How tropical deforestation and land-use change is driving emerging infectious diseases
Dec 20, 2016, 4:00 pm By Mongabay
There’s already ample evidence of the ways environmental degradation can contribute to the spread…Study maps 187 land conflicts as palm oil expands in Kalimantan
Dec 20, 2016, 4:20 am By Mongabay
Palm oil production in Indonesia often comes at the expense of traditionally managed lands as well…All I want for Christmas… a wildlife researcher’s holiday wish list
Dec 19, 2016, 7:20 pm By Mongabay
[caption id="attachment_191813" align="alignnone" width="768"] Fishing cat researchers are hoping…Wildlife for sale: Jaguars are the new trafficking victims in Bolivia
Dec 19, 2016, 7:20 pm By Mongabay
Bolivia introduced a general and indefinite ban on the wildlife trade two decades ago, but this…Roads divide planet into 600,000 mostly small, unprotected fragments
Dec 19, 2016, 5:20 pm By Mongabay
Roads can present big problems for wildlife by severing populations, degrading and fragmenting…Cuninico: the fight for clean water continues
Dec 19, 2016, 2:00 pm By Mongabay
CUNINICO, Peru - Whenever there's a cloudburst, the sidewalk that serves as the main thoroughfare in…Invasive innovations: Summit fosters technological solutions to invasive species challenge
Dec 19, 2016, 12:20 pm By Mongabay
“We can do this,” declared the big round pins on the chests of attendees at the first annual…Palm oil giant defends its deforestation in Gabon, points to country’s ‘right to develop’
Dec 19, 2016, 7:40 am By Mongabay
Agribusiness giant Olam International has for the first time published a list of the firms it buys…FSC certification gives boost to rainforest community
Dec 19, 2016, 6:40 am By Mongabay
IWOKRAMA, Guyana - It’s late afternoon in Fairview village, an indigenous Amerindian community in…Rainbow-headed snake, rare wild banana among 163 new species discovered in Greater Mekong region: WWF
Dec 19, 2016, 4:40 am By Mongabay
In 2015, scientists discovered 163 new species -- nine amphibians, three mammals, 11 fish, 14…Indonesia’s forestry ministry takes Greenpeace to court over freedom of information request
Dec 18, 2016, 9:00 pm By Mongabay
JAKARTA — The Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry is going to court over a successful…Companies are underestimating the risks of deforestation in their commodities supply chains
Dec 16, 2016, 5:20 pm By Mongabay
Two new analyses show that companies reliant on agricultural commodities like beef, palm oil, pulp…Wildlife for sale: Is it possible to win the fight in Ecuador?
Dec 16, 2016, 10:40 am By Mongabay
Juan Manuel Carrión recalls that 30 years ago he was one of the first to warn that wildlife…New population of rare Myanmar snub-nosed monkey discovered in China
Dec 16, 2016, 7:40 am By MongabayScientists have confirmed the presence of a new population of the rare Myanmar snub-nosed monkey in…Signatories to Hanoi Statement urged to do more to combat illegal wildlife trade
Dec 15, 2016, 4:00 pm By Mongabay
The London Conference on Illegal Wildlife Trade, held in February 2014, was welcomed by…Attacks on journalists in Myanmar highlight complications, dangers for the media
Dec 15, 2016, 3:40 pm By Mongabay
The murder of a Burmese reporter investigating illegal logging and the roadside beating of another,…Resource wars: Brazilian gold miners go up against indigenous people
Dec 15, 2016, 3:00 pm By Mongabay
[caption id="attachment_191745" align="alignnone" width="768"] A small-scale gold mining operation.…UK greenheart restriction could put pressure on Guyana’s logging economy
Dec 15, 2016, 2:00 pm By Mongabay
KWAKWANI, Guyana - On most weekday mornings, 46-year-old Jennifer Edwards wakes up in the town of…Brazilian state invites private companies to run Atlantic Forest parks
Dec 15, 2016, 12:20 pm By Mongabay
[caption id="attachment_191738" align="alignnone" width="768"] Campos do Jordão State Park, which…‘Where do you draw the line?’: Q&A with director of documentary about Amazonian community fighting oil extraction
Dec 14, 2016, 6:40 pm By MongabayThe documentary film Where do you draw the line? was released for free online on December 1. It…
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