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…Photos: night owls
Oct 13, 2017, 2:33 pm By Mongabay
Are there any sounds that terrify you? Spectacled Owl. Julie Larsen Maher / WCS From deep within the…Conservation leaders in Africa call for a crackdown on biopiracy
Oct 13, 2017, 1:53 pm By Mongabay
Today, Malaysia is one of the world’s biggest producers of palm oil. Together with Indonesia, the…Grasberg mine’s riches still a distant glitter for Papuan communities
Oct 13, 2017, 11:31 am By Mongabay
High hopes that the world’s biggest gold mine will finally bring meaningful benefit to the…Seafood calendar promotes sustainable, seasonal eating in India
Oct 13, 2017, 10:07 am By MongabayThe modernization of fishing practices over the past 50 years has secured India’s position as the…Indigenous group scores legal victory as dam floods their lands
Oct 12, 2017, 3:23 pm By Mongabay
A brief legal battle related to the Barro Blanco hydroelectric project in western Panama concluded…Cash for conservation: Do payments for ecosystem services work?
Oct 12, 2017, 2:23 pm By Mongabay
As far as conservation strategies go, payments for ecosystem services (PES) are based on a…Ivory is out in the U.K., as gov’t moves to shutter legal trade
Oct 12, 2017, 9:33 am By Mongabay
The U.K.’s government has announced that it will shut down the legal ivory trade within its…Island-hopping toxic toad threatens iconic Komodo dragon
Oct 11, 2017, 5:07 pm By MongabayOn the islands of Wallacea, one of the world’s hottest biodiversity hotspots, a quiet yet deadly…Record Amazon fires stun scientists; sign of sick, degraded forests
Oct 11, 2017, 1:38 pm By MongabayThe São Félix do Xingu area is as large as South Carolina (or Austria) and has seen 9,786 fires so…Trump’s global resorts put profit first, environment last, critics say
Oct 11, 2017, 12:39 pm By MongabayTrump Tower in New York City. A Mongabay review of Donald Trump’s claim that his properties have…Eat less meat, save species and ecosystems, says WWF UK
Oct 11, 2017, 10:27 am By Mongabay
The conservation NGO WWF UK is calling on consumers to cut back the amount of meat they eat. Land…Myanmar caves yield up 19 new gecko species
Oct 11, 2017, 6:10 am By Mongabay
In a tiny, remote region of Myanmar, scientists have discovered 19 new species of strikingly…Conservation in a weak state: Madagascar struggles with enforcement
Oct 10, 2017, 9:41 pm By MongabayRANOMAFANA NATIONAL PARK, Madagascar — Late in the afternoon on June third of this year, Pierette…Birdwatching poised to take flight in Colombia, study reveals
Oct 10, 2017, 10:21 am By MongabayColombia is home to more bird species than any other country on Earth. It’s also well-known for a…Indonesia for Sale: in-depth series on corruption, palm oil and rainforests starts tomorrow
Oct 10, 2017, 8:24 am By MongabayIndonesia, a nation of thousands of islands draped across the equator, is in the grips of a social…
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