Amazonian manatee migration at risk from disruption by proposed dams
Oct 19, 2017, 12:49 pm By Mongabay
An adult Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis) in captivity. The species lives in muddy water,…Road building threatens forests, water supplies in Kuala Lumpur area
Oct 19, 2017, 11:25 am By Mongabay
AMPANG, Malaysia – Taman Rimba Ampang was once a peaceful retreat from the bustle of Malaysia’s…Leading US plywood firm linked to alleged destruction, rights violations in Malaysia
Oct 19, 2017, 9:18 am By MongabayThe sustainability and legality claims of the largest plywood importer in the US have come under…Seychelles home to new species of caecilian, a legless amphibian
Oct 19, 2017, 2:35 am By Mongabay
A team of scientists from Seychelles, the United States and the United Kingdom has found a new…‘If it’s going to kill us, OK, we’ll die’: Villagers stand firm as Cambodian dam begins to fill
Oct 18, 2017, 7:21 pm By Mongabay
On Sept. 25, amid a continuing crackdown on media, political opposition and civil society described…Unfair trade: US beef has a climate problem
Oct 18, 2017, 2:35 pm By MongabayYoshinoya is one of the biggest fast-food chains in Japan, serving up the popular gyudon beef bowl.…Audio: Indonesian rainforests for sale and bat calls of the Amazon
Oct 18, 2017, 2:32 pm By Mongabay
This episode of the Mongabay Newscast takes a look at our new investigative series, “Indonesia for…Jakarta reclamation project allowed to resume, but opposition remains
Oct 18, 2017, 12:34 pm By MongabayJAKARTA — The Indonesian government has allowed work to resume on a $40 billion project to build…How small is too small? The uncertain fate of Madagascar’s forest fragments
Oct 18, 2017, 11:14 am By Mongabay
ANKAFOBE, Madagascar — When he first told colleagues at the Missouri Botanical Garden that lemurs…One man’s quest to save the world’s wildest places: an interview with Hansjörg Wyss
Oct 18, 2017, 9:10 am By Mongabay
In the late 1950s, a young graduate student from Switzerland named Hansjörg Wyss took a summer job…Munduruku stand off against Amazon dam builders potentially explosive
Oct 17, 2017, 12:18 pm By MongabayA Munduruku warrior prepares to occupy the São Manoel dam. Photo by Juliana Rosa Pesqueira A…SMART and well-Connected: reserve patrol data system adds communications capacity
Oct 17, 2017, 11:46 am By Mongabay
Increasingly well-funded poaching gangs, as well as the pressure of ever-growing surrounding human…Study maps out reptiles’ ranges, completing the ‘atlas of life’
Oct 17, 2017, 8:26 am By MongabayAcross the swath of vertebrate lifeforms that inhabit Earth, scientists have a pretty good idea…Acidifying oceans a bad trip for marine ecosystems
Oct 17, 2017, 7:17 am By Mongabay
A more acidic ocean under climate change threatens to reconfigure entire ecosystems by advantaging…When a rhino calls in the forest, this guy hears It: Q&A with a Javan rhino researcher
Oct 16, 2017, 4:59 pm By MongabayHow much can we learn about a species that is rarely ever spotted by humans? The Javan rhinoceros…Questioning militarization is essential for successful and socially just conservation (commentary)
Oct 16, 2017, 1:11 pm By MongabayConstructive engagement with concerns about the rise in militarized forms of conservation are very…Indonesia to miss carbon emissions target under existing climate policies: study
Oct 16, 2017, 12:35 pm By Mongabay
Indonesia, a top carbon polluter, has a plan to cut its emissions. But unless it takes more drastic…Farming and forest loss: study exposes malaria’s best friends
Oct 16, 2017, 5:41 am By Mongabay
A new study exposes the role of deforestation in amplifying malaria transmission, finding that…Photo of ‘resurrected’ extinct Indonesian tiger is actually leopard, scientists say
Oct 15, 2017, 10:21 pm By Mongabay
A recent photo that sparked speculation that an Indonesian tiger species had come back from…Mexico takes ‘unprecedented’ action to save vaquita
Oct 15, 2017, 7:18 pm By MongabayA team of marine mammal experts is searching for the last vaquitas (Phocoena sinus) in the Gulf of…
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