn the Amazon into a soy transport corridor
Feb 15, 2017, 2:38 pm By Mongabay
[caption id="attachment_193255" align="alignnone" width="768"] Symbols of today’s Amazon: a grain…Seven ‘most wanted’ elephant poachers arrested in Malaysia
Feb 15, 2017, 3:12 am By MongabayOn February 10, Malaysian authorities arrested seven of the country's "most wanted" elephant…Latin America palm oil production doubled since 2001 without massive uptick in deforestation
Feb 14, 2017, 6:58 pm By Mongabay
The palm oil industry’s rapid growth in Southeast Asia brought with it massive amounts of…Endangered species and habitats threatened by US-Mexico border wall
Feb 14, 2017, 4:57 pm By Mongabay
The new Trump administration in the U.S. brings with it a wave of policy and agenda shifts that are…Scanning the barcode of wildlife
Feb 14, 2017, 2:25 pm By Mongabay
It is a trade that is worth more than $15 billion a year in the global market and threatens some of…Counterintuitive: Global hydropower boom will add to climate change
Feb 14, 2017, 11:43 am By Mongabay
[caption id="attachment_193222" align="alignnone" width="768"] Thousand Island Lake in China, the…Loving apes celebrated this Valentine’s Day
Feb 14, 2017, 6:59 am By Mongabay
The world’s most peace-loving apes will be getting a little love themselves this Valentine’s…A Thai oil firm, Indonesian seaweed farmers and Australian regulators. What happened after the Montara oil spill?
Feb 14, 2017, 2:51 am By Mongabay
During 74 days in late 2009, a leak in the Montara offshore drilling platform gushed tens of…Revisiting Java’s little Africa: Indonesia’s safari potential
10:39pm By Mongabay
[caption id="attachment_193198" align="aligncenter" width="683"] Baluran National Park is still a…Trees need a little help to reclaim deforested land, study finds
7:29pm By Mongabay
Deforestation is estimated to be responsible for about 10 percent of greenhouse gas emissions, which…India’s Manas National Park illustrates the human dimension of rhino conservation
4:27pm By Mongabay
BARPETA, India -- When Babulal Orang, a field staffer in the Manas National Park in the northeast…Field Notes: Predicting how the pet trade spreads infectious disease
12:59pm By Mongabay
[caption id="attachment_193192" align="alignnone" width="768"] An animal trader at a large market in…Indonesia’s last stand for a coal industry in peril
11:19am By MongabayIndonesia’s coal industry is trying to grow in a hostile climate. As the world moves to cut carbon…Investors learning to pay heed to community land rights
9:09am By MongabayCompanies operating in Africa would do well to avoid conflicts over land with local populations,…
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