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…Lakes in community hands spur gains for people and fish
Oct 20, 2016, 9:20 am By Mongabay
The arapaima (Arapaima gigas) is the largest freshwater scaled fish in the world, topping out at…Park ranger murdered while trying to protect rare gorillas
Oct 20, 2016, 9:20 am By Mongabay
On October 4, a park ranger was killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Kahuzi Biega National…Man surrenders pet crocodile he raised for 13 years
Oct 20, 2016, 9:20 am By MongabayA man on Indonesia’s main western island of Sumatra said goodbye to his pet crocodile this week,…Experts warn more monitoring needed for the Guiana Shield, the ‘greenhouse of the world’
Oct 19, 2016, 4:00 pm By Mongabay
GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Along the west coast of South America the small nation of Guyana sits nestled…Study finds Brazil isn’t counting all deforestation in official estimates
Oct 19, 2016, 1:40 pm By Mongabay
Brazil drew widespread praise for drastically lowering Amazon deforestation over the past decade and…World Bank money is helping to finance Asia’s coal boom: report
Oct 19, 2016, 8:40 am By Mongabay
A coal boom in Asia could destroy any chances of meeting global climate goals, World Bank Group…Illegal Myanmar teak importation widespread to EU, investigation finds
Oct 19, 2016, 5:00 am By Mongabay
The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) released allegations Tuesday about what it says is the…Environmentalists squirm as Jokowi eyes Lake Toba tourism bonanza
Oct 19, 2016, 1:20 am By Mongabay
Driving down a winding road here in Indonesia’s North Sumatra province, one finally arrives at the…Papua New Guinea activist receives prestigious award for protecting forests
Oct 18, 2016, 11:40 am By Mongabay
Paul Palosualrea Pavol of New Britain Island, Papua New Guinea (PNG) has won the Alexander Soros…Violence against indigenous people high, as land conflicts heat up
Oct 18, 2016, 10:40 am By Mongabay
[caption id="attachment_190245" align="alignnone" width="768"] An indigenous man shows a bullet…Mongabay Newscast episode 3: Crucial conservation votes at CITES CoP17 and the future of socio-ecological research
Oct 18, 2016, 10:40 am By Mongabay
Mongabay’s India-based staff writer Shreya Dasgupta appears on this episode of the Newscast to…A plan to save the Mekong Delta
Oct 18, 2016, 8:40 am By Mongabay
This is the final installment of an in-depth, four-part series exploring threats facing the Mekong…Asian elephant herds lack clear matriarchs, strict hierarchies: new study
Oct 18, 2016, 8:20 am By Mongabay
Elephants are believed to follow a strict code of conduct. Younger female elephants are commonly…Government environmental official murdered in Brazilian Amazon
Oct 17, 2016, 10:40 am By Mongabay
[caption id="attachment_190239" align="alignnone" width="768"] Much of the logging in the Amazon…New parasitic plant doesn’t use photosynthesis; its flowers never bloom
Oct 17, 2016, 7:00 am By Mongabay
On the Japanese island of Kuroshima, a scientist has discovered a new species of plant that does not…Climate deal struck to curb ‘super greenhouse gases’
Oct 16, 2016, 10:00 am By Mongabay
Representatives from more than 170 countries agreed to limit and eventually stop all uses of HFCs,…From paper to tablet: A new way to record animal behavior
Oct 14, 2016, 2:00 pm By MongabayIn recent years, technological innovations like camera traps and GPS collars have revolutionized…More than 20 labor law violations by Indofood alleged in Indonesia
Oct 14, 2016, 1:00 pm By Mongabay
Amid allegations of widespread abuses on its plantations, including the use of child labor, three…Economic impacts of climate change on global fisheries could be worse than we thought
Oct 14, 2016, 1:00 pm By Mongabay
Marine fisheries have been estimated to support the livelihoods of 10 to 12 percent of the world’s…
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