Peru park’s biodiversity at risk from illegal mining, drug production
Jul 26, 2018, 6:25 am By MongabayIf the locations of illegal activities were marked on a map, the magnitude of the illegal mining and…New tagging tech for great white shark tracking in New York waters
Jul 25, 2018, 10:57 pm By MongabayMongabay editor Erik Hoffner joined a research team studying juvenile great white…Number of murdered environmental activists rose once again in 2017
Jul 25, 2018, 2:57 pm By Mongabay
The number of indigenous leaders, community activists, and environmentalists killed every year while…2700 scientists issue call to action on border wall wildlife threat
Jul 25, 2018, 2:47 pm By Mongabay
The infamous proposed border wall between the U.S. and Mexico has been, to put it lightly,…Deforestation skyrockets in the Amazon rainforest
Jul 25, 2018, 2:31 pm By Mongabay
Data from a Brazilian forest monitoring group suggests deforestation is surging in the world’s…Forest communities pay the price for conservation in Madagascar
Jul 25, 2018, 1:13 pm By Mongabay
Local and indigenous communities seem to hold the key to protecting both forests and the massive…Indigenous stewardship is critical to success of protected areas (commentary)
Jul 25, 2018, 11:14 am By MongabayA recent article in Science reports that, while the portion of the world’s terrestrial surface…Brazil’s plant biodiversity still not fully present in its seed banks
Jul 25, 2018, 10:51 am By Mongabay
RIO DE JANEIRO — The botanical garden here sits just below Corcovado hill, at the feet of the…New flash-flood warning system in India could be life-saving
Jul 24, 2018, 10:42 pm By MongabayWith each bout of persistent and intense rainfall in Ladakh, a cold desert region in India’s…In Vietnam, cable car plans continue to threaten important cave system
Jul 24, 2018, 3:59 pm By MongabayPHONG NHA, Vietnam – Since 2014, one of the world’s largest cave systems has been under threat…Audio: Shadow companies and the Indonesian land crisis
Jul 24, 2018, 2:51 pm By MongabayOn today’s episode, new revelations about “shadow companies” and how they factor into…Trump Admin unveils plan to weaken the US Endangered Species Act
Jul 24, 2018, 2:41 pm By MongabayThe Trump Administration has unveiled a plan to revise regulations that implement portions of the…Temer’s deforestation policies put Paris goals at risk, scientists warn
Jul 24, 2018, 1:48 pm By MongabayDeforested plain in the Brazilian Amazon, now used for cattle. Image by Rhett A. Butler / Mongabay…A warmer climate tinkers with Arctic spider’s choice of prey
Jul 24, 2018, 8:54 am By Mongabay
Climate change could shift the appetites of Arctic spiders, leading to the slower release of carbon…Colombia pledges to produce deforestation-free chocolate
Jul 23, 2018, 8:49 pm By MongabayThe government of Colombia has committed to ending deforestation in its cocoa supply chain by 2020.…Study finds elephants plant trees, play big role in forest structure
Jul 23, 2018, 8:40 pm By MongabayElephants play a disproportionally large role in spreading the seeds of a particular tree in…As planned excise flops, Indonesia ponders how to give up plastic bags
Jul 23, 2018, 7:40 am By Mongabay
JAKARTA — Suryadi, a cashier at a convenience store in Jakarta, says he prepares some 400 plastic…One-third of global fisheries operating at biologically unsustainable levels
Jul 20, 2018, 2:41 pm By MongabayAbout 3.2 billion people around the world currently rely on fish for nearly 20 percent of their…Peru: Marañón dry forests protected as a regional conservation area
Jul 20, 2018, 2:14 pm By MongabayPeru has lost much of its dry forest in recent years, to the extent that only around 5 percent…In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, July 20, 2018
Jul 20, 2018, 11:13 am By MongabayWe’ve rounded up a few stories that were published this week by other news outlets. Tropical…
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