Papua New Guinea gets its largest-ever conservation area
Dec 8, 2017, 12:03 pm By MongabayPapua New Guinea has been granted its largest-ever conservation area, a 3,600-square kilometer…Labor abuses persist in RSPO-certified palm plantations, report finds
Dec 8, 2017, 8:30 am By Mongabay
JAKARTA – For almost a decade, Bambang has labored on an oil palm estate owned by the Salim Group…The world’s newest great ape, revealed a month ago, is already nearly extinct: IUCN
Dec 7, 2017, 10:31 pm By MongabayThe Tapanuli orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis) of Sumatra is both the world’s newest known great ape…Nigeria pledges to restore nearly 10 million acres of degraded land
Dec 7, 2017, 2:49 pm By Mongabay
The government of Nigeria has announced its plans to restore four million hectares, or nearly 10…Forest Code falls short in protecting Amazonian fish
Dec 7, 2017, 1:20 pm By Mongabay
A new study demonstrates that the extraordinary breadth of fish species found in streams and…Waning plantain yields in rural Cameroon hurt college attendance
Dec 7, 2017, 11:53 am By Mongabay
A warming climate and decreased humidity is threatening yields of plantains, a food staple that…Militarization and mining a dangerous mix in Venezuelan Amazon
Dec 7, 2017, 10:58 am By MongabayThe Venezuelan military stops motorists passing in front of Minerven, a state company just outside…In rural Indonesia, a village learns to embrace its forest through sustainability
Dec 6, 2017, 10:59 pm By MongabayTABA PADANG, Indonesia — Yoyon remembers being elected head of his village back in 2010, here on…Camera traps reveal surprises in Peru
Dec 6, 2017, 5:59 pm By MongabayTAHUAMANU PROVINCE, Peru – In June of this year, a group of scientists entered the tropical forest…Here’s a great way to visualize the huge potential of forest conservation and restoration as ‘natural climate solutions’
Dec 6, 2017, 2:42 pm By Mongabay
Recent research found that 20 different “natural climate solutions” have the potential to reduce…Portable DNA analysis tool identifies species on site to help combat wildlife crime
Dec 6, 2017, 9:32 am By Mongabay
Each year, trafficking in wildlife parts earns international crime syndicates some $8 billion to $10…Activists seek protection for Indonesia’s karst amid building boom pressure
Dec 5, 2017, 10:16 pm By Mongabay
YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia — Activists in Indonesia have called for the government to issue a new…Deforestation in Sumatra carves up tiger habitats into ever smaller patches
Dec 5, 2017, 10:09 pm By MongabayJAKARTA — Extensive deforestation in Sumatra has corralled the island’s native tigers into…Raising beef cattle on grass can create a higher carbon footprint than feedlots, new study suggests
Dec 5, 2017, 3:09 pm By Mongabay
The popularity of grass-fed beef owes much to the claim that the meat from cattle raised on pastures…Mammal diversity may increase carbon storage in rainforests
Dec 5, 2017, 2:50 pm By Mongabay
Amazonian rainforests bustle with activity: Monkeys snag fruit from branches in the canopy;…Huge new ocean reserves announced in Mexico, Arctic
Dec 5, 2017, 2:28 pm By Mongabay
The past couple weeks have brought major news about two important new marine reserves. On November…Entanglements hamper reproduction as right whale population slides
Dec 5, 2017, 9:46 am By Mongabay
It’s been a rough year for North Atlantic right whales. Fifteen died in the first 10 months of the…Orangutans process plants into medicine, study finds
Dec 4, 2017, 5:42 pm By MongabayThe natural world is full of medicines, many of which have been tapped by pharmaceutical companies…Kenyan farmers reap economic, environmental gains from ABCDs of agroforestry
Dec 4, 2017, 5:32 pm By MongabayKERICHO, Kenya – Less than a decade ago, the hills of Tuiyobei village in Kenya’s Rift Valley…Ferrogrão grain railway threatens Amazon indigenous groups, forest
Dec 4, 2017, 12:04 pm By MongabayAn Amazon grain terminal at night. International and Brazilian agribusiness interests are pushing…
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