Global wildlife populations on pace for two-thirds decline by 2020
Oct 27, 2016, 3:40 pm By Mongabay
If current trends persist, the population abundance of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and…Efforts to stop deforestation in DRC may be misplaced, study finds
Oct 27, 2016, 12:20 pm By Mongabay
Deforestation rates have been rising in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in recent years,…Recognizing environmentalists under threat
Oct 27, 2016, 11:40 am By Mongabay
It is well documented that our planet, along with its biodiversity and life-sustaining resources, is…Only 3 Irrawaddy dolphins remain in Laos
Oct 27, 2016, 6:40 am By Mongabay
The small population of Irrawaddy dolphins in Lao People's Democratic Republic is now functionally…Is it time for a moratorium on commercial fishing of Pacific bluefin tuna?
Oct 26, 2016, 6:00 pm By Mongabay
Pacific bluefin tuna are severely overfished. A stock assessment released last April found that the…UNESCO urges Bangladesh to cancel or relocate Sundarbans coal plant
Oct 26, 2016, 8:40 am By Mongabay
Bangladesh is planning its biggest power plant yet -- a 1320 megawatt coal-fired power…Logged but not out: Altered landscapes important for conservation
Oct 26, 2016, 8:00 am By Mongabay
Ecologists have struggled to peg a value to logged forests for the plants and animals that call them…Hectare by hectare, an indigenous man reforested a jungle in Indonesia’s burned-out heartland
Oct 25, 2016, 11:00 pm By Mongabay
PALANGKARAYA, Indonesia — The road from this inland provincial capital in southern Borneo to the…Quantifying the ecological impacts of the 20th century trade in Amazonian furs
Oct 25, 2016, 1:40 pm By Mongabay
Scientists have long proposed that the international trade in furs and skins that took off in the…Another pipeline spill reported in Peruvian Amazonian as indigenous protests enter eighth week
Oct 25, 2016, 11:40 am By Mongabay
Saramurillo, Peru — As a protest by Peruvian Amazonian indigenous communities against oil…Over 200 snow leopards killed every year: new report
Oct 25, 2016, 7:20 am By Mongabay
Snow leopards may be hard to spot in the wild, but they make easy targets for poachers, according to…Palm oil company poised to destroy critical orangutan habitat in breach of Indonesia’s moratorium
Oct 24, 2016, 6:40 pm By Mongabay
[caption id="attachment_190396" align="aligncenter" width="768"] Global Forest Watch image of Sungai…Irregular Arctic climate reduces sea ice to another record low
Oct 24, 2016, 2:40 pm By Mongabay
As temperatures in higher latitudes consistently ranging from three to five degrees Celsius above…Rhino killed in India’s Kaziranga Park, highlighting the ever-present threat of poachers
Oct 24, 2016, 10:00 am By Mongabay
On Friday, Oct. 21, rangers in India's Kaziranga National Park found the carcass of a male…Belize suspends oil exploration near World Heritage Site after public outcry
Oct 24, 2016, 8:00 am By MongabayLast week, the government of Belize announced that it would begin oil exploration in the…Hunted to the brink: Mammals in crisis
Oct 24, 2016, 5:00 am By Mongabay
It’s no secret that many mammals face a dire future, as we humans hunt them to satisfy our desire…In Myanmar’s Irrawady Delta, a rapidly disintegrating mangrove forest
Oct 22, 2016, 1:40 pm By Mongabay
IRRAWADY DELTA, Myanmar – In a country with forests under increasing threat, Myanmar's southern…TripAdvisor bans ticket sales to wild animal attractions
Oct 21, 2016, 9:00 am By Mongabay
Travel website TripAdvisor, and its booking service Viator, will no longer sell tickets to tourism…Powering aquatic research with self-charging tags
Oct 20, 2016, 3:40 pm By Mongabay
Piezoelectricity has nothing do with pie. In fact, it’s a pioneering avenue of research into…Failed economic development plans drive deforestation in Andean Amazon
Oct 20, 2016, 9:40 am By Mongabay
Cultivation of coca, the plant from which the drug cocaine is extracted, has long been considered a…
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