Liberia land policy a “challenge to national development”
12:20pm By Mongabay
[dropcap]L[/dropcap]iberians are anxiously awaiting the passage of the stalled Land Rights Act,…Leopards and landmines: Post-war carnivore research in Sri Lanka
11:20am By Mongabay
A leopard researcher walks calmly along a trail to set up a camera trap inside Sri Lanka’s…Can ‘plant blindness’ be cured?
7:40am By Mongabay
Tigers, elephants and rhinos garner a lot of attention. But plants are often ignored. In fact,…Global brands’ beef is putting South America’s tropical forests at risk: report
Tue 4:20pm By Mongabay
The beef purchasing policies of global name-brand companies are failing to protect South America’s…Beef consumers’ role in causing deforestation in South America (commentary)
Tue 3:20pm By Mongabay
This week the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) released a report — “Cattle, Cleared Forests,…Pulp and paper supplier denies draining peat on island near Singapore
Tue 2:40pm By Mongabay
A NASA satellite detected 140 hotspots in West Kalimantan on Monday as smallholders in the province…IUCN to create new category of membership for Indigenous peoples’ organizations
Tue 12:20pm By Mongabay
The International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Members' Assembly voted on Friday to…Ecuador begins pumping oil from famed ITT-block in Yasuní
Tue 10:30am By Mongabay
[dropcap]O[/dropcap]n Wednesday of last week, Ecuador began pumping its first crude oil from the…Operation license for Amazon’s Belo Monte mega-dam suspended
Tue 10:00am By Mongabay
[caption id="attachment_189257" align="alignnone" width="768"] Street scene in downtown Altamira.…New crab species discovered in Chinese fish market
Tue 2:40am By Mongabay
Animal pet markets, filled with assorted species, can sometimes yield species previously unknown to…Indonesian environment ministry shoots down geothermal plan in Mount Leuser National Park
Sep 12, 2016, 6:20 pm By Mongabay
The Indonesian environment ministry has denied the Aceh provincial government’s proposal to rezone…California governor signs landmark climate and clean energy bills into law
Sep 12, 2016, 5:20 pm By Mongabay
California Governor Jerry Brown had threatened to take the measure directly to voters via ballot…Deforestation Puts Lives on the Line in Rural Myanmar
Sep 12, 2016, 2:00 pm By David DoyleJennifer Rigby
[dropcap]O[/dropcap]n a still, heavy afternoon in September, with monsoon clouds massing lazily in…Poaching in Africa becomes increasingly militarized
Sep 12, 2016, 11:20 am By William H. Funk
[dropcap]O[/dropcap]n January 29, a 37-year-old Englishman and ardent conservationist named Roger…Countries at IUCN Congress vote to ban domestic ivory markets
Sep 12, 2016, 5:20 am By Shreya Dasgupta
The global conservation community has taken a step towards ending the slaughter of elephants for the…‘A major concern’: plantation-driven deforestation ramps up in Borneo
Sep 9, 2016, 8:40 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Borneo, home to animals like orangutans, rhinos, elephants, and proboscis monkeys is also host to…First Toba, now Maninjau: another mass fish death hits an Indonesian lake
Sep 9, 2016, 4:20 pm By VinoliaAnother mass fish death has hit Indonesia’s main western island of Sumatra. Four months after…Greenpeace firefighters attacked by armed men in Russia
Sep 9, 2016, 4:20 pm By Mongabay.comA Greenpeace volunteer firefighting team was attacked overnight by armed men in southern Russia,…Belo Monte dam compensation inadequate, say traditional fisherfolk
Sep 9, 2016, 3:20 pm By Zoe Sullivan
[caption id="attachment_189225" align="alignnone" width="768"] The Belo Monte dam, built in the…Dam opponents claim criminalization by Ecuadorian government
Sep 9, 2016, 12:20 pm By Martha Pskowski
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]errorism and sabotage are just two of the criminal charges brought against more…
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